STRIP
Steels Training Research and Innovations Partnership £16,600 tax free per annum
STRIP will be advertising 2012 projects in March. You must be an EU citizen to apply
The Application process
- Look through the projects
- Choose your top three projects that you would like to apply for. - DO NOT contact the company directly.
- Fill in application form and send to b.j.williams@swansea.ac.uk (application form will be posted at the same time as the projects)
The Steel Training Research and Innovation Partnership - STRIP will help the Welsh metals and manufacturing companies succeed
How? By training high calibre people from both an academia and industrial background in metallurgy, corrosion, coatings, manufacturing, mechanical properties and more.
We can fund 8 MRes and 10 EngD projects per year. The MRes is a Masters qualification involving taught courses and a 10 month research project defined by the partnering company.
The EngD is a PhD level qualification that involves a taught component and a large, 4 year research project again defined by industry.
The MRes comes with a £12,500 bursary and the EngD comes with a £16,600 per annum bursary paid by us.
Not interested in a student? We can also offer two day, technical training courses - click here for the list of Taught courses we offer. The cost of each course is £200 - the 1st person from your company is free!
The STRIP programme is an excellent way of tapping into the knowledge, expertise and equipment residing in the University. For the student it is an excellent way of gaining high level qualifications without accruing debt!
Please contact Dr David Penney for information on how to get involved. 2010 intake is full, project proposals should be submitted to Dr Penney ASAP to start in Oct 2011. The funding is only available to EU citizens
Benefits to the company
- Access to University equipment and professors brains without the expensive consultancy costs!
- A dedicated research engineer working on your project for the duration of the project (1 or 4 years)
- Inexpensive way of conducting research
- Fresh thinking
- Access to technical courses
- A good way of recruiting people - no obligation
Benefits to the student
- Post graduate qualification
- Attractive tax free bursary of £16,600 per year while on the EngD and £12,500 while on the MRes
- Close industrial contact
- Experience of industry
- Excellent taught modules
Current students can get information on running their projects by clicking here
Companies interested in getting involved and working with us please contact Dr David Penney d.penney@swansea.ac.uk
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