Project call for studentships starting in Sept 2026 will open end of June/early July 2025.
Note: The below information will be updated accordingly when the next project call is launched.
There are 3 separate pools of studentships to which you can apply for studentships. Supervisors can be listed as the main/Rothamsted/lead supervisor 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
- 2024/2025 preliminary timetable for taught first year
- Rotation project expectations
CASE information
- BBSRC CASE information pack
- BBSRC CASE FAQ’s
- Former BBSRC CASE partners
- Former SWBio DTP CASE partners
- SWBio DTP letter for circulation to prospective CASE partners
- What to include in the CASE letter of support
- Overview of SWBio DTP CASE Studentship Agreement
A summary of requirements from CASE partners can be found within the introduction of the online CASE project pro-forma.
Important dates (for studentships starting in Sept 2025)
| Project call deadline | Midday, Mon 16 Sept |
| Outcome of institutional project sifting | Mid October |
| Projects advertised | W/c 21 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, if you include e-mail addresses of supervisors/collaborators 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.