UKCCSRC Early Career Researcher (ECR) Programme
The UKCCSRC ECR programme provides training, funding and networking opportunities for our ECR members, supporting researchers training for academic careers, and for futures outside academia. We run development Awaydays, ECR funding calls and we facilitate interdisciplinary networking and other ECR activities.
ECR Opportunities
Current opportunities:
Click on the tiles below to find out more about the opportunities available to ECRs through the UKCCSRC ECR Programme.
Our ECR members
ECR membership is open to postgraduate research students, post-doctoral staff and new lecturers working in a field related to CCS. By becoming an ECR member you’ll have access to the programme, and you can sign up to the mailing list to receive the newsletter and specific ECR bulletins letting you know what’s going on. You can opt to have your biography in the Members Directory.
ECR Membership criteria:
1. PhD student studying a CCS or CCUS-related topic
2. In a lectureship or equivalent (i.e. fellowship) post for less than 5 years (with the exception of career breaks for any reason)
3. PDRA or equivalent
More information: UKCCSRC ECR eligibility criteria
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ECR Working Group
The ECR Working Group has three UKCCSRC ECR members who work alongside the Secretariat to develop the ECR programme. They help to steer the programme and organise ECR events, including Awaydays and are involved in supporting the strategic direction of the UKCCSRC. The ECR Working Group members also represent the UKCCSRC ECR community as part of the Advisory Council.
News from our ECR community
Read blogs, news articles and view research from our ECR community.
- ECR Awayday 24-25 May online poster gallery now live.
- ECR Spring Conference blog series now live! – As part of their ECR Meeting Fund awards to attend the UKCCSRC Spring 2022 conference, members of our ECR community took part in our latest ECR blog series. We have 11 fantastically informative and insightful blog pieces. Read the blogs here.
- Congratulations to UKCCSRC Spring Conference ECR Poster competition winners – Adam Butler, University of Cambridge, Catrin Harris, Imperial college London, and Muir Freer, University of Manchester
- Case study: Jacky Penn’s Academic Engineer placement with SSE Thermal
- Case study: UKCCSRC ECR Collaboration Fund – Dr Charithea Charalambous in Norway
- ECR CCS Communication Competition – view the entries from Michael High, Imperial College London, Chris de Leeuwe, University of Manchester and Chinonyelum Udemu, University of Hull.
The UK Carbon Capture and Storage Research Community (UKCCSRC) is supported by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) as part of the UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) Energy Programme.
The mission of the UKCCSRC is to ensure that carbon capture and storage (CCS) plays an effective role in helping the UK achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.
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D03 Ella Armitage Building
University of Sheffield
40 Leavygreave Road
Sheffield
S3 7RD
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