SEEDA EPSRC Industrial Case Studentships 2010
The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) is the UK Government's leading funding agency for research and training in engineering and the physical sciences. Each year a number of Industrial Co-operative Awards in Science and Engineering (CASE) studentships are allocated to facilitate 3-year research projects run in conjunction with an academic institution and a business. EPSRC allocates Industrial CASE to companies to enable them to take the lead in defining and setting up research projects with the Research Organisation of their choice.
Four studentships have been allocated for the South East region in 2010. The closing date for applications is 12:00 on Friday the 16th July 2010.
Application Procedure
Application forms are available from Kate Roper at SEEDA ( kateroper@seeda.co.uk ) These should be completed jointly by the industrial and university partners and submitted to SEEDA by the industrial partner.
Applicants who have submitted applications through other funding routes are welcome to apply to SEEDA, as long as they meet SEEDA's eligibility requirements.
SEEDA requires additional information to assist its panel in evaluating the submitted proposals. The application forms for SEEDA awards therefore consist of the EPSRC Central Pool forms and an additional SEEDA specific form. The SEEDA form has been designed as a supplement to provide opportunities for you to elaborate on key details to be brought to the attention of the SEEDA panel. We will not forward any of the information submitted to SEEDA on to the EPSRC.
Please complete the forms in ink or electronically by computer. All application forms must be signed. Email submissions of scanned signed forms to kateroper@seeda.co.uk will be accepted.
Applications will be judged upon on a number of criteria, including:
* The benefits of the project to the student and their personal development
* The partnership demonstrating a benefit to the South East through the Company being based within the region
* The partnership being able to demonstrate that suitable and acceptable resources are in place to aid the completion of the project
* The potential benefits of the project to science and the benefits to the business economy of that particular sector;
* How the project will advance any existing technology.
Eligibility
The company, not the University, is expected to take the lead in defining and setting up the research project. When considering companies for eligibility under this scheme, the core requirements outlined in the EPSRC forms apply. For SEEDA awards, we shall be looking in particular for the following:
* under 250 employees within the company or group;
* turnover of less than 50 million euro and a balance sheet total of not more than 43 million euro
* company partner within the South East region;
* a research & development facility / department;
* a research based (not developmental) project;
* a company prepared to jointly supervise the student with the academic institution;
* falling within EPSRC research areas
* research at PhD level that will take 3 years.
SEEDA are particularly interested in applications that fall within the priority areas identified by the South East Science, Engineering and Technology Advisory Council, namely Healthcare Technologies, Sustainable Systems, Advanced Materials and Communications Technologies and their Applications.
Further information and specific terms and conditions are detailed on the EPSRC website
http://www.epsrc.ac.uk/funding/calls/2010/Pages/industrialcase.aspx
If you have any further queries then please do not hesitate to contact:
Kate Roper, SEEDA
Direct line: 01483 500 782 Fax: 01483 484 247 E-mail: KateRoper@seeda.co.uk.
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