Become an industry partner
What we do
The N0MES CDT is funding a minimum of 50% of the costs of high quality, in-depth, collaborative research in the Maritime Net Zero sector. The funding not only helps alleviate the risks involved with long-term research projects, but also brings together a network of industrial partners, sector organisations, local government, and a team of academics and researchers with world-leading expertise and facilities in the University of Liverpool and Liverpool John Moores University.
Funded by EPSRC, the two Universities and our industrial partners we are developing innovative solutions and enhancing capability in coastal energy infrastructure and technologies such as:
- Energy generation,
- Storage,
- Distribution
- Decommissioning and life extension
As well as addressing the short term and long-term environmental impacts and port side impacts and opportunities.
Industry led research
Our industrial projects are initiated by partners with a commercial research need. Projects can be developed from a simple brief overview of the challenge. We will find academics from the University of Liverpool, or Liverpool John Moores University with the most suitable expertise to assist in creating a bespoke 4-year research plan that fulfils your requirements.
We recruit cohorts of post graduate researchers to start projects in the autumn. You can be involved at every stage of the recruitment process, to ensure you are satisfied with the successful candidate.
Research facilities
N0MES PhD projects have access to the world-class facilities of the Universities including labs, workshops, powerful computers, software and an enormous amount of research information in the extensive collections in the libraries, covering all the most prestigious research publications available.
Benefits of PhDs
PhDs are an extremely cost-efficient method of undertaking in-depth, high quality research. Access to expertise and facilities is an obvious benefit. Consultancy fees for a similar level of intervention could quickly spiral.
Another risk to consider in long-term R&D is that specific knowledge can be lost to your business if a researcher moves on prior to the end of the project. The N0MES team’s experience in running industrial PhDs for over a decade has demonstrated that PhD researchers are highly motivated to remain for the full-term, and many are recruited by the partners who see them as indispensable team members by the end of the project.
Next generation of high quality employees
The N0MES CDT is directly benefiting partners by training the next generation of leaders in engineering net zero, developing employees who have the diverse skills needed to address emerging technologies, including areas such as in digital, AI and responsible innovation. This is key to influencing and ensuring an active and sustainable supply chain of key skills.
Value for money
In addition to the cost of studentships and tuition fees that are included in the 50% costs, the funding also supports the cost of researchers travel to UK and international conferences, specific software, training, bootcamps and events.
How much does it cost?
To become a full partner and ensure the project is successfully allocated funding we ask for 50% of the cost of a studentship. This is £13,750 per annum for 4 years. Costs can be spread over the duration of the currently funded term (until 2033).
In-kind support is also welcome, however, due to the amount of interest in N0MES we have to prioritise projects according to the level of support offered by our partners, so funding is not assured.
