Announcement from the Collegiate Energy Association

Open call for volunteers - International policy research project

The Collegiate Energy Association (http://collegeenergy.org/) is conducting a multi-disciplinary international policy research project under the guidance of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and the Association of American Universities. This approximately one semester long project will:

(1) Provide an overview of practices employed by universities around the world to support energy R&D, education, and technology commercialization in order to identify promising university approaches to these problems,
(2) Provide an overview of R&D and innovation policies being employed by various governments in order to identify promising practices at the national level, and
(3) Provide a rationale for government support of university R&D and innovation in energy in order to motivate recommendations for policy changes and/or new policy directions

The CEA has secured interest in the product of this project from various universities, the White House OSTP, the AAU, the US Department of Energy, and staffers from various Congressional committees. Participation in this project is open to all energy club members around the world (non-US students are especially encouraged to join!). If you wish to participate, please contact Kevin Huang at kjhuang@mit.edu by October 14.