The 2012 Efficient Fossil Energy Technologies Summer School offers UK PhD/EngD students the chance to attend a program in Shanghai from June 30 to July 11, 2012, with three positions available and financial support of up to £1,500. The program aims to enhance interdisciplinary knowledge in fossil energy and carbon capture technologies while addressing global issues related to energy, environment, and socio-economic agendas. Interested students must submit a 1,000-word essay and letters of support by February 1, 2012, to be considered for this opportunity.

1. 2012 EngD Summer School
Efficient Fossil Energy Technologies
Co-organised and Hosted by the Shanghai Advanced Research
Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
Competition for places
The University of Nottingham has three positions available for excellent UK PhD/EngD
students to attend the Efficient Fossil Energy Technologies Summer School at the Shanghai
Advanced Research Institute, Shanghai, China, 30th June to 11th July 2012.
UKCCSC Early Career Researcher Programme has agreed to pay up to £1,500 towards the
cost of attendance for each student.
Summer School activities
The summer school activities will focus on developing and broadening interdisciplinary
knowledge of, and capacity to apply research in fossil energy and carbon capture and
storage technologies to solve problems in a range of global settings. This enables students
to develop an understanding of technical and social issues surrounding energy, the
environment, climate change, development and socioeconomic agendas in different cultural
settings (China and the UK) with focus on national and international policy relevance.
How to apply?
Applicants need to write an essay in 1,000 words or less, explain what skills and
experiences they will bring to the Summer School in China, and what they hope to gain
from this unique opportunity.
Applicants will be evaluated on the merit of their submission and letters of support. All
PhD/EngD students studying in the UK are eligible to apply, assuming they will still be
students in the autumn 2012 term. Completed applications and letters of support should be
emailed directly to Prof. Colin Snape (Centre Director), efet@nottingham.ac.uk, by noon on
1st February 2012. Late applications will not be considered.
Further information on the Efficient Fossil Energy Technologies EngD Centre and previous
International Summer Schools are available on www.efetedc.ac.uk

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