Published: 25 Nov 2024 616 views
We are pleased to announce a call for an EPSRC Doctoral Prize funded by the EPSRC Doctoral Training Partnership grant. The award provides funding for one year of salary to support an outstanding researcher in further developing their research activities following completion of a PhD. To be eligible, candidates must have received EPSRC funding for their PhD or EngD programme, successfully passed their PhD viva voce exam, and submitted the final version of their thesis by the start of the Doctoral Prize project (expected between May and October 2025).
For the 2025 call, each Faculty is limited to two applications and should conduct an initial faculty-led selection process to identify their top two candidates for submission to the central panel. The deadline for each Faculty will be communicated internally.
The University of Strathclyde is a Scottish public research university located in Glasgow, United Kingdom. Founded in 1796 as the Andersonian Institute, it is Glasgow's second-oldest university. The university receiving its royal charter in 1964 as the UK's first technological university. It takes its name from the historic Kingdom of Strathclyde.
Scholarship value: Partial Funding, Living costs
The University is committed to diversity and inclusion. Applications are welcome from all candidates who fulfil the EPSRC requirements. Candidates who completed their PhD/EngD outside of Strathclyde are welcome to apply, provided the Project Sponsor on their application is a Strathclyde academic.
The award is intended to allow promising research to develop in new directions. Consequently, the gap between the end of the PhD/EngD project and the start of the Postdoctoral Pathway project should not normally be more than 9 months.
Candidates must have been funded for their doctoral studies at a UK institution by the EPSRC in the form of stipend and/or fees in order to be eligible for the EPSRC Doctoral Prize award. This includes students funded from the following sources: EPSRC DTP, EPSRC Industrial CASE, EPSRC CDT, EPSRC Project Studentships, and EPSRC NPIF Awards. EPSRC CDT Incorporated Students are also eligible to apply for the Postdoctoral Pathway award. Those funded by other Research Councils are not eligible.
Candidates must be able to demonstrate a clear commitment to remaining in academia.
Candidates must have passed their PhD/EngD viva and submitted the final (corrected and bound) version of their thesis prior to the start of the Doctoral Prize project. The Doctoral Prize project will normally be expected to begin between 1st May and 1st October 2025 and no later than 5th January 2026, with good reason. Start dates must be agreed with the Project Sponsor and Head of Department and will be subject to approval by the EPSRC Doctoral Prize assessment panel at Strathclyde.
Any questions about eligibility should be directed to the relevant Faculty prior to an application being submitted.
Prospective candidates should, alongside their chosen Project Sponsor, submit the following documents electronically as determined by their Faculty. Please send all documents, excluding the equality monitoring form, as one PDF. The equality monitoring form should be submitted separately to [email protected].
For the 2025 call, each Faculty is limited to two applications and should conduct an initial faculty-led selection process to identify their top two candidates for submission to the central panel. The deadline for each Faculty will be communicated internally.
Applications are welcomed from all candidates who fulfil the eligibility criteria, regardless of which UK institution they completed their PhD/EngD at.
Internal applicants can access the EPSRC Doctoral Prize application form on the R&KE Portal.
External applicants should contact their chosen Faculty to request the application form and to allow for eligibility to be determined.
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