The Singapore Energy Consortium (SEC) is announcing its grant call for core projects.  

Background   

Climate change, driven by greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, is one of the greatest challenges of the 21st century. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), in its AR6 Climate Change Report 2023, stated that human activities, principally through emissions of greenhouse gases, have unequivocally caused global warming, with global surface temperature reaching 1.1°C above pre-industrial levels in 2011–2020. Achieving net-zero CO2 emissions is necessary to limit human-caused global warming to 1.5°C or 2°C. Furthermore, a significant reduction in GHG emissions within this decade is critical to keeping global warming in check. As part of its efforts to tackle climate change, Singapore aims to reach peak emissions before 2030 and achieve net-zero emissions by 2050. This initiative underscores the urgent need to develop more sustainable solutions for reducing carbon emissions and meeting the growing energy demands. 

 Theme of Research Grant Call             

• Hydrogen technologies  
• Carbon capture and utilization 
• Low emission fuels 
• Low carbon plastics/materials replacement 

 Duration and Funding 

Singapore Energy Consortium (SEC) will fund successful proposals up to SGD200,000 (including 30% overheads) each.  The maximum duration of the project is 2 years. The grant may be used to cover manpower costs, other operating expenses (OOE), and conference travel.  

• Principal Investigators (PIs) are advised to provide a realistic budget with appropriate justifications that correspond to the scope of work to be accomplished over the timeline proposed

• Requests for funding to acquire equipment or set up separate test facilities are strongly discouraged 

Eligibility  

• Each project should be led by either one faculty in NUS or NTU, or one researcher in A*STAR RIs as the PI. The PI should hold at least 70% primary appointment for a minimum of 9 months in these institutions. Additional members (if any) can be listed as Co-PI(s) or collaborator(s). 
• PI should contact SEC team before submitting his/her proposal if he/she intends to include industry collaborator(s). 
• All participants must abide to the terms and conditions of the SEC Membership Agreement (MA). The SEC MA terms and conditions will be shared upon request, and with PIs of the awarded proposals. 

 Timeline  

 Mode of Submission  

• Please find attached, ‘call for Proposal template’ for your kind reference.  
• Email softcopy of the ‘proposal’ to admin@sgenergyconsortium.org   with subject heading “Singapore Energy Consortium – Project Proposal Title –Call for Core Projects (SEC-Core project-2024)”. 
• Proposal should keep to a maximum of 6 pages, written in Arial font, with a minimum size of 12-point font within reasonable margins  

For further clarification on the above, please contact the following personnel  

 Thank you 

SEC Team