Project SUNRISE and accreditation success: News from the College

Here's a batch of fresh news and announcements from across Imperial. From funding for a revolutionary research into solar energy, to new institution-wide accreditation, here is some quick-read news from across the College. Kicking off project SUNRISE. A partnership of 20 institutions in 13 European countries, including Imperial College London, has received €1M in initial funding to revolutionise solar energy. SUNRISE joins together stakeholders from academia, industry, policy and society, with the aim of providing an alternative to fossil-fuel-based energy by investigating and improving ways to convert and store solar energy. The initial funding from the EU Horizon 2020 programme will allow the partnership to create a roadmap for how their ambitious research and development project will roll out in the future, with the potential for major further funding expected to follow, depending on Brexit. The Imperial contribution is led by Professor James Durrant from the Department of Chemistry.