Funding-Fellowship Programs to Support Innovative Research and Ensure U.S. Leadership in Clean Energy; June 30, 2011

 

DOE’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) has launched two new fellowship programs designed to attract the country's best and brightest scientific minds to work on advanced clean energy technologies.  The two fellowship programs include:

 

§  EERE Postdoctoral Fellowships Program:  DOE is seeking up to 20 postdoctoral fellows whose academic careers have focused on specific topics in the following technology areas: building efficiency, industrial efficiency, vehicles, fuel cells, biomass, geothermal, solar energy, and wind or water power.  EERE Fellows will have access to unique education and training opportunities, top scientists in their field, and state-of-the-art projects and equipment. Applications are due by June 30, 2011, and the fellowships will begin by mid-November 2011 and last up to two years.  Applications for EERE Postdoctoral Fellowships are due by June 30, 2011; Fellowships will begin by mid-November, 2011, and last up to two years. More information on the program can be found at http://www1.eere.energy.gov/education/postdoctoral_fellowships/.

 

§  EERE Science and Technology Policy Fellowships (SunShot Initiative) Program:   This program will serve as the next step in the educational and professional development of scientists and engineers interested in energy efficiency and renewable energy policy. The EERE STP Fellows will apply the expertise gained from advanced degrees and history of conducting research to new and ongoing EERE initiatives. Two levels of Fellowships – Fellows and Senior Fellows – will allow both recent graduates (M.S. or Ph.D.) and experienced scientists and engineers to participate in the EERE STP Fellowships. Applicants selected as Fellows will have the additional distinction of guiding the implementation of the new solar SunShot Initiative in the DOE Solar Energy Technologies Program. The SunShot Fellows will have a key leadership role in beginning new R&D programs to achieve the goal of $1/W installed photovoltaics by 2020. The initial cohort is targeted to be 3-5 Fellows.  Applications for the SunShot Initiative Fellowships Program are accepted on a rolling basis.  More information on the program can be found at http://www1.eere.energy.gov/education/stp_fellowships.html.  

 

 

 

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