The Universtiy will be advertising the projects related to these scholarships on 16 May 2012.
EPSRC supports excellent, long term research and high quality postgraduate training in Mathematical Sciences, Engineering, Physical Sciences and ICT: http://www.epsrc.ac.uk/ourportfolio/Pages/default.aspx
Awards will be linked to EPSRC's strategic approach and applicants should be aware of the research council's expectations: http://www.epsrc.ac.uk/funding/students/Pages/expectation.aspx
Type of award
Postgraduate Research
Award amount
3.5 year awards including a fee contribution(~£3,828 p/a), a maintenance allowance(~£13,590 p/a).
Eligibility
Applicants must hold at least a UK Upper Second Class Honours degree, or equivalent. The studentships will be awarded for a period of three and a half years.
The awards are only available to UK/EU students, studentships will be payable at the equivalent of the UK/EU fee per annum for full time students and in the case of UK students will also include a maintenance grant (for information the 2011-12 rate is £13,590) to cover living expenses. Studentships are paid pro rata for part time students.
Procedure
The University is currently short-listing projects which will be advertised on 16 May 2012.
Timetable
Further details will be available following the shortlisting process.
Further information
Please consult Department web-pages for further information or the postgraduate prospectus: http://www.sussex.ac.uk/study/pg/2012/research
Contact details
If you have any further queries please contact the Doctoral School, e-mail:doctoralschool@sussex.ac.uk
