[sustran] The Lee Schipper Memorial Scholarship is now open for applicants - Round 1 deadline is Dec. 19th

[Rhys Thom]

Hello everyone,

We would like to let you know that the Lee Schipper Memorial Scholarship is now seeking applicants to innovate for sustainable transport. Lee was a founder of EMBARQ and dedicated his professional life to the efficient use of energy in mobility. An astrophysicist and a studied musician, Lee was an iconoclast in the field of energy efficiency. This scholarship celebrates his vision and the bold challenges to conventional wisdom that Lee gave to the field.

The scholarship will award two extraordinary candidates up to US$10,000 each to advance transformative research in efficient and sustainable transport. Winning research proposals will advance the field through iconoclastic contributions to data collection, problem diagnosis through data evaluation, policy analysis stemming throughthis evaluation and a cross-cutting comparative analysis across disciplines and international boundaries. The scholarship is international in nature, and it is thus open to researchers and students of all national origins and fields.

The first selection phase requires an expression of interest, to be completed by December 19th, 2012. Applicants can learn more about this process here. From this first phase, up to ten candidates will advance to the next phase, which will consist of a more detailed research proposal required by January (date to be confirmed). Final awardees will be notified in early 2013.

Best,
Rhys

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Rhys Thom
Director - Information & Innovation
EMBARQ @ World Resources Institute
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