Sustainable Energy Pathways — U.S. National Science Foundation funding opportunity
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Sustainable Energy Pathways

A sustainable world is one in which human needs are met equitably without harm to the environment, and without sacrificing the ability of future generations to meet their needs. Growing evidence for the role of energy us...

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Award $500k–$2M Deadline Fixed Location Alabama Type grant Level Federal Open posted Sep 22, 2011
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  • Who can apply: Federal-level applicants (see eligibility for details).
  • Funding amount: $500,000 – $2,000,000, total pool ~$34,000,000.
  • Issued by: U.S. National Science Foundation.
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Award amount
$500k–$2M
Deadline
Fixed
Total pool
$34M

About this opportunity

A sustainable world is one in which human needs are met equitably without harm to the environment, and without sacrificing the ability of future generations to meet their needs. Growing evidence for the role of energy use in global change and awareness of limitations in our energy choices are motivating a search for pathways that are technologically innovative as well as environmentally and economically sustainable at all scales of energy usage. This is a grand challenge to the scientific community that cuts across disciplinary boundaries. The creation of a secure and prosperous future for humanity depends on the contributions that education will make towards building sustainable pathways to meet the energy needs of future generations. The dual roles of NSF - to support basic research and education - are ideally suited to stimulate vibrant science and engineering discovery and innovation efforts that will be needed to meet the challenge of building a sustainable energy future. Sustainable Energy Pathways is part of the NSF-wide initiative on Education for Sustainability (SEES). The Sustainable Energy Pathways solicitation calls for innovative, interdisciplinary basic research in education by teams of researchers for developing systems approaches to sustainable energy pathways based on a comprehensive understanding of the societal issues. The SEP solicitation considers scalable approaches for sustainable energy conversion to useful forms, as well as its use. The following Topic Areas illustrate the broad scope of sustainable energy interest areas of this solicitation: Energy Harvesting & Conversion from Renewable Resources; Sustainable Energy Storage Solutions; Critical Elements & Materials for Sustainable Energy; Nature-Inspired Processes for Sustainable Energy Solutions; Reducing Carbon Intensity from Energy Conversion & Use; Sustainable Energy Transmission & Distribution; Energy Efficiency & Management.

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Source systemgrants.gov
Source ID124453
PostedSep 22, 2011

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