EU funding for doctoral research at UoM
The Department of Electrical Power and Control Engineering at the University of Malta has just embarked on a four-year research contract in collaboration with four other European Universities funded through the Marie Curie actions of the European Union.
The Department of Electrical Power and Control Engineering at the University of Malta has just embarked on a four-year research contract in collaboration with four other European Universities funded through the Marie Curie actions of the European Union. The consortium has obtained funding for up to €1.5 million.
The project, entitled 'Electrical Energy Conversation and Conditioning', aims to develop collaborative research projects between corresponding departments of the University of Nottingham (UK), the University Collage of Cork (Ireland), the Technical University of Bari (Italy), the University of Zalina (Slovakia) and the University of Malta.
The research consortium will provide a range of collaborative projects on alternative sources of energy, distributed generation, energy efficiency in industry and buildings and electric vehicles. Typical projects at the University of Malta will address high efficiency power converters for renewable sources of energy and integrated drives for electric vehicles.
The consortium seeks to enhance the transfer of knowledge between all partners by funding Ph.D. students while studying at a foreign university.
Thus, foreign students may carry out part of their studies in Malta, while Maltese students reading for a Ph.D. with the Department of Electrical Power and Control Engineering will have the opportunity to spend from six months to two years of their course abroad.
Maltese citizens may also apply to carry out their full doctorate studies at one of the partners.
For further information about the proposed projects and the positions available to Maltese citizens, check the partner's Website http://hermes.eee.nott.ac.uk/mcf/ or contact Kenneth Scerri kenneth.scerri@ um.edu.mt at the University of Malta.
For information on the EU's Marie Curie Programme for the mobility of researchers, contact Andrew Bianco andrew.bianco@um.edu.mt at the European Unit of the University.