NanoKTN to fund PhD studentships
The Nanotechnology Knowledge Transfer Network (NanoKTN), a UK knowledge-based network for micro and nanotechnologies, is to provide funding for two PhD studentships.
The Nanotechnology Knowledge Transfer Network (NanoKTN), a UK knowledge-based network for micro and nanotechnologies, is to provide funding for two PhD studentships.
This follows an award of two Industrial Collaborative Awards in Science and Engineering (CASE) for 2010 from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC).
The NanoKTN is now inviting applications from UK companies and academics for these studentships.
The Industrial CASE Awards are allocated by UK Research Councils as a way of linking academic research with industrial need. Companies that offer funding to students support these CASE awards, in addition to their already secured EPSRC funding. The company defines a student project and selects a university to work with. The university then recruits a suitable candidate to carry out the project, jointly supervised by the academic and industrial partners.
The awards are available to students with a relevant connection in the UK, usually established by residence and an upper second class honours degree or a combination of qualifications and experience equivalent to that level.
The successful applicants will receive EPSRC funding of £66,838 over the three-and-a-half years of the intended project.
The NanoKTN is inviting proposals by Thursday March 2010.
