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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#1F497D">For the attention of</span><span style="color:#002060"> eligible PhD students.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#002060"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#002060">We are pleased to announce a call for the
<b>‘EPSRC Doctoral Prize’ </b>funded by the EPSRC Doctoral Training Partnership. The prize funds a 1 year salary for an outstanding researcher to further develop their research activities following completion of PhD studies. Candidates must have had EPSRC
funding for their PhD programme and must have successfully completed their PhD Viva Voce exam and submitted the final version of the thesis by the start of the Doctoral Prize project (approximately between May and October 2019).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#002060"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#002060">When assessing the applications the Panel will be looking for evidence of:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt"><span style="font-family:Symbol;color:#002060">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#002060">
</span><span style="color:#002060">the excellence of the researcher; <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="color:#002060">the quality of the research proposed;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="color:#002060">how this research is substantively new and different from the candidate’s PhD work; and<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="color:#002060">the role of the proposed research in advancing the career prospects of the applicant.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span style="color:#002060"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#002060">Candidates should complete and submit the application form found on the
</span><a href="https://moss.strath.ac.uk/rkesportal/Research/SitePages/PGR%20funding.aspx">R&KE Portal,</a><span style="color:#002060"> alongside all additional requested supporting documents. The submission deadline is
<b>5pm, 12<sup>th</sup> March 2019.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#002060"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#002060">Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#002060"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#002060">Billy<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:11.0pt"><span lang="DE" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:navy;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">==============================================<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:11.0pt"><span lang="DE" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:navy;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Professor William J. Kerr BSc, PhD, CChem, FRSC, FRSE<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:11.0pt"><i><span lang="DE" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:navy;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Deputy Associate Principal (Research and Knowledge Exchange)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt:11.0pt"><i><span lang="DE" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:navy;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:11.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:navy;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">1919 Professor of Organic Chemistry</span><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:navy;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:11.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:navy;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:11.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:navy;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">University of Strathclyde<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#002060;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Ciara McAvoy<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#002060;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">PGR Funding Team</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#002060;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#002060;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#002060;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">University of Strathclyde, Graham Hills Building, Level 3, 50 George Street, Glasgow, G1 1QE<br>
Tel: 0141 548 4926<br>
Email: </span><u><span style="color:blue;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><a href="mailto:c.mcavoy@strath.ac.uk">c.mcavoy@strath.ac.uk</a></span></u><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">
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