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H2020COFUND2018–2023

MCEC · The Netherlands Center for Multiscale Catalytic Energy Conversion

Horizon 2020 — Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions

Duration
2018-09-01 → 2023-08-31
EU contribution
€1,674,240
Participants
1
Scheme
MSCA-COFUND

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Results in brief

The Netherlands Center for Multiscale Catalytic Energy Conversion

In the Netherlands Center for Multiscale Catalytic Energy Conversion (MCEC; www.mcec-researchcenter.nl) research teams from the fields of chemistry, physics and engineering at the universities of Utrecht (UU), Eindhoven (TU/e), and Twente (UT) have been working together on an ambitious research program with the aim to address one of the Grand Challenges our society faces today: sustainable energy conversion. More efficient and sustainable production of fuels and chemicals requires the development of new catalytic conversion processes that combine smart catalyst-reactor combinations with optimal transport of heat and mass at every length scale, i.e., from the nanoscale of the catalyst to the meter-scale of the reactor. Covering this full range of length scales requires a concerted effort of chemists, physicists and engineers, including both experimental and theoretical approaches. In the framework of this program a group of 20 Cofund fellows has been equipped with the knowledge and skills needed to address the energy challenge in all sectors: academia, industry and governance.

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Project objective

In the Netherlands Center for Multiscale Catalytic Energy Conversion (MCEC), teams of chemists, physicists and engineers from the universities of Utrecht, Eindhoven and Twente join forces in an ambitious research and training programme to address one of society’s Grand Challenges: sustainable energy conversion. Marie Curie funding allows MCEC to extend its PhD programme internationally with 16 positions for Early-Stage Researchers and to strengthen its multidisciplinary training programme in accordance with the EU principles of innovative doctoral training.MCEC’s objectives are:• Develop radically improved, sustainable catalytic energy conversion processes, for efficiently converting renewable feedstocks, such as biomass, municipal waste and solar energy, into fuels and chemical building blocks; • Establish a training programme that integrates the chemistry, physics and engineering aspects of energy conversion and jump-starts the career of young researchers by giving them the skills and competences needed to effectively operate in multidisciplinary teams;• Recruit the best researchers world-wide for an innovative programme of training-through-research in Multiscale Catalytic Energy Conversion with high quality supervision, a unique multidisciplinary training programme, transferable skills training and meaningful interaction with international and industrial partners, leading to a joint PhD degree;• Establish the MCEC PhD programme as a benchmark for effective multidisciplinary training among the three core partners and their partners ensuring continuation of the programme after the initial funding phase.In two open calls MCEC will attract the most talented researchers and select the best candidates through a fair, transparent, merit-based and impartial selection procedure. MCEC will deliver a cohort of research professionals equipped with the knowledge and skills needed to address the energy challenge in all sectors: academia, industry and governance.

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Data: CORDIS, © European Union