The Energy Research Center was established on KU's west campus in 1991 to facilitate interdisciplinary energy research at KU and to develop programs related to state, regional, and national energy needs. The ERC has been particularly active in technology transfer programs to the petroleum industry in the state. Public policy issues and environmental subjects are also of interest.
Overhead rates are the same as negotiated campus values.
Also the same amount of overhead is returned to the department if the project pays full overhead. The resulting fund can aid you, your department, and the university in increasing energy-related research. An eleven-person ERC campus advisory board is overseeing the use of this small, but growing fund. We would recommend that you discuss submitting a proposal through the ERC with your department chairperson. Timothy R. Carr, Chief of the Petroleum Research Section at the Kansas Geological Survey, has been appointed as a Co-Director of the University of Kansas Energy Research Center.