EPSRC: Centres for doctoral training

27/07/2023

12/09/2023

The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council invites outline proposals for its centres for doctoral training funding programme. This supports CDTs to deliver high quality, cohort-based doctoral education, with a focus on a high value student experience promoting their long-term career development, wellbeing and preparation to follow a diversity of career paths. All applicants will need to choose one of our 3 focus areas for the assessment of their proposal. Amount note EPSRC intends to commit up to £324 million and the duration of the funding will be 102 months. Applicants are required to leverage both cash and high value in-kind support from non UKRI sources.

Physical Sciences and Engineering. The focus areas are: •meeting a user need or supporting civic priorities: centres must be co-developed and co-delivered with non-academic partners as well as demonstrate significant co-investment by those stakeholders: •delivering an EPSRC research priority: •supporting an innovative approach to CDT delivery.

Applicant type Academic Institution; Government or Public Sector; Non-profit Eligibility Note Applications are welcome from eligible organisations who can demonstrate the ability to host a CDT in a world-leading research training environment. Applications must be led by a research degree awarding body. Given the scale of CDTs, the organisation or collaboration applying must include a critical mass of supervisors with internationally recognised research excellence, and a proven track record of doctoral supervision. The principal investigator must be from the lead organisation for the application and satisfy the standard EPSRC eligibility criteria.