BBSRC Industrial CASE Studentship Competition 2010

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Industrial CASE PhDs provide research training in an area of relevance to an industrial partner and are an excellent means of knowledge exchange between the academic and commercial worlds. BSBRC’s Industrial CASE Studentship Competition will award Doctoral Training Grants (DTGs) for start in October 2011 to support collaborative postgraduate research training leading to a PhD. Proposals for Industrial CASE studentship funding can be submitted by either the industrial company or an individual academic supervisor (citing an industrial partner).


A flyer is attached and full details of the competition are on the BBSRC website at: http://www.bbsrc.ac.uk/business/training/industrial-case.aspx

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What are the benefits to the company?

  • An opportunity to have a high quality PhD student undertaking basic research relevant to company objectives
  • The freedom to choose academic partners and opportunities to explore new research collaborations
  • Direct supervision of a high quality graduate providing insight into potential company recruits

What is the company required to provide?

  • A student placement of between 6 and 18 months
  • Development opportunities for the student in wider business-related skills
  • An enhancement of just £2,500 pa to the student’s stipend and a contribution of £1,400 to the costs incurred by the academic department

MRC INDUSTRIAL CASE SCHEME

The MRC will be funding approximately 30-35 individual Industry CASE PhD studentships this year, to be taken up in 2011. As previously, the aim is to award at least five of these to Small & Medium Sized Enterprises. The aim of the MRC Industrial CASE awards is to provide PhD students with a first rate, challenging training experience within the context of a mutually beneficial collaboration between academic and industry research programme leaders.

More information can be found here: http://www.mrc.ac.uk/Fundingopportunities/Studentships/IndustrialCASE/MRC004608 or please feel free to contact MRCStudents@ssc.rcuk.ac.uk with all queries related to MRC Industrial CASE proposals.