SMART

For projects eligible for TA funding (Bicycle, Pedestrian, and Transportation Enhancements Alternatives [TEA] modal categories) and to comply with SB 286, project applicants are required to contact the California Conservation Corps or a Community Conservation Corps (CCC) regarding the ability of either organization to participate in the scope of work identified in the project application. Applicants must complete the attached California Transportation Commission (CTC) Transportation Enhancements application and include it, with a signed signature page (pages 6-7 of the application), in their Call for Projects application.

The attached CTC Transportation Enhancements application must be submitted as part of your Call for Projects application package which is due on January 18, 2013. Caltrans will develop implementing legislation for the new federal Surface Transportation Act, Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century (MAP-21). Sponsors whose projects are awarded TA funding through the 2013 Call for Projects will be required to submit an updated application for TA funding to the CTC. Guidance on this process will be provided at the Successful Project Sponsors Workshop in October 2013.

For more information, see http://www.metro.net/projects_studies/call_projects/images/2013_call_for_projects_package.pdf or contact Rena Lum.

The European Commission (EC) will launch two calls for proposals under the Trans European Transport Network (TEN-T) framework. According to the document, the Commission has made EUR1.26 billion (US$1.64 billion) available, “to finance European transport infrastructure projects in all transport modes – air, rail, road, and maritime/inland waterways – plus logistics and intelligent transport systems (ITS), and all EU Member States.” Siim Kallas, the Commissioner for Mobility and Transport, said, “In making this considerable amount of funding available, the Commission aims for a competitive relaunch of the European economy, to sustain and support growth. By directing this money to TEN-T infrastructure, we are also continuing to help the realization of the entire TEN-T network; bringing a tangible benefit to all European businesses and citizens, who will reap the rewards of a more efficient, sustainable and effective European transport system.”

The Trans European Transport multi-annual program will focus on six areas of activity, with approximately EUR1.015 billion (US$1.32 billion) of funding being made available. The breakdown of the new funding is: the 30 TEN-T Priority Projects will get EUR725 million (US$943 million); the European Rail Traffic Management Systems (ERTMS) have been allocated EUR100 million (US$130 million), which will enable European interoperability on the rail network; EUR10 million (US$13 million) is going to River Information Services (RIS), involving traffic management infrastructure on the inland waterway network; Air Traffic Management (ATM) gets EUR50 million (US$65 million) for implementing the Single European Sky and ATM modernization objectives; EUR80 million (US$04 million) is being invested in the Motorways of the Sea (MoS) program to provide viable alternatives for congested roads, by shifting freight to sea routes; and Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS), will receive EUR50 million (US$65 million) for implementing the European Electronic Toll Service (EETS), promoting inter-modality and improvement of the safety and reliability of the road network.

The Trans European Transport annual program work is supplementary to the multi-annual projects and has been allocated EUR250 million (US$325 million) of funding for four distinct priorities. The four areas of investment are: acceleration/facilitation of the implementation of TEN-T projects, which gets EUR150 million (US$195 million); measures to promote innovation and new technologies for transport infrastructure and facilities that contribute to de-carbonization or the reduction of external costs in general gains EUR40 million (US$52 million); funding of EUR25 million (US$32.5 million) will give support to Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) and innovative financial instruments; and an indicative budget of EUR35 million (US$45.5 million) will give support to the long term implementation of the TEN-T in particular corridors.

For more information, see http://www.traffictechnologytoday.com/news.php?NewsID=44920.

Fellowships are available to currently registered students who have advanced to candidacy (by the time research begins) for the Ph.D. in the social sciences, physical sciences, technical fields and the professions as related to grassroots development issues. Applications for clinical research in the health field will NOT be considered.

Awards are based on both development and scholarly criteria. Proposals should offer a practical orientation to field-based information. In exceptional cases the IAF will support research reflecting a primary interest in macro questions of politics and economics but only as they relate to the environment of the poor. The Fellowship Program complements IAF’s support for grassroots development in Latin America and the Caribbean, and preference for those applicants whose careers or research projects are related to topics of greatest interest to the IAF. These include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Organizations promoting grassroots development among poor and disadvantaged peoples;
• The financial sustainability and independence of development organizations;
• Trends affecting historically excluded groups, such as African descendants, indigenous peoples, women, people with disabilities and young people;
• Transnational development;
• The role of corporate social responsibility in grassroots development;
• The impact of globalization on grassroots development;
• The impact on the quality of life of the poor of grassroots development activities in such areas as sustainable agriculture and natural resource management, housing, health care, education, urban development, technology transfer, jobs creation, and marketing and small-enterprise development.

For more information, contact iaffellowships@iie.org.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), as part of the P3-People, Prosperity and the Planet Award Program, is seeking applications proposing to research, develop, and design solutions to real world challenges involving the overall sustainability of human society. The P3 competition highlights the use of scientific principles in creating innovative projects focused on sustainability. The P3 Award program was developed to foster progress toward sustainability by achieving the mutual goals of economic prosperity, protection of the planet, and improved quality of life for its people– people, prosperity, and the planet – the three pillars of sustainability. The EPA offers the P3 competition in order to respond to the technical needs of the world while moving towards the goal of sustainability. Please see the P3 website for more details about this program.

The Furthermore program is concerned with nonfiction book publishing about the city; natural and historic resources; art, architecture, and design; cultural history; and civil liberties and other public issues of the day. Our grants apply to writing, research, editing, design, indexing, photography, illustration, and printing and binding.

We look for work that appeals to an informed general audience; gives evidence of high standards in editing, design, and production; promises a reasonable shelf life; might not otherwise achieve top quality or even come into being; and represents a contribution without which we would be the poorer. Book proposals to which a university press or trade publisher is already committed and for which there is a feasible distribution plan are usually preferred. In geographical reach we are drawn— but in no way limited— to New York City and to New York State and its Hudson Valley.

For more information, see http://www.furthermore.org.

The Helmholtz International Research School “Energy Scenarios – Construction, Assessment, Impact” invites applications from highly qualified and motivated individuals for

6 Doctoral Scholarships

Scholarship: 1200 €/month; Scholarship excluding additional auxiliary income to commence in April, 2012.

The International Research School in Energy Scenarios is a common institution of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) together with partners from the University of Stuttgart, ISI Fraunhofer Institute and German Aerospace Centre (DLR). The research school provides an internationally unique opportunity to become an outstanding researcher in energy scenario analysis. It provides high quality training for doctoral researchers in a structured, three year’s program. Our researchers will gain comprehensive knowledge of the construction techniques of scenarios, the system boundaries in the energy sector, as well as be able to make in‐depth valuations of energy scenario assessments, and their impacts on decision‐makers, politicians, population etc.

Successful candidates are expected to work in one of the following research projects:

Methods of social context inclusion in energy scenario construction
Responsible Partner:  Interdisciplinary Research Unit on Risk Governance and Sustainable Technology
Development (ZIRN) – University of Stuttgart
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Ortwin Renn
Condition of Employment: Diploma or Master in sociology or political science
Further information: http://www.zirn‐info.de/index‐grk.htm

Perspectives of electricity storages with respect to the integration of high shares of renewable energies into the German supply system
Responsible Partner:  German Aerospace Centre (DLR), Stuttgart
Supervisor: Thomas Pregger and Yvonne Scholz
Condition of Employment: Diploma or Master in engineering, economics or related disciplines

Dimensionality of energy systems models – influence on the results of energy scenarios
Responsible Partner:  IER – Institute of Energy Economics and the Rationale Use of Energy, University of Stuttgart
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Alfred Voß
Condition of Employment: Diploma or Master in engineering, economics or related disciplines

The perception and reception of energy scenarios by its users: an empirical analysis
Responsible Partner:  Institute for Technology Assessment and Systems Analysis (ITAS) – Karlsruhe
Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Armin Grunwald
Condition of Employment: Diploma or Master in philosophy

The role of global passenger road transport within energy scenarios
Responsible Partner:  Institute for Industrial Production – Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Wolf Fichtner
Condition of Employment: Diploma or Master in economics, engineering or related disciplines

Long‐term Final Energy Demand Analysis
Responsible Partner: Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research (ISI), Karlsruhe
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Martin Wietschel
Condition of Employment: Diploma or Master in economics, engineering or related disciplines

Application

The deadline for application for up to 2 research projects (please indicate 1st and 2nd choice) is December 16, 2011. We encourage especially women to apply for scientific positions. Handicapped with equal qualifications will be preferred. Short listed candidates will be invited for an oral presentation and interviews in February 2011.

Please submit electronic applications with the customary documentation (letter of motivation including personal research interests (one page), curriculum vitae, graduation documents, grade sheets, other certificates and a letter of recommendation to Dr. Julia Johnsen: julia.johnsen@kit.edu.