Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Doctoral Training Programme

The Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) awarded £14 million of funding for the Nottingham Doctoral Landscape Award to support innovative PhD training from 2025 at the University of Nottingham and Nottingham Trent University.

Alongside scientific PhD training and research the programme provides a breadth of professional development training opportunities to enhance the capabilities of doctoral candidates and develop a world-class, highly skilled workforce the UK needs for its future.

Programme overview

The Nottingham DLA Partnership provides cohort-based training in frontier science across priority areas focussed upon three overarching themes: Sustainable Agriculture and Food (SAF), Bioscience for Human Health (BHH) and Biotechnology for Sustainable Growth (BSG).

Students on the standard programme will be recruited to clusters which will change each year to ensure a wide remit of research areas are available for the duration of the award. They will have the opportunity to undertake cluster specific skills training before selecting their research project, a mandatory three month professional internship, annual conference and training week.  

CASE studentships offer the opportunity to work in partnership with industry with an industry placement, as well as joining the cohort for the other events and training run by the programme.

Funding

Studentships include home tuition fees and an annual tax-free stipend at UKRI rates. Find out more at: ukri.org/skills/funding-for-research-training/. Applicants who are classed as international for fees purposes may apply.

The DTP is open to UK and international applicants (including candidates from the EU) in round 1. We are able to recruit a limited number of international postgraduate researchers to the programme in line with UKRI guidance (maximum 30% of intake). Due to this cap, we are unable to guarantee places to any/all international applicants. 

Entry requirements

To apply for a place on the programme, applicants should hold or be predicted to achieve the following UK qualifications or their equivalent:

  • 1st Class or 2:1 undergraduate degree in a relevant area of science or technology, or equivalent qualifications gained outside the UK
  • 2:2 undergraduate degree or lower, with a Masters’ degree in a relevant area of science or technology or equivalent qualifications gained outside the UK
  • Three or more years of full-time work experience that is relevant to your undergraduate degree, or to the PhD projects you are applying for

How to apply

For further information please visit the BBSRC DTP website or contact a member of the team at bbdtp@nottingham.ac.uk

 
 
 

Disclaimer
This information has been drafted in advance of the academic year to which it applies. Every effort has been made to ensure that the information is accurate at the time of publishing, but changes (for example to course content) are likely to occur given the interval between publishing and commencement of the course. It is therefore very important to check this website for any updates before you apply for the course where there has been an interval between you reading this website and applying.

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