The ESRC SWDTC Collaborative PhD Studentship Scheme
The South West Doctoral Training Centre and Great Western Research
New Collaborative SWDTC PhD studentships
In January 2011 the Economics and Social Research Council (ESRC) confirmed funding of the new South West Doctoral Training Centre (SWDTC) which brings together the combined strengths of the Universities of Bristol, Exeter and Bath in a consortium to provide doctoral training across the South West of England.
GWR will be working closely with the SWDTC to fund up to 16 collaborative studentships pa from the 2012 student intake.
Applications for the first round of these studentships are now closed.
These new collaborative ESRC-SWDTC studentships, facilitated by GWR, will each be part funded by an External Partner, and applications for the second round of studentships are now open.
Application will follow a simple 2 step process, with very short outline applications by SWDTC academic staff followed by full research applications, once a suitable External Partner organization has been firmly identified.
If you already have an External Partner lined up, please just give your and their details on the outline application form, together with the project title, and then proceed directly to the full application form.
Applications for the second round of Collaborative studentships will close in the Autumn of 2012 with final decisions expected to be announced in January 2013.
Application System :
The very short Outline Application form is available HERE.
The on-line application system for submission of Full Research Proposals is available HERE.
Scheme Documentation :
A list of Frequently Asked Questions and responses are available HERE.
The detailed Application Guidelines and description of the scheme are available HERE.
A model Letter of Support for use by the External Partner organisation is available HERE.
Model Studentship Agreements which may be used as a template for the contract with the External partner organisation are available :
HERE for Disciplinary Pathways and
HERE for Interdisciplinary Pathways.
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If you have any questions or have problems please do not hesitate to contact Dr Paul Hudson at GWR on 01392 269 104 or by email : p.s.hudson@exeter.ac.uk
For further details of the SWDTC please see :
http://www.bristol.ac.uk/fssl/swdtc.html
http://socialsciences.exeter.ac.uk/news/college/title_120378_en.html
http://www.bath.ac.uk/hss/graduate-school/swdtc.html
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