Industrial Collaborative Awards in Science & Engineering ICASE Studentships – 2015 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.
Collaborative Doctoral
Awards are only available
through Doctoral Training
Partnerships.
Only on Je-S direct from
academia
30-35
Number
available
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.
Duration
58 months
Duration with
nonacademic
partner
Min: 3 months
Max:18 months
Cumulative period of no
less than 3 months.
For a 3.5 year award, the
cumulative period should
be no less than 9 months.
Not normally exceed 18
months.
Student
stipend
Standard RCUK rate
£14,057 in 2015/16
Standard RCUK rate
£14,057 in 2015/16
Standard RCUK rate
£14,057 in 2015/16
Fees
ESRC/BBSRC
CASE Awards are only
available through
Doctoral Training
Centres/Partnerships.
Standard doctoral
studentship
RTSG*
Supplement
by partner to
student
stipend
£11K (overall)
Min: £1K per annum
Contribution
by partner to
University
stag@nerc.ac.uk.
Contact
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Standard doctoral
studentship
Standard doctoral
studentship
£1K per annum
Contribution of £230
towards the cost of
conference fees and UK
fieldwork
At least £2.5K per annum
(SMEs exempt)
Min: £2,760
At least £1.4K per annum
Annual contribution of
£1,550.00
(SMEs exempt)
fellows@headoffice.mor.a
c.uk
studentships@stfc.ac.uk
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 – 2015 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
4 years
Duration
4 year studentships
Duration with nonacademic partner
Student stipend
enhancement
company
Mandatory placement at the non-academic
partner for a min of 3 months/max 18 months
Cash payment direct to students of Min £2,500
per annum
Min: 3 months over the 4 years
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
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
£80,670 (overall)
RCUK Indicative Fee Level (15/16)
£4,052
Contribution by
partner to
University
Min £1,400 per annum
£26,890 over the course of the project
Contact
Simon Cutler
Simon.cutler@bbsrc.ac.uk
01793 413243
EPSRCstudentshipqueries@epsrc.ac.uk
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
3.5 years
enquiries@ahrc.ac.uk
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