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Cambridge NERC Doctoral Training Partnerships

Graduate Research Opportunities
 
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Lead supervisor
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Supervisors are encouraged to consider opportunities for early career supervisors. If only one supervisor listed please provide a contingency plan for alternative supervision if the lead supervisor can not continue the project.
(e.g. PhD in Antarctic Studies, PhD in Earth Sciences, PhD in Biological Anthropology)
(Please note exact wording will appear on the website)
(Please note exact wording will appear on the website)
(Please note exact wording will appear on the website)
Can the project be adapted according to the needs of the student (for instance, are there alternatives for those not able to conduct fieldwork)?
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Maximum three and should be in the following style: White, R.S. & McKenzie, D. 1989. Volcanism at rifts. Scientific American, vol. 260, pp.62-71., DOI (if known)
Potential CASE partners associated with the research.
NERC stipulates that 25% of nominal DTP studentships have a CASE component; the C-CLEAR DTP is required to have three per year. CASE projects will be prioritised. More information about CASE studentships is available at https://nerc.ukri.org/funding/available/postgrad/focused/industrial-case/
(Also please contact the DTP Administrator to confirm details of CASE support.)
Have you and your co-supervisor(s) attended the University ‘Supervising Graduate Students: Workshop for Supervisors’?
Year of attendance for lead Supervisor (if attended)
Co-supervisor 1 attendance year (if attended)
Co-supervisor 2 attendance year (if attended)
Please check below that you have read the NERC remit at http://www.nerc.ac.uk/research/portfolio/remit/.
Does your project budget (including consumables, equipment, fieldwork, travel, data, facility rental and other costs) exceed £10,000.
If your project involves fieldwork and circumstances mean it can't go ahead what is your contingency plan so that the project can be adapted?
1. Commitment that one person associated with the project (ideally a supervisor) will be present during the interview week (mid-late February) to meet candidates and show them around the department
2. Commitment of time for students to attend the Research, Professional and Transferable Skills Programme and other cohort activities organised by the DTP
3. Willingness to contribute to the DTP Training Programme (no more than three hours per year)
4. Willingness for students to undertake a 1-3 month placement
5. Willingness to participate in organised supervisory training
Please tick the box to indicate that you have read and agree to the above:

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