The NExT Institute (UK)
School of Physics & Astronomy - University of Southampton
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory – Council for the Central
Laboratories of the Research Council
NExT Scholarships – Particle Physics Phenomenology
The NExT Institute (http://www.hep.phys.soton.ac.uk/next/), a joint venture of the High Energy
Physics (SHEP) group at the School of Physics & Astronomy of the University of
Southampton (UoS) and the Particle Physics Division (PPD) at the Rutherford Appleton
Laboratory (RAL) part of the Council for the Central Laboratories of the Research Council
(CCLRC), is offering a PhD Scholarship starting immediately. The following rules apply.
1. It will be fully funded for 3 years and any nationality is eligible to apply.
2. The student will receive subsistence at the level of about £13,000/year (no tax
deduced) + all fees + a personal travel allowance of about £1,000/year.
3. The main purpose of the scheme is to provide students with an opportunity to carry
out research to a PhD level in the context of the NExT Institute on topics in Particle
Physics Phenomenology of direct relevance to the Large Hadron Collider at CERN.
The applicant needs to satisfy all the normal entrance requirements for the PhD
programme as stated on the SHEP postgraduate recruitment pages:
http://www.hep.phys.soton.ac.uk/phd/.
4. The post is full time research to be divided between SHEP and RAL-PPD.
5. The Scholarship is tenable immediately with latest start date in Autumn/Winter 2007.
Further enquiries can be made and applications (comprising a CV, at least two reference
letters and possibly a listing of exam results) can be sent (preferably by email) to:
Dr Stefano Moretti
NExT Institute (Director)
School of Physics & Astronomy
University of Southampton
Highfield
Southampton SO17 1BJ
United Kingdom
Email: stefano@phys.soton.ac.uk
Tel: + 44 2380596829
Fax: + 44 2380593910
Skype/VoipStunt: stefano.moretti
Particle Physics Division
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
Chilton, Didcot
Oxon OX11 0QX
United Kingdom
Email: stefano.moretti@rl.ac.uk
Tel: +44 1235446024
Fax: +44 1235446733