Details of Award
NERC Reference : NE/L002485/1
The London NERC Doctoral Training Partnership
Training Grant Award
- Lead Supervisor:
- Professor MA Maslin, University College London, Geography
- Grant held at:
- University College London, Geography
- Science Area:
- Atmospheric
- Earth
- Freshwater
- Marine
- Terrestrial
- Overall Classification:
- Atmospheric
- ENRIs:
- Biodiversity
- Environmental Risks and Hazards
- Global Change
- Natural Resource Management
- Pollution and Waste
- Science Topics:
- None
- Abstract:
- The London NERC Doctoral Training Partnership brings together nine of the world's leading research centres in environmental science. The Partners have a shared vision of the importance of adopting integrated approaches to train environmental scientists in ways that cross the boundaries between established disciplines and fields. The Partners have diverse and complementary expertise and have created an exciting doctoral training programme that builds on our existing strong research collaborations. This Partnership provides a unique opportunity for world-renowned research institutes such as Institute of Zoology, Kew and Natural History Museum to supervise NERC students and to fully engage with researchintensive universities in the multi-disciplinary training of each cohort of students. Our training will provide cross-disciplinary, disciplinary and transferable skills with special attention being paid to the skill requirements highlighted by recent Government report. The ultimate aim of the London NERC DTP is to produce skilled, highly employable, environmental scientists who will enhance the prosperity of the UK's knowledge-based economy. The London NERC DTP will provide a unique and exciting student experience in the heart of one of the great World Cities. Our aim is to attain new standards of excellence in environmental science research training and to deliver a transformative interdisciplinary experience for PhD students. Students will be trained by world leading research centres, which not only cover a huge range of the environmental sciences but also represent a wide variety of scientific practice. The Partnership has been developed to ensure a balanced broad but deep environmental sciences portfolio within the NERC remit as well as enabling interdisciplinary interfaces with other Research Councils. Our research training is focused on five broad and one crosscutting pathway: 1) Biodiversity, Evolution and Ecology, 2) Earth Dynamics, 3) Environmental Pollution, 4) Natural and Biological Hazards, 5) Past Life and Environments and 6) the interdisciplinary Earth-Life systems Integration. We have a critical mass of world-class researchers in these study areas, ensuring that students will thrive in environments of research excellence. The four-year PhD programme is divided up into distinct period of training. There will be an intensive programme of interdisciplinary core research and professional development training in the first Term followed by specialised courses and fieldwork and computer modelling training in Term 2. Professional development and research training will continue in Years 2, 3 and 4 while the student are undertaking their PhD research. PhD topics will be selected at the beginning of Year 1, Term 2 and research will begin on their chosen topic in Year 1, Term 3. The cohort-wide training will include fieldwork training, student-led research seminars, and workshops. Of special note is the week long annual summer school at which second and third year students will present their work. Our training programme will foster a collegiate interdisciplinary atmosphere and introduce students to the challenges and opportunities in environmental science research in the 21st century. Given the Partnership's huge range of collaborative links with external organisations the students will be strong encouraged to engage with diverse industry, business, international NGOs and policy makers. Students will also be given the opportunity to have employability and entrepreneurship training and to become science ambassadors within state-funded secondary schools. The Partners are united in seeing the DTP as an ideal opportunity to exploit the existing synergies and foster multiple new research links between institutions. This DTP is ideally placed to become the central hub of environmental research training in London.
- NERC Reference:
- NE/L002485/1
- Grant Stage:
- Completed
- Scheme:
- Doctoral Training
- Grant Status:
- Closed
- Programme:
- DTP 2013
This training grant award has a total value of £12,024,318
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
| Total - DSA | Total - Other Costs | Total - Fees | Total - Student Stipend | Total - RTSG |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| £4,522 | £465,492 | £2,070,380 | £8,163,673 | £1,320,250 |
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