First feasibility call

We received 11 proposals in total across a broad spectrum of topics, following an extensive review and ranking process the following proposals were chosen:

PI: Hamid Assadi, Brunel University London
Manufacturing of lightweight structural components for high performance electrical machines by electromagnetic pulse technology (EMPT)

PI: Claire Davis, University of Warwick
HiPPES – High performing and processible electrical steels

PI: Markus Muller, University of Edinburgh
Industrial manufacture of marinised coils - IMMCoil

PI: Nick Simpson, University of Bristol
Additive manufacturing for next generation functional integration of windings and thermal management in future electrical machines

The EPSRC Future Electrical Machines Manufacturing (FEMM) Hub is offering three awards up to the value of £50,000 each (80% fEC) to support feasibility studies at TRLs 1-3. The feasibility call is open to all UK academics eligible to receive EPSRC funding and whose institutions are not currently involved with the FEMM Hub. For a list of our current partners, visit our Hub Partners page. 

Proposals are envisaged to have a duration of 6-12 months and maximum value of £62,500 at full Economic Cost (fEC), with funding to be awarded at 80% of fEC. Our first call is the primary mechanism for new academic collaborators to engage with the FEMM Hub and if successful could potentially provide a springboard to larger follow on funding.