Grenoble and Chambery, France

Call for applications for Solar Innovation 2010 Research Grants

Deadline for pre-application: August 15, 2010

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The Division of Technological Research of CEA invites scientists to participate in the international grand challenge, Solar_Innovation 2010. By providing the laureates with attractive funding and access to top level technologies and equipments, Solar Innovation 2010 will contribute to the promotion of new research and discovery in areas of primary importance for future developments in photovoltaic energy sources.

Experimentalists, theorists and engineers from all disciplines relevant to photovoltaic science and engineering, who have completed their post doctoral training or have already developed successful research programs, are invited to apply to Solar Innovation 2010.

The laureates (up to 3) of the Solar Innovation 2010 initiative can be offered a 3 year Research Fellowship (with a possible extension to 6 years), providing excellent support for research expenditures (salary, accompanying Post-doc or Ph-D fellowships, funding for equipment and laboratory expenses, conference travel support …).They will have access to the world class research and computing facilities of the research campuses located in Grenoble and Chambery.

The selection process will be carried out in two steps:

1.  The participants must complete a pre-application screening form comprising a summary of a research project and a statement of their interest in photovoltaics research and engineering. The deadline is August 15, 2010.

2. Applicants who have received a positive review of their pre-proposal will be invited to submit a full application and to participate in an interview with the Scientific Advisory Board during the first half of November 2010. The successful applicants will be contacted December 1, 2010.

Full information about Solar Innovation 2010 and materials for application are available at the web sites:  http://www-liten.cea.fr/index_uk.htm or http://www.ines-solaire.org/ Submission can only be made electronically at solar-innovation@cea.fr.

For further enquiries please contact us at: solar-innovation@cea.fr

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