White Rose Studentships 2014/15 – Proposal Form
Principal supervisors should complete one form per studentship within a network.
Network leaders should also complete Section 1 “Description of Studentship Network”.
SECTION 1 – DESCRIPTION OF STUDENTSHIP NETWORK (TO BE COMPLETED BY THE NETWORK LEADER)
Title of network:
Academic lead for proposed network:
Name:
Department/School:
University:
Tel:
Email Address:
Network Overview (approx. 300-400 words)
Please provide brief details of the proposed network explaining the complementarity of the collaborators, the
added value and strategic relevance of the network and how it fits within both the BBSRC remit, and that of
Mechanistic Biology.
Network Operations (approx. 100-200 words)
Please give details of how the proposed network intends to interact and how this will support the associated
students.
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Interactions with other networks (approx. 100-200 words)
Please explain how the proposed network will interact with others in its field. This may include academics from
outside the White Rose Universities, industrial and other stakeholder groups.
Future developments and sustainability (approx. 250-350 words)
Please describe how this network will increase the potential for future collaboration between the universities
(and other partners, where appropriate), highlighting possible opportunities for joint funding bids. Please
indicate how you would sustain the network past the initial stage, including potential bids for funding.
SECTION 2 - STUDENTSHIP INFORMATION
Studentship topic:
Principal Supervisor:
Name:
Department/School:
Tel:
Email:
University:
Co-supervisor:
Name:
Department/School:
Tel:
Email:
University:
Brief description of studentship topic (approx. 400 – 500 words)
Please describe succinctly the proposed joint studentship topic under the headings below.
Novelty and timeliness
Objectives
Resource and facilities available
Training provision for student
SECTION 3 – ADDITIONAL BACKGROUND INFORMATION – TRACK RECORD
Principal Supervisor
Current position:
Length of supervision experience:
Details of any BBSRC research grants over the last 5 years:
Registration Year
Total number of full-time students who registered for a PhD
in each of the years shown
Percentage of students who submitted their thesis within 4
years of registration
Co-Supervisor
Current position:
Length of supervision experience:
Details of any BBSRC research grants over the last 5 years
Registration Year
Total number of full-time students who registered for a PhD
in each of the years shown
Percentage of students who submitted their thesis within 4
years of registration
SECTION 4 – SIGNATURES
Principal Supervisor:
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Date:
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Date:
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Head of School/Department:
The network leader should submit the set of three studentship applications electronically to Nadia
Gopichandran (n.gopichandran@whiterose.ac.uk). The deadline for submission is Friday 22rd November
2013. Any proposal received after this time will not be considered.
In addition, a paper copy with signatures must be received by White Rose by Friday 29th November 2013
(it is the responsibility of the Network Leader to send in the paper copy). Any proposal submitted without the
appropriate signatures will not be considered. Please send the paper copy to:
Dr Nadia Gopichandran
Project Development Manager
White Rose University Consortium
Enterprise and Innovation Office
Charles Thackrah Building
101 Clarendon Road
University of Leeds
Leeds
LS2 9LJ
Any studentship proposal form submitted without the appropriate signatures will not be considered, and the
entire network will be withdrawn from the competition. Please note that individual studentship applications,
which do not form part of a network, will not be considered.