National policy · Finance, funding and sustainability · United Kingdom
UKRI invites bids to run a doctoral focal award in chemical threat reduction
UK Research and Innovation is seeking applicants to provide group-based PhD training in chemical threat reduction, tied to defence priorities in the Industrial Strategy and to UK national security.
Why it matters: Institutions able to train doctoral student cohorts in chemical threat reduction can now bid to deliver this UKRI-funded award.
UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), the national research funder, has posted a funding opportunity, listed under the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), to deliver a doctoral focal award (DFA) in chemical threat reduction.
UKRI describes the award as a vehicle for high-quality PhD training delivered to groups of students as cohorts.
According to UKRI, the training should develop skills tied to defence priorities within the government's Industrial Strategy and to safeguarding UK national security.
Editor’s view
Richard Davies, Policy and Finance Editor
Institutions capable of running cohort PhD training in chemical threat reduction are the ones directly affected: those wishing to deliver the award will need to apply through this UKRI call, which links the training to defence priorities and UK national security.
