Transcript BBSRC DTP2 Briefing

BBSRC DTP2 Briefing
Prof Barry Hirst
Sept 2015 entry
• 1 of 12 DTP’s
• Need to fit BBSRC remit/strategic priorities
• 16 studentships per annum across partnership
Priorities
• 4 - Agriculture & Food Security
• 2 - Biosciences for Health
• 2 - World Class Underpinning Biosciences
– Incl. Industrial biotechnology and bioenergy
• 8 – leverage - all BBSRC areas
Funding model
• Each studentship
– 50% funding from BBSRC DTP
– 50% funding from other sources
• Underwritten by host school/institute
• Current model 25% faculty/25% school/institute
– Fees approx. £4 k pa
– Stipend approx. £14k pa
– RTSG £5k pa
• Used for student training
DRAFT Training model
• Year 1
– New ways of working (3 mo. – Oct-Dec)
• Bioinformatics, Proteomics, big data, etc.
• 2 mo. North-east; 1 mo. North-west
– Lab rotation 1 (3 mo. – Jan-Mar)
– PIPS (3 mo. – Apr-Jun)
– Lab rotation 2 (3 mo. – Jul-Sept)
• Years 2-4
– PhD research project
• Additional research skills training
Supervision
• Supervisory teams
• Cross institutional strongly encouraged
– 2nd supervisor in Liverpool or Durham
– May include 3rd or 4th supervisors
• Additional partner (Liverpool/Durham), industry, etc.
• 1st lab rotation in 2nd supervisor’s lab
PIPS
• Professional Internships for PhD Students
• 3 mo. experience in an alternative setting:
– Industry
– Non-governmental organisation
– Charity
– Government (e.g. BBSRC; British Library; Civil
Service)
• Not directly related to research project
BBSRC DTP Cohort
• Cohort events:
– Induction
– PIPS introduction
– Training together
– SysMIC (online training in maths & computational
biosciences (UCL/Edinburgh-led programme))
– Annual conference:
• Science focus
• Science communication, ethics, governance, society
Application process
• Simple Web form
– Closing date tbc
• Scored across the partnership, likely criteria:
– Project clearly within the remit of BBSRC and aligned
to strategic priority.
– Excellence of science and training.
– Cross-partnership supervision.
– Supervisory teams recognised as providing an
excellent research training environment.
– Supervisor(s) at an early stage of their career.
• Final ranking by BBSRC DTP Executive
DTP Executive (work in progress)
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Prof John Kirby (PG Dean FMS)
Prof Dianne Ford (ICAMB)
Prof Rob Edwards (AFRD)
Dr Tim Cheek (ICAMB)
• Liverpool
– Prof Graham Kemp
– Prof Jonathan Wastling
– Prof Alan McCarthy
• Durham
– Prof Keith Lindsey
– Dr Nadja Reissland
• Admin
– Barbara Sumner (FMS Graduate School Administrator
– Sarah Golightly (DTP manager (FMS Graduate School)
DRAFT Recruitment process
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Advertise selected projects
Students apply to DTP
Shortlisted by Executive
Shortlist invited to visit (3 open Days)
– Meet supervisors
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Supervisor input
Interviews by Executive
Selection and offer
Reserve list
Questions?