Jane Spencer joined the MECS team in March 2019 and is responsible for the coordination of the MECS Challenge Fund. She is the first point of contact for all Challenge related enquiries and is based at Loughborough University. Following two years setting up and establishing a Doctoral Training Programme for the Energy Research Accelerator, Jane has experience of working in multi-partner collaborative projects. Jane has a broad range of experience encompassing university administration, event management and facilitating links between industrial and academic partners to increase research and development within the field of renewable energy.