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Seed Grants | Bits & Watts Initiative Each year, Bits & Watts invites proposals for seed funding of projects that, if successful, could equip investigators to obtain additional funding for follow-on research from other sources. Such projects inevitably involve risk; the evaluation of the proposals attempts to balance the risk and potential impacts of a successful project.
This research funding is intended to encourage faculty to move into interdisciplinary energy research that is a departure from ongoing work in their research groups. Seed grant projects are typically funded up to $100K per year for two years. The 2024 Bits & Watts seed grants focused on projects related to the difficulties of meeting the demands of AI while continuing the transition to a cleaner energy future.
Read about the 2024 seed grants Secondary-Life EV Batteries: Predicting State of Health of Retired EV Batteries using Physics-Informed Machine Learning methods Learn more about Secondary-Life EV Batteries High-Voltage Vertical Gallium Oxide Semiconductor Switch for Grid-connected Solid- State Transformers (SSTs) Learn more about this semiconductor switch Removing Legal Barriers to Transmission in California and beyond for a Clean Electricity Grid Learn more about removing legal barriers No-Calibration Building Models: Unlocking targeted electrification and demand management through hybrid data and physics models for multi-zone buildings Learn more about these models Securing our energy future underground: Geospatial optimization of subsurface technologies to support a clean and reliable energy grid Learn more about geospatial optimization Piezoelectric Power Factor Correction Learn more about piezoelectric power factor correction Financial network congestion revenue rights (CRRs) for locational pricing markets Assessing the potential for a transition to electrified medium and heavy-duty vehicles in the U.S. Learn more about assessing transition to electrified vehicles Secondary-Life EV Batteries: Predicting State of Health of Retired EV Batteries using Physics-Informed Machine Learning methods Learn more about secondary-life ev batteries Networked Battery Systems Lab: a systems research lab at the intersection of battery systems, IOT and grid Learn more about Networked Battery Systems Lab Embedded Heat Pipe Thermal Management Solution for Fast Charging EVs Addressing Cable, Battery and Charging Stations Learn more about embedded heat pipe thermal management solution Establishing diamond-based device platform for high power electronics Learn more about establishing diamond-based device platform Grid energy storage: Optimizing Energy and Cost in Renewable Grid System: an electrochemical modeling approach Learn more about grid energy storage Ultrafast circuit breakers with wide bandgap technology Learn more about ultrafast circuit breakers Co-creation of digital business models in the electricity sector Learn more about co-creation of digital business models Open Innovation and the Search for Digital Solutions: Strategic Differentiation Planning Reliable Grid with Variable Generation and Storage Learn more about planning reliable grid Western Interconnection Data Analytics Project (WIDAP)
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