SPACER aims to provide 17 doctoral candidates with the scientific and complementary skills they will need for a career in the field of electrochemical energy storage.
They will receive a firm grounding in the scientific skills needed for their individual project work, and a unique understanding of the interface between modelling, prototyping, characterization and validation/evaluation/demonstration. Training in entrepreneurship will help them to progress from theoretical to practical knowledge, and industrial secondments will allow them to experience different schools of thoughts and implement their knowledge in an industrial setting.
Local-level training
Each project partner will provide training to its recruited researchers based on their individual needs. This will involve:
Training through research leading to a PhD
Training in transferable skills, such as language and presentation skills or project management
On-the-job training and specialized scientific and practical training courses relevant to the individual project work of the recruited doctoral candidates
Visits and secondments, especially to industrial and applied research partners
Network-level training
Seven network-wide training units will be held during the project, aiming to provide the recruited doctoral candidates with the interdisciplinary knowledge needed to transfer their results into industrial applications:
TU 1
General aspects of electrochemical energy storage, ICT
TU 2
Focus on general aspects, UPA
TU 3
Focus on modelling, CHA
TU 4
Focus on prototyping, UIN
TU 5
Focus on characterization, ICT + UST
TU 6
Focus on imaging technologies, TUE
TU 7
Workshop on flow battery electrodes showing the work of next-generation scientists, ICT