** Project call for studentships starting in Sept 2022 is now open **
Project call deadline: Midday, Wednesday 8th September
Please submit your online project pro-forma by the advertised project call deadline.
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 take the time to read the below very useful documents before starting your project pro-forma.
SWBio DTP information
- Rotation project expectations
- Overview of the different types of DTP studentships
- FAQs
- Introduction to the DTP by the DTP Hub– ~30min presentation
- 2021/2022 preliminary timetable for taught first year
CASE information
- BBSRC CASE FAQs
- BBSRC CASE information pack
- 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 2022)
| Project call deadline | Midday, Wednesday 8th September |
| Outcome of institutional project sifting | September/October |
| Projects advertised | Mid October |
| Application deadline | Midnight, Monday 6th December |
| Supervisor nominations | Midday, Monday 10th January |
| Outcome of Institutional interview shortlisting | Middle/End of January |
| Interviews | w/c 24th January-w/c 31st January |
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.