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