Energy Transition Institute | SPARC Grant Workshop
RSVP now for the ETI SPARC ideation and research team formation workshop! November 15, 1:00pm - 3:00pm in Gordon Hall, room 302.
The Energy Transition Institute is sponsoring a SPARC grant workshop on November 15 (1:00 - 3:00 pm, Gordon Hall room 302). All faculty are welcome to attend!
What is SPARC?
UMass has invested $800,000 in a new internal funding opportunity called the Strategic Partnerships to Advance Research and Creative activity (SPARC). Grants will preferentially go to faculty teams that span at least two different schools/colleges within UMass.
How this workshop will help you
With over 200 ETI-affiliates in colleges and schools across campus this workshop will help you connect with other researchers to form a competitive SPARC team and develop proposal ideas. Whether you are interested in a $10k conceptualization grant or a $75k center-level proposal, this workshop is here to help you.
Event details
Date: Friday, November 15, 2024
Time: 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm (please note the event time has changed from the original 10:00 am - 12:00 pm slot)
Location: Gordon Hall, room 302
Agenda: lightning talks to present ideas, SPARC program overview with Loren Walker, “speed date” potential research collaborators, team ideation and planning next steps
What colleagues are saying about ETI events...
"ETI events introduced me to faculty from other departments who I otherwise may never have met. Together, we collaborated on two successful NSF proposals that led to $5 million in funding. This allowed us to create the interdisciplinary ELEVATE program where we have supported over 20 PhD students from diverse fields such as cultural anthropology, computer science, engineering, economics, geosciences, and more."
Matthew Lackner
Professor, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
Endowed Chair in Renewable Energy, College of Engineering
Director, Wind Energy Center
Director, ELEVATE
"As a chemist, I'm used to thinking about the technical side of photovoltaics. Teaming up with Shouvik Chakraborty from Political Economy Research Institute and Armaan Munsiff, an undergraduate in economics, has broadened my perspective to consider supply chain and societal issues related to these technologies. I am thinking about new questions and grants thanks to this interaction."
D. Venkataraman
Professor, Department of Chemistry
Faculty, Materials Science and Engineering Graduate Program
Advanced Laboratory for Iontronic, Electronic, and Nanomaterials (ALIEN)