WeAMEC: Deadline for R&D funding call submissions approaches

 
The deadline for application submissions for the first call for projects launched by the West Atlantic Marine Energy Center (WeAMEC) is approaching with the due date set for March 15, 2016.

WeAMEC, a recently established business hub dedicated to marine renewable energies in Pays de la Loire, a region located in the north west of France, will provide funding up to €200,000 for projects that address technical challenges in the marine renewable energies sector.

Proposals must be innovative, of the highest scientific quality, and include a partner in a Pays de la Loire research institution.

Applications will address one of five major challenges identified by WeAMEC: multiphysics modeling and system approaches, prototyping with scale models, evaluation and solution of economic, environmental and social impacts, risk management, reliability, operational, and life cycle issues, and advanced materials science with a particular application to marine energy structures.

Consortium applications are particularly welcomed, especially if they would create synergies across research laboratories.

Applications must also be supported by a letter of recommendation from one or more industrial companies, WeAMEC informed.

Also, Pays de la Loire research institutions must commit to continuing their programme if it achieves its initial objectives.

WeAMEC is run by the École Centrale de Nantes, the University of Nantes, the EMC2 competitiveness cluster and the Jules Verne Institute of Research and Technology, with support from the Pays de la Loire Region, and European Regional Development Fund.