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PhD Research grants 2007

More than financial support for PhD students

Construction project grant - India 2007

Holcim Grants for Sustainable Construction

The Holcim Foundation Grants initiative provides seed funding for building initiatives and contributions for research projects to accelerate progress and promote sustainable construction.

To enable the appropriate review of any proposals submitted, requests for project or research grants must not be sent directly to the Holcim Foundation. See detailed submission process description below.

The Holcim Foundation provides USD 1 million per three year cycle to support PhD research in sustainable construction and the implementation of exemplary sustainable building construction projects beyond the Holcim Awards competition.

Project seed funding grants

Projects nominated for seed funding grants are evaluated according to the “target issues” for sustainable construction. To be considered for funding, the project must initially be endorsed by a Holcim Group company, which then recommends the project to the Holcim Foundation.

A list of contact details for all Holcim Group companies is available on the Holcim Ltd website.

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The Holcim Foundation announced its hand-over of construction projects seed funding to the Headquarters of Development Alternatives in New Delhi, India in June 2007. Read more about the "center for excellence in sustainable habitat" and progress on the project at the link below:

Holcim Foundation construction project grant

PhD research grants

Research proposals nominated for PhD research grants are evaluated according to the “target issues” for sustainable construction. To be considered for funding, the research proposal must be confirmed by the PhD candidate’s university which then submits the proposal to the Holcim Foundation partner university in the respective region:

Partner universities

Following the initial evaluation of the PhD research proposal, endorsed projects are then presented to the Technical Competence Center (TCC) of the Holcim Foundation.

Technical Competence Center

The details of the first PhD research grant funding were announced at the Holcim Forum for Sustainable Construction in Shanghai, for research undertaken by PhD candidates from Brazil, China, Mexico, and Switzerland. PhD research recipients are enabled to network amongst each-other and to discuss their ongoing work with the specialists of the TCC. Read more about the first research grant recipients contact meeting at ETH Zurich.

Holcim Foundation PhD research grants

Unsolicited grant proposals

Please note that the Holcim Foundation is unable to respond to project seed funding or PhD research projects which are submitted directly to it.

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