Industrial Collaborative Awards in Science & Engineering ICASE Studentships – 2014 Guidance
Eligibility
Application
NERC
MRC
STFC
AHRC
The CASE partner
may be in the private
or public sector.
Independent
research
organisations may
act as the CASE
partner if they can
demonstrate that
they meet specified
criteria.
Only on Je-S direct
from academia
UK-based organisations
can be considered as the
non-academic partner if
they can provide students
with a distinctive research
training and experience
not available in an
academic setting.
Organisations eligible for
RC funding cannot act as
a non-academic partner.
Only on Je-S direct from
academia
In most cases, the nonacademic partner will be a
company and must have
an established UK-based
research and/or
commercial production
capability. Organisations
eligible for RC funding
cannot act as a nonacademic partner.
Known as Collaborative
Doctoral Awards. A full
range of organisations,
bodies and businesses
from any area within the
AHRC’s subject remit,
including the creative,
cultural and heritage
industries, both large and
small and to include sole
traders and partnerships.
Only on Je-S direct from
academia. Deadline 7th
July 2015
Only on Je-S direct from
academia
30-35
Number
available
Duration
58 months
Duration with
nonacademic
partner
Min: 3 months
Max:18 months
Student
stipend
£55,452 (overall)
Min of 3.5 years
Industrial CASE Plus:
student is employed full
time by the non-academic
partner for a further year
working on the employer’s
premises on the salary of
a new STFC postdoc.
STFC contributes 50%
salary costs up to max
STFC £14,250.
Cumulative period of no
less than 3 months.
45 (only 2 submissions
per HEI)
Funded for a maximum of
3 years
For a 3.5 year award, the
cumulative period should
be no less than 9 months.
Not normally exceed 18
months.
Min: 3 months
Max:18 months
Outside London: £14,863
per annum
Within London: £16,863
Industrial CASE and
Industrial CASE-Plus
Standard doctoral
studentship plus £550 per
annum
ESRC
CASE Awards are only
available through
Doctoral Training
Centres.
awards addition: £615 per
annum.
Fees
£15,984 (overall)
Up to a max of £3,996 per
annum
RTSG*
£11K (overall)
£1K per annum
Contribution of £230
towards the cost of
conference fees and UK
fieldwork
Supplement
by partner to
student
stipend
Min: £1K per annum
Contribution
by partner to
University
stag@nerc.ac.uk.
Contact
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At least £2.5K per annum
Min: £2,760
At least £1.4K per annum
Annual contribution of
£1,550.00
SME (<250 headcount;
turnover not exceeding
50m euros and/or balance
sheet total not exceeding
43m euros
fellows@headoffice.mor.a
c.uk
studentships@stfc.ac.uk
Standard doctoral
studentship
Standard doctoral
studentship
Cash contribution
encouraged
enquiries@ahrc.ac.uk
Partners also responsible for student expenses and company’s costs the whilst student is working at the premises of the company
Industrial CASE Studentships/Partnerships allocated directly to business – 2014 Guidance
BBSRC Industrial CASE Partnership
EPSRC Industrial CASE Award
Eligibility
Invite-only competition to companies who have
shown a consistent track record in providing
excellent training to BBSRC-funded doctoral
students.
To be an industrial CASE sponsor, companies must
have an established UK-based research and/or
commercial production capability.
ICP partners 14/15,
15/16
AstraZeneca 7, Bayer 3, GSK 22, Bioscience
KTN 10, MedImmune 6, Nestle 2, Oxitec 2,
Syngenta 10, UCB 3, Unilever 6
Awards allocated directly to businesses, primarily
using an algorithm based on financial contributions
on EPSRC-funded research. Business defines
student project and selects research organisation.
Number available
75 per annum
53 companies
3.5 years
Duration
4 year studentships
Duration with nonacademic partner
Mandatory placement at the non-academic
partner for a min of 3 months/max 18 months
Min: 3 months over the 3.5 years
Student stipend
enhancement from
company
Cash payment direct to students of Min £2,500
per annum
£68,648 (overall)
Student stipend
RCUK National Minimum Doctoral Stipend
(15/16)
£14,057
Funded via an annual Industrial CASE Account (ICA)
of 5 year duration.
Fees
RCUK Indicative Fee Level (15/16)
£4,052
RTSG*
AHRC Collaborative Doctoral
Partnerships
Organisations or consortia do not need to have
held previous awards under the AHRC CDP
and/or CDA scheme to be eligible to apply, but
must be able to demonstrate that they have
the capacity to manage at least three
studentships per year.
Science Museum Group 8, The British
Museum 7, TATE 5, British Library 6, Thames
Consortium 6, Victoria and Albert Museum 4,
Imperial War Museums 3, National Gallery 3,
Glasgow Life 3, Scottish Heritage Museum 4,
English Heritage 3, RGS-IBM and Royal
Society 3
50 per annum
3.5 years
RCUK Indicative Fee Level (15/16)
£4,052
Top up of £22,883 over the course of the project
Contribution by
partner to
University
Min £1,400 per annum
Contact
Simon Cutler
Simon.cutler@bbsrc.ac.uk
01793 413243
EPSRCstudentshipqueries@epsrc.ac.uk
enquiries@ahrc.ac.uk
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Partners also responsible for student expenses whilst student is working at the premises of the company
NB. EPSRC has set research organisations the target of converting 10% of their DTG funds into CASE Awards. If you have Doctoral Training Grant that you wish to
convert to a CASE Award, get in touch with the CPD team in Research & Innovation Services via CPD@bath.ac.uk