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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">See details of the EPSRC Doctoral Prize competition for 2025 – PhD students who are funded by EPSRC and expect to submit their thesis by mid-2025 approximately are eligible.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002060">Deadline : Wednesday, 26<sup>th</sup> February 2025</span></b><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Gordon<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">----<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Dr. Gordon Robb<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Department of Physics & SUPA<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">University of Strathclyde<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">John Anderson Building<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">107 Rottenrow<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Glasgow, G4 0NG,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Scotland, U.K.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> Luke Chamberlain <luke.chamberlain@strath.ac.uk>
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<b>Sent:</b> Friday, November 15, 2024 1:07 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Lisa McCann <lisa.mccann@strath.ac.uk>; Yashar Moshfeghi <yashar.moshfeghi@strath.ac.uk>; Gabriel Barrenechea <gabriel.barrenechea@strath.ac.uk>; David Pritchard <david.pritchard@strath.ac.uk>; Hannah Batchelor <hannah.batchelor@strath.ac.uk>; Christine
Dufes <c.dufes@strath.ac.uk>; Craig Jamieson <craig.jamieson@strath.ac.uk>; Alastair Wark <alastair.wark@strath.ac.uk>; Michael Strain <michael.strain@strath.ac.uk>; Gordon Robb <g.r.m.robb@strath.ac.uk><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Christine Davidson <c.m.davidson@strath.ac.uk>; Margaret Keoghan <margaret.keoghan@strath.ac.uk>; Jani Helle <jani.helle@strath.ac.uk><br>
<b>Subject:</b> EPSRC Doctoral Prize 2025 - call for applications - please highlight this call to relevant PhD students<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black">Dear all<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black">Please can you highlight the opportunity below to eligible PhD students in your departments? You can find additional eligibility expectations in the attached application
form.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black">thanks<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black">Luke<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="elementtoproof" style="text-align:justify"><b><u><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002451">EPSRC Doctoral Prize 2025</span></u></b> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002060">We are pleased to announce a call for an
<b><i>EPSRC Doctoral Prize </i></b>funded by the EPSRC Doctoral Training Partnership grant. The award provides funding for one year of salary to support an outstanding researcher in further developing their research activities following completion of a PhD.
To be eligible, candidates must have received EPSRC funding for their PhD or EngD programme, successfully passed their PhD
<i>viva voce</i> exam, and submitted the final version of their thesis by the start of the Doctoral Prize project (expected between May and October 2025).</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002060"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="elementtoproof" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002060">For the 2025 call, each Faculty is limited to two applications, and so applications submitted to the Science faculty will be reviewed and short-listed
by a panel that will be looking for evidence of:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#002060;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">the excellence of the researcher;</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#002060;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">the quality and rigour of the research proposed;</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#002060;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">how the research represents a substantive advancement beyond the candidate’s PhD work; and</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#002060;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">the potential impact of the research in advancing the applicant’s career.</span><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<p style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002060"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="elementtoproof" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002060">Candidates should complete and submit the application form available on the
</span><u><span style="color:blue"><a href="https://strath.sharepoint.com/:u:/r/sites/rkes/SitePages/EPSRC-Doctoral-Prize.aspx?csf=1&web=1&e=kjl1sm">RKES Portal</a></span></u><u><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002060">,</span></u><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002060"> along
with all required supporting documents to faculty for consideration. Optional E,D&I forms should be sent
<i>directly </i>from the student applicant to the </span><u><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#467886"><a href="mailto:rkes-pgrfunding@strath.ac.uk"><span style="color:#467886">PGR Funding Team</span></a></span></u><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002060">,
where an applicant chooses to complete it- this does not form part of the submission to faculty.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002060"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="elementtoproof" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002060">The deadline for applications to be submitted is
<b>5 pm, Wednesday, 26<sup>th</sup> February 2025</b>. Applications should be sent to
</span><u><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue"><a href="mailto:science-research@strath.ac.uk">science-research@strath.ac.uk</a></span></u><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002060"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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