Climate Challenge Workshop
Delivering a battery revolution - reducing the drivers of climate change in Indonesia
12 - 14^th July 2021
Total Prize £ 30.000

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Background

The Prizes of up to £8,000 each are available, and we expect to be able to fund around 4 prizes. The first winner prize will get £8.000, and £4.000 for the second to fourth winners. These challenge research prizes are aimed at enabling ECRs to undertake a piece of original research involving batteries, climate change and Indonesia. Further details on remit can be found in the About section [link]. This is open to teams of up to 3 ECRs, where the primary investigator (PI) must be from Indonesia (with a preferred international team) and be employed (i.e the PI cannot be a PhD student, but a PhD student can be on the team). The process is as follows:

1. Register your interest Here. You will then receive an invite to a networking event in early May, that will help you form teams of people to apply for the fund.
2. Please note that your personal details and research interests will be circulated to everyone who has expressed an interest to attend the networking event; if you do not want this to happen, please ensure you indicate this on the form. Whilst it is still possible to apply for funding without attending the networking event or having your details circulated, we note that this might lower the quality of the application and therefore lower the chances of success.
3. Once the networking event is finished, you will be sent an application form to fill out, along with further instructions on how to make the full application for funding.
4. The proposal should be submitted before the 22nd June 2021 deadline, using the instructions and application supplied after the networking event.
5. Further details on remit can be found in the About section here areas that we will consider for assessment are listed below and terms & conditions.
6. You will be informed of being selected to give a talk at the workshop to present your ideas for a research project (and guidelines for speaking) on the 4th July 2021.
7. You will give a presentation about your proposed project at the workshop following the guidelines. A panel of experts will then select the projects to be funded from those that gave the presentation. Candidates will be informed at a ceremony at the end of the workshop, and be expected to start the work no later than 1st September 2021. The projects must be finished by 31st March 2022 (i.e all monies spent and claimed for)
8. You will be assigned a mentor, whose role will be to track the project to ensure delivery, and ensure finances are on track (not over or under spent).
9. You will be responsible for preparing quarterly reports on progress (i.e end of December and end of March).
10. You will be responsible for ensuring that financial regulations are adhered to; please see the end of this page for eligible and ineligible costs here. If you are successful, please check with Prof. Alan Drew if you are unsure.
11. When drawing up the budget for the proposal, please see the FAQs for eligible and ineligible costs
12. In order to be eligible for funding, you must attend the workshop and give a presentation on your proposed research. This is a vital part of the assessment process and you will be ineligible if you do not attend.

The aim of this Climate Challenge Workshop is to harness the power of people all over the world – particularly young people and those most vulnerable to the effects of climate change – to connect and collaborate through culture and education to combat climate change. This workshop will explain the causes and the role that Indonesia has on climate change, locally and globally, across different economic sectors (e.g transport, energy, industry, tourism, household) as well as the social and economic impact that climate change will have on Indonesia. It will address the solutions, whether technological or socioeconomic, by addressing the following themes:

1. Climate change specific to Indonesia - causes and effects.
2. Technological solutions that combine renewable energy (solar, wind, hydro) with batteries, put into the context of a battery transport revolution in Indonesia
3. Socioeconomic, policy and financial barriers to climate change solutions in Indonesia

1. Enable networking and mutual research exchange between ECRs from the UK and Indonesia, via the effective use of online platforms (online profiles, speed networking, break-out sessions) and post-Workshop activities.
2. Deliver a climate change workshop containing a mixed programme of ECR talks, plenaries, breakout sessions and training sessions
3. Train ECRs in contemporary issues around climate change, with a balanced programme including the underlying scientific causes and effects of climate change, potential technological solutions and the broader socioeconomic consequences.
4. Identify the top climate-range ECRs in Indonesia and the UK, and award them Dissemination Awards and Research Prizes (see below).
5. Mentor ECRs prior to the workshop to upskill and increase their capacity to bid for the Research Prizes, and continue that mentor relationship during the delivery of the projects.

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