{"id":4993,"date":"2012-11-06T00:54:29","date_gmt":"2012-11-06T00:54:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/africa-and-science.com\/?p=4993"},"modified":"2013-01-15T16:53:48","modified_gmt":"2013-01-15T16:53:48","slug":"bbsrc-doctoral-training-partnership-dtp-studentships-manchester-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/africa-and-science.com\/?p=4993","title":{"rendered":"BBSRC Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP) Studentships (Manchester, UK)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>The University of Manchester is one of the largest and most successful centres for biological and biotechnological focussed research and training in Europe. Researchers span the Faculties of Engineering and Physical Sciences, Life Sciences and Medical and Human Sciences and receive more BBSRC funding than any other university in the UK. The University of Manchester was successful in its bid for DTP status in 2012, and was awarded 63 fully-funded PhD studentships over 3 years, commencing September 2012. We are now looking for high-calibre applicants for studentships starting in September 2013.<\/p>\n

The DTP scheme will provide students with excellent cross-disciplinary research training in line with the current BBSRC strategy for research support and training.<\/p>\n

We are now accepting online applications for our 2013 Studentships.\u00a0 These 3.5-4 year fully-funded studentships are available in a range of academic disciplines, commencing in September 2013.\u00a0 The studentships provide funding for fees and stipend at the Research Council UK rate (subject to eligibility).<\/p>\n

Projects will be supervised by an inter-disciplinary team of academic staff in the following areas:<\/p>\n