Application process and timeline
Applications will be accepted until June 2025.
The general application process is:
- Applicant must secure the mentorship of a current or past FES Principal Investigator, who will support the application. The applicant must conduct and manage the proposed work and resources independently from their mentor.
- Applicants will send expressions of interest to FES via email (fes@ualberta.ca). The following information must be provided in the email. If the information is submitted as an attachment (PDF only), the file must not exceed 2 pages (excluding curriculum vitae).
- Project title
- Name of Future Energy Systems Faculty member who will be mentoring your application and a brief description of their relevant expertise and/or involvement in the research topic
- Year that you were hired at the University of Alberta
- How your project aligns with the Future Energy Systems mandate (check all that apply)
- Economic impacts of energy systems
- Energy transmission and management systems
- Enhanced energy utilization technology
- Environmental impacts of energy systems, including GHG emissions, and land and water reclamation and remediation)
- Development of renewable energy technology, including enabling technologies such as energy storage technology
- Hydrocarbon energy technology, including in-situ, non-aqueous recovery, and partial upgrading
- Indigenous perspectives and reconciliation
- Societal impacts of energy systems
- Brief plain language overview of proposed research and how it fits with the theme area(s). Proposed science or technology concept; state-of-the-art and proposed progress beyond the state-of-the-art
- Brief discussion of how EDI will be considered in the design of the research, and the potential impact of its results
- Brief explanation of potential implications of the research for Indigenous communities and reconciliation
- Curriculum vitae of all proposed PIs and Co-Is uploaded as a single document in PDF format
- Applicants of accepted notices of intent will be invited to submit a full project application form through the FES website. Full applications will be due within 4 weeks from the date of the invitation to submit a full proposal (online form link and deadline specified at time of invitation).
- Full applications will be assessed by the FES Research Advisory Committee and external reviewers as needed on an ongoing basis. Applicants will be notified of the decision immediately after the review.
- Successful applicants will be asked to enter their project information into the FES project management platform Forum.
Assessment criteria
All projects will be assessed on the following criteria.
- The project is within the scope of FES as defined on the FES website.
- The project fits within one of the existing FES research themes.
- The project is of significant benefit to FES (e.g. leverage potential, new partnership, contributes to regulatory policy development or change).
- Applicant must have been appointed as a faculty member at University of Alberta in 2022 or later.
- Applicant can receive up to $42,250 over 15 months if hired in 2024 or 2023, and $33,000 over 12 months if hired in 2022.