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75 Centres for Doctoral Training (CDTs)
announced
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£446 million invested in skills development across the
UK
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Industry partners contributing a further £386 million
in cash or in-kind
One of the UK’s most significant investments in research skills
will be announced today when the Engineering and Physical
Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), part of UK Research and
Innovation (UKRI), reveals which university proposals for Centres
for Doctoral Training (CDTs) have been successful in the latest
funding round.
These centres will ensure the next generation of doctoral level
students are equipped to tackle research and innovation
challenges across the engineering and physical sciences
landscape, including subjects such as Quantum Engineering,
Medical Imaging and Offshore Renewables.
Over seventy CDTs, that will equip the UK with the next
generation of doctoral level researchers needed across the
breadth of the engineering and physical sciences landscape, will
to be announced at a launch event held at the London Stock
Exchange.
The Centres will be funded through EPSRC, which has allocated
£444 million and a further £2.2 million from The Natural
Environment Research Council (NERC).
Science Foundation Ireland will unilaterally be supporting a
Republic of Ireland cohort on seven EPSRC-badged Centres with
approximately 39 million euros. These Centres will work
collaboratively with some UK Centres, with SFI-funded
students working closely with certain EPSRC CDTs as part of an
agreed training programme.
The Centres’ 1,400 project partners have contributed £386 million
in cash and in-kind support, and include companies such as Tata
Steel and Procter and Gamble and charities such as Cancer
Research UK.
Science and Innovation Minister said: “As
we explore new research to boost out economy with an increase of
over £7 billion invested in R&D over five years to 2021/22 –
the highest increase for over 40 years – we will need skilled
people to turn ideas into inventions that can have a positive
impact on our daily lives.
“The Centres for Doctoral Training at universities across the
country will offer the next generation of PHD students the
ability to get ahead of the curve. In addition, this has resulted
in nearly £400 million being leveraged from industry partners.
This is our modern Industrial Strategy in action, ensuring all
corners of the UK thrive with the skills they need for the jobs
of tomorrow.
“As Science Minister, I’m delighted we’re making this massive
investment in postgraduate studies as part of our increased
investment in R&D.”
UKRI’s Chief Executive, Professor Sir Mark
Walport said: “Highly talented people are required
to tackle key global challenges such as sustainable energy and
cyber security, and provide leadership across industries and our
public services.
“Centres for Doctoral Training provide them with the support,
tools and training they need to succeed, and the involvement of
1,400 project partners underlines how much industry and the
charity sector value this approach.”
Professor Sir Ian Diamond, Overall Chair of the CDT
panels said: “The high number and outstanding
quality of CDT proposals put forward demonstrated just how
successful the model has been in energizing the research
community and their partners. It also made the process a
difficult but heartening task. I would like to congratulate all
those who were successful in being funded and look forward to
hearing of the research that will emanate from the
Centres.”
The successful Centres will focus on cohort-based doctoral
training and cover a wide range of fields, from Medical Imaging
to Quantum Engineering, Offshore Renewable Energy to
Statistical Applied Mathematics.
The importance of developing STEM skills is a key part of the
Government’s Industrial Strategy, ensuring that all areas of the
UK embrace innovation and build the skills the economy needs to
thrive.
Professor Lynn Gladden, EPSRC’s Executive Chair,
said: “The UK’s research base makes the discoveries
that lead to innovations and these can improve lives and generate
income for the UK. Centres for Doctoral Training have already
proven to be successful in attracting the world’s brightest minds
and industry support to address the scientific and engineering
challenges we face. This new cadre will continue to build on
previous investment.”
The EPSRC has supported over 50,000 doctoral students over the
last 25 years.
Over this time it has reviewed and evolved the support it
provides to ensure it meets the needs of the research and
innovation community. CDTs are one of three ways that EPSRC funds
doctoral training with the other routes being Doctoral Training
Partnerships and Industrial CASE. CDT investments comprise of
around 45 per cent of EPSRC’s doctoral training investment.
Forty three per cent of EPSRC invested
students go on to be employed in business/public services and
36 per cent go on to work in academia.
Notes to editors:
Centres for Doctoral Training
CDTs students are funded for four years and the programme
includes technical and transferrable skills training as well as a
research element. The centres bring together diverse areas of
expertise to train engineers and scientists with the skills,
knowledge and confidence to tackle today’s evolving issues, and
future challenges. They also provide a supportive and exciting
environment for students, create new working cultures, build
relationships between teams in universities and forge lasting
links with industry.
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
(EPSRC) is part of UK Research and
Innovation, a non-departmental public body funded by a
grant-in-aid from the UK government. EPSRC is the main
funding body for engineering and physical sciences research in
the UK. By investing in research and postgraduate training, we
are building the knowledge and skills base needed to address the
scientific and technological challenges facing the nation.
Our portfolio covers a vast range of fields from healthcare
technologies to structural engineering, manufacturing to
mathematics, advanced materials to chemistry. The research we
fund has impact across all sectors. It provides a platform for
future UK prosperity by contributing to a healthy, connected,
resilient, productive nation.
NERC is the UK's main agency for funding
and managing research, training and knowledge exchange in the
environmental sciences. Our work covers the full range of
atmospheric, Earth, biological, terrestrial and aquatic science,
from the deep oceans to the upper atmosphere and from the poles
to the equator. We coordinate some of the world's most exciting
research projects, tackling major environmental issues such as
climate change, environmental influences on human health, the
genetic make-up of life on Earth, and much more. NERC is part of
UK Research & Innovation, a non-departmental public body
funded by a grant-in-aid from the UK government.
UK Research and Innovation is a new body
which works in partnership with universities, research
organisations, businesses, charities, and government to create
the best possible environment for research and innovation to
flourish. We aim to maximise the contribution of each of our
component parts, working individually and collectively. We work
with our many partners to benefit everyone through knowledge,
talent and ideas.
Operating across the whole of the UK with a combined budget of
more than £7 billion, UK Research and
Innovation brings together the Arts and Humanities
Research Council; Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research
Council; Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council;
Economic and Social Research Council; Innovate UK; Medical
Research Council; Natural Environment Research Council; Research
England; and Science and Technology Facilities Council.
Lead PI
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Lead Institution
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Centre Title
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Professor P M Smowton
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Cardiff University
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EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Compound
Semiconductor Manufacturing
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Professor P Jarvis
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Cranfield University
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EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Water Resilience
for Infrastructure and Cities - WRIC
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Professor C Bain
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Durham University
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EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Soft Matter for
Formulation and Industrial Innovation (SOFI2)
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Professor H F Hastie
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Heriot-Watt University
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The EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Robotics and
Autonomous Systems (CDT-RAS)
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Professor D Reid
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Heriot-Watt University
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EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Industry-Inspired
Photonic Imaging, Sensing and Analysis
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Professor A Gandy
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Imperial College London
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EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Modern Statistics
and Statistical Machine Learning
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Professor S J Skinner
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Imperial College London
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EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in the Advanced
Characterisation of Materials (CDT-ACM)
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Dr G Baldwin
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Imperial College London
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EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in BioDesign
Engineering
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Professor K K Hii
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Imperial College London
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EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Next Generation
Synthesis & Reaction Technology
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Professor O Ces
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Imperial College London
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The EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Chemical
Biology - Innovation for the Life Sciences
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Dr M R Wenman
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Imperial College London
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EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Nuclear Energy
Futures
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Professor J A Schnabel
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Kings College London
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EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Smart Medical
Imaging at King's College London and Imperial College
London
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Professor J Tawn
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Lancaster University
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EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Statistics and
Operational Research in Partnership with Industry
(STOR-i)
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Professor S Barr
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Newcastle University
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EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Geospatial Systems
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Professor M Waring
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Newcastle University
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EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Molecular Sciences
for Medicine
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Professor V Pickert
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Newcastle University
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EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Power Electronics
for Sustainable Electric Propulsion (PEEP)
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Professor G McHale
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Northumbria University
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EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Renewable Energy
Northeast Universities (ReNU)
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Professor R Bowman
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Queen's University of Belfast
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EPSRC CDT in Photonic Integration and Advanced Data
Storage
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Professor K Martin
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Royal Holloway, University of London
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EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Cyber Security for
the Everyday
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Professor M Jones
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Swansea University
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EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Enhancing Human
Interactions and Collaborations with Data and
Intelligence Driven Systems
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Professor J H Sullivan
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Swansea University
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EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Functional
Industrial Coatings
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Professor S H Cartmell
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The University of Manchester
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EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Advanced Biomedical
Materials
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Professor M Greaney
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The University of Manchester
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EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Integrated
Catalysis
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Professor S L Heath
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The University of Manchester
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EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Nuclear Energy-
GREEN (Growing skills for Reliable Economic Energy from
Nuclear)
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Professor A J Seeds
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University College London
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EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Connected
Electronic and Photonic Systems (CEPS)
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Professor G Danezis
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University College London
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EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Cybersecurity
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Professor M Singer
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University College London
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EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Geometry and Number
Theory at the Interface: London School of Geometry and
Number Theory
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Professor D Browne
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University College London
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EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Delivering Quantum
Technologies
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Professor G Lye
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University College London
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EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Bioprocess
Engineering Leadership (Complex Biological Products
Manufacture)
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Dr H G Zhang
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University College London
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EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Intelligent,
Integrated Imaging In Healthcare (i4health)
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Professor R J Lowe
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University College London
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EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Energy Resilience
and the Built Environment
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Professor A E Kyprianou
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University of Bath
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EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Statistical Applied
Mathematics at Bath
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Professor C Brace
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University of Bath
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EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Advanced Automotive
Propulsion Systems
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Professor M R Dennis
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University of Birmingham
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EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Topological Design
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Professor P J Fryer
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University of Birmingham
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EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Formulation
Engineering: Sustainable Structured Products
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Professor S Eichhorn
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University of Bristol
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EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Composites Science,
Engineering and Manufacturing
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Professor A Richards
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University of Bristol
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EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Future Autonomous
Robotic Systems (FARSCOPE-TU: Towards Ubiquity)
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Professor A Rashid
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University of Bristol
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EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Trust, Identity,
Privacy and Security in Large-scale Infrastructures
(TIPS-at-Scale)
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Professor G Nason
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University of Bristol
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EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Computational
Statistics and Data Science: COMPASS
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Dr P S Turner
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University of Bristol
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EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Quantum Engineering
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Professor K I Booker-Milburn
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University of Bristol
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EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Technology Enhanced
Chemical Synthesis
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Professor J P Reid
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University of Bristol
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Centre for Doctoral Training in Aerosol Science
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Professor I J Craddock
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University of Bristol
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Centre for Doctoral Training in Digital Health and Care
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Professor B Drinkwater
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University of Bristol
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EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Future Innovation
in Non-Destructive evaluation (FIND)
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Dr G Pullan
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University of Cambridge
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EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Future Propulsion
and Power
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Professor J J Baumberg
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University of Cambridge
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EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Integrated
Functional Nano (i4Nano)
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Professor M Gaunt
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University of Cambridge
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EPSRC Centre of Doctoral Training in Automated Chemical
Synthesis Enabled by Digital Molecular Technologies
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Professor C Kaminski
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University of Cambridge
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EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Sensor Technologies
for a Healthy and Sustainable Future
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Professor A Al-Tabbaa
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University of Cambridge
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EPSRC Centre in Doctoral Training in Future
Infrastructure and Built Environment: Resilience in a
Changing World (FIBE2)
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Professor B Leimkuhler
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University of Edinburgh
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EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Mathematical
Modelling, Analysis and Computation (MAC-MIGS)
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Professor D M Ingram
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University of Edinburgh
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EPSRC Industrial CDT in Offshore Renewable Energy
(IDCORE)
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Professor M J Dalby
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University of Glasgow
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EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Engineered Tissues
for Discovery, Industry and Medicine
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Professor S Cochran
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University of Glasgow
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EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Future Ultrasonic
Engineering
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Professor D R Parsons
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University of Hull
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The EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Offshore Wind
Energy and the Environment
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Professor E B Martin
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University of Leeds
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EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Molecules to
Product
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Professor P K Jimack
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University of Leeds
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EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Fluid Dynamics at
Leeds
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Professor B E Evans
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University of Leeds
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EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Water and Waste
Infrastructure Systems Engineered for Resilience
(Water-WISER)
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Professor T Duckett
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University of Lincoln
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EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Agri-Food Robotics:
AgriFoRwArdS
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Professor S S Maskell
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University of Liverpool
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EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Distributed
Algorithms: the what, how and where of next-generation
data science
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Professor S Benford
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University of Nottingham
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EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Horizon: Creating
Our Lives in Data
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Professor P Licence
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University of Nottingham
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EPSRC CDT in Sustainable Chemistry: Atoms-2-Products an
Integrated Approach to Sustainable Chemistry
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Dr S S Stolnik-Trenkic
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University of Nottingham
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EPSRC CDT in Transformative Pharmaceutical Technologies
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Professor R Irons
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University of Nottingham
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EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Resilient
Decarbonised Fuel Energy Systems
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Professor G S Walker
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University of Nottingham
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Centre for Doctoral Training in Sustainable Hydrogen -
SusHy
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Dr N Trigoni
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University of Oxford
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EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Autonomous
Intelligent Machines and Systems
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Professor J Davies
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University of Oxford
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EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Health Data Science
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Professor R Cont
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University of Oxford
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EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Mathematics of
Random Systems: Analysis, Modelling and Simulation
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Professor D Gavaghan
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University of Oxford
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EPSRC CDT in Sustainable Approaches to Biomedical
Science: Responsible and Reproducible Research -
SABS:R^3
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Professor S Aldridge
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University of Oxford
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EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Inorganic Chemistry
for Future Manufacturing (OxICFM)
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Professor M Granat
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University of Salford
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EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Prosthetics &
Orthotics
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Professor B P Wynne
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University of Sheffield
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EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Advanced Metallic
Systems: Metallurgical Challenges for the Digital
Manufacturing Environment
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Professor W E Leithead
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University of Strathclyde
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EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Wind and Marine
Energy Systems and Structures
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Professor M Richardson
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University of Warwick
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Mathematics for Real-World Systems II Centre for Doctoral
Training
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Professor J B Staunton
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University of Warwick
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EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Modelling of
Heterogeneous Systems
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Professor P I Cowling
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University of York
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EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Intelligent Games
and Game Intelligence (IGGI)
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