For over five years, C-DICE led the UK’s largest postdoctoral development programme, to build and sustain the advanced skills base required to create a pipeline of world-class talent for the Infrastructure, Cities and Energy (IC&E) sectors, and accelerate progress towards a net-zero society.
It has supported over 2,000 postdoctoral researchers, building skills, networks, and collaborations that advance net zero innovation. As the funded period ended on 31 March 2026, the programme celebrates its strong legacy of real‑world impact, published research, and long‑lasting resources, while looking ahead to future partnership opportunities.
Join C-DICE and Energy Research Accelerator (ERA) in a quiet, structured space for postdoctoral researchers and PhD students to focus
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Join Energy Research Accelerator (ERA) and C-DICE for a two-hour online workshop designed for researchers who already understand the basics
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The transition to Net Zero has exposed a critical skills gap: the need to integrate AI-driven "Digital Brains" with multi-sector
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The funded period for the Centre for Postdoctoral Development in Infrastructure, Cities and Energy (C-DICE) has now come to an end,
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A C‑DICE networking grant awarded to Dr Rodolfo Teixeira (Chemical Engineering, Loughborough University) enabled a UK–Brazil collaboration on “Sustainable Manufacturing
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C‑DICE has published The Personal Costs of Researcher Precarity: A C‑DICE National Survey of Researchers on Fixed‑Term Contracts in UK
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C‑DICE identified a gap in structured postdoctoral researcher development and by providing a substantial fund for secondments, placements, networking grants,
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In 2024, Dr Mohammad Khalili, who completed his PhD in the 3D printing of biopolymers at Cranfield University, took part
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Dr Lizzie Ashton, Senior Research Associate at Loughborough University was awarded one of C-DICE’s final Networking Grants for a project
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We are always keen to discuss partnership opportunities with businesses and other organisations.
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