Marine Renewable Energy
Call for participants
Closing date: 16:00 on 14 October 2010
Expressions of interest are invited to attend a 3-day 'sandpit' event to develop research projects to understand the environmental benefits and risks of up-scaling marine renewable energy schemes on the quality of marine bioresources (including biodiversity) and biophysical dynamics of open coasts.
Date of sandpit: 8-10 December 2010
Venue: TBC
The aim of this sandpit is to develop a collaborative research project(s) to go beyond 'environmental impact assessment' to predict the cumulative environmental interactions which result from deploying 'wet renewables' (wave and tidal energy) and therefore contribute to an evidence base that can support the UK Government's targets in the marine renewables arena.
NERC, in collaboration with the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra), has allocated £2·3m (where this is 80% of the Full Economic Cost) to fund the research arising from this sandpit.
Please see the Announcement of Opportunity document for full details.
Announcement of Opportunity (182KB)
Applicants must be available to attend for the full duration of the sandpit and should complete the two-page Expression of Interest form.
Expression of Interest form (37KB)
Please ensure you fully complete the Expression of Interest form as this is the only information used for the selection of participants. Your answers to these questions will be used to differentiate your application and convince us that you have the suitable skills and attitude to participate in this event. We are looking for both your relevant skills and expertise and for evidence of how you might approach the multidisciplinary problem that the research questions raise.
Completed Expression of Interest forms should be submitted by email to Jessica Batchelor by 16:00 on Thursday 14 October 2010. Applications before this date would be welcomed. No further documentation will be accepted and we will not consider late submissions.
For further information please contact:
Jessica Batchelor
Tel: 01793 442831
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