Kumar Biswajit Debnath

PhD, MArch, BArch

Funding

Awarded

  1. Debnath KB, Biloria NM, Ton-That C (2024) Data-driven bio-fabricated carbon-negative building skin for passive cooling (BioCOOL)
    Funding authority: University of Technology Sydney (UTS)
    Duration: May 2024–April 2028
    Role: UTS Chancellor’s Research Fellowship [Principal Investigator (PI)]
    Funding amount: AUD 514,000

Research grant

  1. Debnath KB (2019) Decarbonisation of energy systems of South Asian developing economies through regional collaborations;
    Funding agency: EPSRC Supergen Energy Networks Hub. EPSRC Supergen Flex Fund (First call).
    Duration: September 2019–December 2020
    Role: PI
    Total amount: £50,000

  2. Peacock A, Corne DW, Jenkins D, Debnath KB (2019) Dispatchable Air Conditioning (DAC);
    Funding agency: Energy Catalyst round 7: early-stage, Innovate UK Awards
    Duration: April 2020- September 2021
    Role: Researcher Co-Investigator (RCoI)
    Total amount: £233,407
  3. Peters T, Munshi F, Hossain I, Greening P, Green C, Wang X, Debnath KB, Xu B (2020) Fast-track vaccine cold-chain assessment and design for mass scale COVID-19 vaccination in Bangladesh (VaCoBD);
    Funding agency: UKRI GCRF/NF Agile response call 2020
    Duration: August 2020-December 2021
    Role: Researcher Co-Investigator (RCoI)
    Total amount: £631,661
  4. Osunmuyiwa O, Jenkins D, Debnath KB (2019) Transforming farming value-chains in sub-Saharan Africa through social and economically inclusive sustainable energy solutions (TRANSFARM);
    Funding agency: Scottish Funding Council (SFC). SFC GCRF Institutional Sponsorship 2019-20.
    Duration: October 2019- March 2020
    Role: Named researcher
    Total amount: £33,676
  5. Xu B, Peters T, Gul M, Ahmed S and Debnath KB (2020) Rapid Assessment Methodology for Vaccine Cold-Chain for Mass Immunisation;
    Funding agency: Scottish Funding Council (SFC). SFC GCRF Institutional Sponsorship 2020.
    Duration: May-July 2020
    Role: Named researcher
    Total amount: £30,000

Scholarship

  1. Debnath KB (2013) 2050 Energy and Carbon Emissions Pathways: Modelling the Cost of Decarbonisation;
    Funding agency: Cardiff School of Engineering, Cardiff University and Department of Energy & Climate Change (DECC), UK
    Duration: April 2014 – March 2017
    Role: PI
    Total amount: £54,050

Travel grant

  1. Debnath KB (2022) Research Committee Fund for attending PLEA 2022 in Santiago, Chile.
    Funding authority: School of Architecture, Planning, and Landscape, Newcastle University, UK.
    Duration: November 2022.
    Role: PI
    Grant amount: £1262
  2. Debnath KB, Dutta S (2009) Conservation of World Heritage Sites in Bangladesh: A Comparative Analysis of the Conservation of the Architectural Features According to ‘Venice Charter’;
    Funding Authority: Berger Travel Grant for Students of Architecture, BUET, Berger Paints Ltd., Bangladesh, and Department of Architecture, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), Bangladesh.
    Duration: September–October 2009.
    Role: PI
    Grant amount: BDT 37,000 (~£350)

Under review