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For the second year in a row, and as part of its continuing efforts to support educational activities, research, and public awareness in every aspect of renewable energy, the Lebanese Solar Energy Society, LSES, is pleased to launch the 2025 Final Year Projects for Engineering Students Award.

LSES is allocating a budget of $10,000 to fund 10 (or more) Final year projects FYP, or relevant master topics in the renewable energy among different universities in Lebanon for the upcoming academic year. The initiative will also include financial prizes for the best 3 projects funded through this initiative. 

Budget for each project should fall within up to $750 range. This amount should be explicitly dedicated to buying equipment that would be specifically needed for the project in question, and that should be physically available during the project implementation time.   

Three prizes of $1000, $750 and $500 will be awarded in cash for the best three projects respectively. A Jury from renewable field specialists, University professors, OEA, IRI and private industries will decide on winning participants.  Successful finished projects that didn’t have the chance to be among the first three, will be awarded a certificate that can support graduate students with their CV’s. 

1-   Eligibility

LSES will be funding projects related to renewable energy including all fields. Fields of interest are included the following list but are not limited to: research, engineering, prototyping, design, economic, social, legal, aesthetic.

Undergrad and Graduate projects are eligible (PhD projects are not eligible for this call). A team should be composed of one or more students under the supervision of one or more supervisors. The project should be a final year project, a graduating project, or a Master thesis within a program in a Lebanese University. It is ideal if the projects received by LSES are at their first semester so that the fund will be allocated to the second semester related to execution.

2-   Budgeting

The maximum amount of the grant per project is $750. Payment will be paid in Full upon the purchase of material.

A brief BOM (Bill of Materials) should be provided in the project proposal. The budget should be relevant to the topic and justified. The grant will cover the purchase of materials, software, and consumables directly related to the project.

IT equipment like personal computers, tablets, furniture and equipment that are not directly used in the project are not included in the fund.

3-   Evaluation and selection

The proposals received will be evaluated internally by the LSES for possible funding. The evaluation is based on the below criteria:

1. Feasibility of the project 30%
2. Relevance of the expected output 30%
3. Importance of the project to Lebanon’s sustainability 30%
4. Innovation and new ideas 10%

4-   IP and dissemination

Although funded by the LSES the projects’ licenses and IP (Intellectual Property) ownership will not be transferred to LSES.

It is required by the project team to state that the project has been funded by LSES on any communication related to the project like reports, presentations, publications, patents…

5-   Application

Candidates, with the concession of their Academic institution (Professors), are kindly invited to send their proposal by email to LSES administrator Mrs. Lina Bassil ‘’[email protected]’’ (CC to:” [email protected]” and for email follow up you can call or send message to 03 18 92 68 or 03 30 98 85) from date till End of June 2025.

The email should be kind brief and include the application form signed by the primary supervisor (check the appendix) including the below:

1. Name of the University, and the project title
2. A small abstract describing the project (< 500words)
3. Student(s) and supervisor(s) names and contacts.
4. Brief priced BOM (bill of material) including expected supplier (if any).

LSES President

Jean Paul SFEIR