Open Meeting: 14^th January 2010

1.30-3.30pm , Lecture Theatre 311, Huxley Building, Imperial College, Queens Gate, South Kensington, London (please see map and directions below)*

The UK Energy Research Centre (UKERC) will be issuing the second Call for Proposals under its Research Fund on 8 January 2010. The call will cover four topics:

• Energy Security and International Governance
• Transforming the UK Energy System: Public Values, Attitudes and Acceptability
• Industrial Energy Use from a Bottom-Up Perspective
• Investment and Business Models for Energy Services Provision in Households

UKERC is hosting an open meeting in London to introduce the Call, describe how the topics fit within UKERC’s overall research programme and explain the Call procedures. There will also be an opportunity to quiz the UKERC Research Co-ordination team. A detailed agenda will be provided in advance.

The timetable for the Second Call is as follows:

•        8 January 2010: call for Expressions of Interest issued on UKERC and NERC websites

•        14 January 2010: open meeting

•        12 February: deadline for Expressions of Interest

•        6 April 2010: deadline for submission of full proposals

Note that the procedure for the second round differs significantly from the first round, with the introduction of a two-stage process involving an initial call for Expressions of Interest.

*  The Huxley building is located on the South Kensington Campus, Imperial College. A map of the campus can be found at: https://www8.imperial.ac.uk/content/dav/ad/workspaces/campusinfo/sthkencampus.pdf

The Huxley building is labelled as number 13. Lecture Theatre Room 311 is located on Level 3. For ease of access we recommend that you use the entrance in Queen's Gate.