Chemistry Scholarship Research studentships are available through the scheme are advertised in our faculty list below. These research projects are rooted in the 5 ESF priority areas: Employment & Skills for Low Carbon Economic Development, Employment & Skills for Enterprise & Entrepreneurship, Employment & Skills for Key Sectors, Employment & Skills for the city-Eco, Employment & Skills for Economic Digital.
Chemistry Scholarship Doctoral level funding for PhD research projects specifically available from the European Social Fund (ESF) to the Combined Universities Cornwall (CUC) partners (University of Exeter, University of Plymouth, Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry, University College Falmouth, Cornwall College and Truro & College Penwith).
Higher skill levels have an important role in the activities of the ESF Convergence in Cornwall and the Scilly Islands, and the role of higher education in economic transformation is recognized as being important in this regard. The Chemistry Scholarship emphasis of ESF funding is on meeting the needs of Cornish businesses and their employees in the knowledge economy, providing them with the skilled people they need to grow, and attracting and retaining the best, thus meeting the skills needed for growth of the Cornish economy.
A total of 40 PhD Studentships (3 yr full-time) are available, funded by the ESF and providing full funding for PhD level research programs in Cornwall at partners in the Combined Universities in Cornwall (CUC) consortium, and in close collaboration with Cornwall based businesses/public sector.
These Chemistry Scholarship collaborative projects involve 2 Higher Education Institutions and a business or public sector partner in Cornwall, and are focused on research in or across the five integrated investment themes identified by the ESF (summarised later).
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