EPSRC (Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council) - Industrial CASE Studentships - Scottish Enterprise agent

Closing Date: 16 July 2010

General Information:

Industrial CASE Studentships are three and a half year postgraduate awards allocated to companies either directly or via agents - Knowledge Transfer Networks and Regional Development Agencies.

Scottish Enterprise is the agent for Scottish based companies.

The aim of the awards is to enable companies to take the lead in defining, and arranging, projects, with an academic partner of their choice.

Scottish Enterprise is working in partnership with Interface - The knowledge connection for business, to promote and administer this scheme.

The company is required to provide a cash contribution of a minimum of one third of the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) contribution.

This contribution is supplementary (on top of) EPSRC's award.

At present rates this equates to a minimum of approximately £22,279 over the duration of the project.

The company must also commit to the student spending at least three months, during the period of the award, at their premises and pay any travel and subsistence costs the student accrues during this period. 

A company allocated an award is required to choose the academic partner which hosts the Industrial CASE student.

Once the academic partner has been selected and the arrangements for the project have been agreed between the company and university, the student can be recruited.

How to Apply:

The application form (which can be downloaded below) must be completed and returned to Scottish Enterprise by 5pm Friday 16th July 2010.

Applicants must discuss and agree their application with Interface before submission and should therefore aim to speak with Interface no later than 9th July 2010. Interface can be contacted on 0131 6514790 or at info@interface-online.org.uk.

The outcomes of the assessment process will be communicated from 6th August 2010.

Eligibility:

Applications will be judged on the following two sets of criteria. The first set of criteria must be met fully:

• The applicant company must be a Small to Medium Enterprise (SME) with its main operations in Scotland. Please check the European Commission definition of SME.
• The host academic institution must be UK based.
• The applicant company must demonstrate they are operating, or plan to operate, within one of the priority industries as defined by Scottish Enterprise (Aerospace, defence & marine, Chemical sciences, Construction, Digital markets and enabling technologies, Energy, Food and drink, Financial services, Forest industries, Life sciences, Textiles, Tourism).
• The proposed research must fall within the area of engineering and physical sciences and, as such, be within the remit of EPSRC.

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