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More money up for sustainable projects
The Sustainable Technologies Initiative (STI) has organised its next launch event - for the seventh of ten calls for proposals - to take place on 19th November in London.
The Sustainable Technologies Initiative (STI) has organised its next launch event - for the seventh of ten calls for proposals - to take place on 19th November in London The STI provides over GBP 20 million of Government and Research Council funding to help industry and the academic community collaborate in projects which will improve the sustainability of UK business
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 28 Sep 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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At this call's launch event delegates will find out about previously successful applicants, understand the scope of STI and its application procedures, and network with potential collaborative partners.
Representatives of the STI secretariat, sponsors and programme management committee will be there to give advice on how visitors can put their own project ideas forward for funding.
The event will feature a selection of the 30+ projects which are already up and running.
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To attract funding, projects must be truly novel and innovative and aim to achieve substantial improvements in the efficient use of material resource.
The sponsors would like to see new technologies and exciting new uses of existing technologies, and are particularly keen to foster collaboration across academic disciplines and industrial sectors.
They also want to encourage better uptake of sustainable design, production and consumption.
All projects should address the economic, environmental and social 'pillars' of sustainable development.
The key themes of the programme are: step changes (four- to tenfold improvements) in the efficient use of resources in processes and products; reduced hazardous material content or output of products and processes; new products and processes and service concepts which increase the useable life of products; research on non-food uses of crops aiming to promote the use of agricultural crop products in industry; and associated sustainability research.
The STI has already funded over 30 projects, and the following clusters of interest have emerged: innovation based on traditional technologies; solvent-free processes; metal surface modification; controlling environmental impact of coloration; biodegradable polymers; decision-support tools; design management; and industrial sector sustainability.
The sponsors would like to encourage further proposals which address the key themes of the programme and which build on these existing areas of interest and excellence.
Any of the sponsors may fund up to 50% of the eligible costs of collaborative precompetitive research projects, scoping studies and feasibility studies.
The total available for this is more than GBP 20 million over five years.
The EPSRC may also fund industrial/academic networks, at up to GBP 60,000 each.
The seminar is free, but places are limited to 120.
Those intending to visit should register in advance by e-mail, by phone or by using the online form.
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