The Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme of European Union has launched a huge MSCA COFUND project entitled Doctorate programme on Emerging battery Storage Technologies INspiring Young scientists, DESTINY https://www.destiny-phd.eu/. CNRS, acting as the coordinator, with 40 European partner institutions working on future batteries and related issues on energy storage, committed to ambitiously participate in the long-term research initiative Battery 2030+. A new paradigm change in battery research is foreseen. The project consists in delivering a competitive edge to European industry and academy within the rapidly emerging green technology areas of Electro-mobility and Large-scale energy storage.
In this context, DESTINY, a highly advanced PhD training programme opens a first application call enrolling 29 doctoral positions, located in 11 European countries, and that will start on October 2021. The large consortium is composed of Universities, Research centers, Large Scale Facilities and Industry companies.