Launch your career in research and development with one of 50 industry-based three year funded PhDs.

• Do you want to develop your skills and experience to undertake a rewarding and well-paid career which uses your background in science or engineering?
• Have you thought about doing a PhD but thought that was just for people wanting to be academics?
• Are you interested in how new products, processes and services are developed?
• Do you want to be part of a 50-strong graduate team underpinning the development of radically new products and services?
• Do you want to work alongside the people in businesses doing your dream job whilst gaining a PhD?
• Do you have what it takes to be a postgraduate at a world-class university?
• Do you want to play your part in delivering a more sustainable world and meet the challenges of climate change?

If the answer is yes Register Your Interest Now  and launch your career in research and development with an industry-based three year funded PhD from the Centre for Global Eco-innovation, a partnership between Lancaster University, the University of Liverpool and international commercialisation consultancy Inventya Ltd.

Starting in October 2012 you could be part of a new team of up to 50 exceptional PhD researchers working in a unique partnership between academia and business. You will be embedded in one of 50 leading high-growth science and technology businesses undertaking intensive R&D on a specific research project to underpin the development of a new product or service, using this work as the basis of your PhD programme of study.

By joining the Centre for Global Eco-innovation, you will:

• Register to study for a PhD from either Lancaster University or the University of Liverpool
• Receive £16,000 per year as a centre graduate
• Undertake a substantive collaborative project with a business with a base in the Northwest of the UK
• Have your postgraduate tuition fees paid for by your partner business (worth £12,000)
• Become one of 50 graduates at the heart of a radical new centre for business-led R&D
• Develop new products, processes and services for international markets
• Be in an enviable position to develop a long-term well-paid career
• Gain a postgraduate qualification from one of two world-class universities
• Finish in a strong position to enter a competitive job market in the UK and overseas

The Centre for Global Eco-innovation is the only centre of its kind in Europe and is part financed by the European Regional Development Fund.

Launch your successful career in private sector research and development and make a significant contribution to the global challenges of climate change and sustainable development.

Register now or see www.cgeinnovation.org/graduates

If you have any questions email enquiries@cgeinnovation.org