Information for prospective supervisors

Information for prospective supervisors.

A decision has been made on renewal funding for EastBio, but is under strict embargo by UKRI until early November. We are therefore unable to announce if we are recruiting to EastBio for studentships commencing Oct 2025. However, we have decided to invite supervisors to submit project proposals, so that in the event of a successful outcome we can proceed with recruitment in a timely manner. Please note submitted projects will be reviewed for fit to our remit and criteria but will not be advertised unless we receive a successful outcome. Once we have more information from UKRI we will advise on any further dates or deadlines on the recruitment timeline.  

EastBio runs a joint recruitment and we make every effort to provide plain and clear guidance on our recruitment process. We strongly advise that, before you submit your project, you make sure you read the relevant guidance: 

Supervisor Eligibility

  1. Lead supervisors who successfully recruited an EastBio student in the previous two recruitment rounds (October 2023 and 2024 starts) are not eligible to submit a project for this recruitment round. This excludes supervisors who have CASE projects, who are only ineligible if they successfully recruited an EastBio student starting October 2024. 
  2. Lead supervisors who will have more than five PhD students as Lead supervisor in October 2025 (not counting students who are yet to be recruited) are not eligible to submit a project for this recruitment round.
  3. Supervisors can only propose one project as Lead supervisor.
  4. Supervisors must be up-to-date with supervisor training within their institution.

How to Submit Your Project Proposal

We are asking eligible staff of the partner institutions to submit your PhD project via an online form relevant for your Institution: 

University of Aberdeen: https://forms.office.com/e/C8PeihriGZ  

University of Dundee: https://forms.office.com/e/pUzDzapUuR  

University of Edinburgh CMVM: https://forms.office.com/e/UT4J18zHrj  

University of Edinburgh CSE: https://forms.office.com/e/1KwPmyzjiR  

University of St Andrews: https://forms.office.com/e/qwVTpe6KNs  

University of Stirling: https://forms.office.com/e/57p7wN7tEu  

SRUC: https://forms.office.com/e/4vwcRDSvFJ  

Moredun Research Institute: https://forms.office.com/e/zKHn1XbW3Q  

James Hutton Institute: https://forms.office.com/e/1j4ShH9HHj  

IBioIC: https://forms.office.com/e/KexAmZHxT7  

You can save the form and return to it for further edits before the closing date.

If you are submitting a CASE project, you must also separately submit a CASE Project Support Letter (see guidance for template) signed by the CASE partner’s representative to your local academic lead for EastBio and to recruitment@eastscotbiodtp.ac.uk.

 

The deadline for projects is the 22nd of November 2024. 

If you have further questions on the PhD Project Call or our recruitment, please email the EastBio academic representative at your local institution or recruitment@eastscotbiodtp.ac.uk.

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