EPSRC to deliver £184m in doctoral funding over two years

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Forty-one UK universities will share in the money that will support doctoral training over a four-year period, with funds allocated to students entering training in the academic years beginning October 2018 and October 2019.

According to the EPSRC, it supports 9,000 post-doctoral students each year either via DTPs, Centres for Doctoral Training (CDTS) and Industrial Case studentships. After completing PhDs around 39 per cent of doctoral students go on to be employed in business or public services, 39 per cent go on to work in academia and 22 per cent training or work in other sectors.

“This year we are allocating £184 million to universities via Doctoral Training Partnerships (DTPs),” said EPSRC’s chief executive, Professor Philip Nelson.

“These will cover a two-year period, giving institutions certainty and time to plan their DTP programmes, and support excellent doctoral students. The DTPs have produced some outstanding examples of new thinking and helped further the careers of a new generation of researchers who will be the leaders of the future.”