**Project call now open for PhD studentships starting in September 2026**
DEADLINE: Midday Monday 15 September
There are 3 separate pools of studentships – Supervisors can be listed as the main supervisor (or equivalent) only once within each of these pools:
- Standard studentships
- Standard studentships with associate partners
- CASE studentships
Please read the below documents before starting your project pro-forma.
SWBio DTP information
- Overview of the different types of DTP studentships
- Project selection process
- Project Selection Webinar
- FAQs
- Example R4RI – to provide guidance for Modules 1+2 in project pro-forma
- 2025/2025 preliminary timetable for taught first year
- Rotation project expectations
CASE information
- BBSRC CASE information pack
- BBSRC CASE FAQs
- Former BBSRC CASE partners
- Former SWBio DTP CASE partners
- Expectations of CASE partners
- SWBio DTP letter for circulation to prospective CASE partners
- What to include in the CASE letter of support
- Overview of CASE Studentship Agreement
Notes:
- Though a CASE partner is listed as a former CASE partner, it does not guarantee that they may now be eligible for UKRI funding. So please ensure that you confirm how they are funded when your initially approach them.
Important dates (for studentships starting in Sept 2026)
| Project call deadline | Midday, Mon 15 September |
| Outcome of institutional project sifting | Mid October |
| Projects advertised | W/c 20 October |
Communications
Communications from the SWBio DTP will be sent via the SWBio DTP mailing list. To sign up to this mailing list, please follow the below instructions:
- Go to the SWBIO-DTP mailing list: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=swbio-dtp
- Choose the ‘subscribe’ option and include your details
- Receive confirmation which will require you to click ‘OK confirmation’
Unsubscribe from this mailing list at any time by visiting the SWBIO-DTP mailing list: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=swbio-dtp
Of note, where email addresses have been provided for supervisors that are within one of the SWBio DTP institutions as part of the online pro-forma, they will automatically be added to the SWBio DTP mailing list. If you do not wish for these to be added to this mailing list, please e-mail swbio-dtp@bristol.ac.uk.