4 year EPSRC Doctoral Training Partnership Studentship

The 4 year EPSRC Doctoral Training Partnership Studentship is now recruiting for entry in September 2017. The programme will start recruiting in March 2017 for entry in September 2017.

The award supports doctoral training in any area of engineering and the physical sciences with relevance to the EPSRC remit. Studentships are principally based at the academic partner, with a mandatory placement at the non-academic partner for a minimum of 3 months. For more information on EPSRC studentships see here.

How to apply

Please visit this link and follow the application instructions.

Deadline: 31st March 2017.

What are the entry requirements?

You should already have, or anticipate being awarded in 2017, a UK honours degree (minimum 2:1) or international equivalent, in a related subject, for example; Neuroscience, Biological or Biomedical Sciences, Psychology, Medicine. The UCL English Language proficiency requirement must have already been met at the time of application. Further details please visit UCL's language requirement page.

What should I include in my CV?

• Details of your BSc/BA degree and/or Masters degrees
• Details of relevant work experience
• Details of voluntary research/clinical experience
• Details of any academic publications, conference presentations or posters you have written or presented
• Details of any academic prizes you have won
• Names and email contact details for TWO academic referees

What should I include in my covering letter?

You should not repeat the information presented in your CV but expand upon it. For example; what is it you can bring to this programme? What do you hope to learn? How will a 4 year EPSRC Doctoral Training Partnership Studentship fit into, or further your career plans? Why is a four year programme attractive?

Recruitment Timetable

Applications close on 31st March 2017.

Interviews will be held in April 2017 and offers will be made shortly thereafter.

An alternative interview date cannot be offered to individual shortlisted candidates.

Due to the number of applications we receive we will only contact you if you have been shortlisted for interview. If you have not heard from us by mid April 2017 you should assume you have not been shortlisted.

What is a 4 Year PhD?

Students on a four year PhD programme spend their first year gaining generic research skills and broadening their research experience before completing a "conventional" three year PhD in years 2-4 of their studies. Students on the Four Year PhD in Clinical Neurosciences hosted by the UCL Institute of Neurology rotate through three different research labs on three month placements in year one of their studies. They also complete one MSc module, complete a web–based statistics package and undertake other appropriate generic skills training during their first year. At the end of each lab placement students are asked to present their work to the programme steering group. This first year has the following advantages:

• it enables students from different backgrounds to broaden their knowledge and skills in three different areas of neuroscience research
• it gives students greater insight into neuroscience research, in particular it illustrates to them where their specific skills and experience might best fit, before they select their main 3 year project
• it enables students from different backgrounds to broaden their knowledge and skills in three different areas of neuroscience research
• it gives students greater insight into neuroscience research, in particular it illustrates to them where their specific skills and experience might best fit, before they select their main 3 year project

Funding notes

The successful applicant will be awarded an annual stipend of £17,313 per year (tax free), and their tuition fees will be paid for them, at the Home/EU fee rate. To be eligible for the DTP awards, candidates must be either be UK or EU residents who have been living in the UK for 3 years prior to the course commencing (for education purposes is fine).

Contact: ion.educationunit@ucl.ac.uk