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Science, Technology and Innovation Studies in the School of Social and Political Science at the University of Edinburgh is pleased to announce a number of postgraduate funding opportunities at PhD level.
Science, Technology and Innovation Studies, includes the Science Studies Unit, Innogen, and the Genomics Forum. For specific information on our programmes of study, see http://www.stis.ed.ac.uk/study_stis
Closing date: 30 March 2012
Please note: full applications, including a detailed research application that has been worked on with the allocated supervisor and is ready to submit, are expected.
Covers: Fees (UK/EU) and maintenance grant for three years (+3) or 4 years (1+3)
STIS has been awarded at least two studentships under the ESRC Scottish Doctoral Training Centre in the area of Science, Technology and Innovation Studies. We invite applications from candidates with a strong first degree or Masters degree.
The deadline for applications (including a full research proposal that has been worked on with the allocated supervisor) is 30 March 2012. However, potential applicants should contact us as soon as possible to discuss their research topic and potential supervision. Information on how to apply for an ESRC award is on the Graduate School website: http://www.sps.ed.ac.uk/gradschool/funding/esrc_awards. Further enquiries may be directed to Dr Jane Calvert.
Covers: Fees (UK/EU) and maintenance grant for three years (+3) or 4 years (1+3)
STIS is able to support candidates for the Environment, Climate Change & Energy pathway of the ESRC DTC awards. Students with a strong first degree or Masters degree working on relevant topics should direct further enquiries to Dr Jane Calvert. The deadline for applications (including a full research proposal that has been worked on with the allocated supervisor) is 30 March 2012. However, potential applicants should contact us as soon as possible to discuss their research topic and potential supervision. There is further information for candidates on how to apply for an ESRC award on the Graduate School website: http://www.sps.ed.ac.uk/gradschool/funding/esrc_awards.
Covers: fees (UK/EU), plus a £5000 p.a. supplement towards living costs for three years from 2012/13
The successful candidate will enrol on a joint PhD between the University of Edinburgh and the National University of Singapore (NUS), and will spend one of the three years in NUS working with colleagues in the Science, Technology and Society cluster. The topic area is open, but priority will be given to candidates whose work would benefit from having a co-supervisor in Singapore (for example, as part of the Asian Biopoleis Project on biotechnology and biomedicine as emergent forms of life and practice). The deadline for full online applications on EUCLID is the 30 March 2012 (see here for instructions on how to apply). Please also send an email to Dr Jane Calvert stating that you wish to be considered for this studentship.
Covers: fees (UK/EU), and maintenance grant for three years, with an additional supplement of £2000 p.a.
Applications are invited for a +3-year PhD CASE studentship. The student will work with the Biosciences Knowledge Transfer Network and the Innogen Centre at the University of Edinburgh to examine the former’s knowledge brokerage role, with a view to understanding what processes promote research uptake and what factors shape these processes. Further particulars are available here.
For any further information on these awards, or on the STIS postgraduate programme in general, please contact Dr Jane Calvert.
This page was published on 19 March 2012