CASE Studentships

MIBTP has 9 CASE studentships available for September 2023 entry.

These studentships are an excellent opportunity to initiate new industrial contacts, develop existing links and help enhance the impact of research. The BBSRC-funded CASE studentships are designed to provide students with a first-rate challenging research training experience within the context of a mutually-beneficial research collaboration between academic and non-academic partner organisations. Joint supervision should provide the student with a unique and broadening perspective on the impact of collaborative research, and allows the student to acquire novel skills and expertise.

Through the industrial placement a CASE student will gain a wider understanding of, for example, applied research or policy development that will enhance their future career prospects. In addition to experience of an industrial research environment, the student will receive business-related training, for example, in project-management, business strategy and/or finance. BBSRC stipulates a placement period of a minimum of 3 months, and up to a maximum of 18 months. The required placement period can be accrued through a number of shorter placements, if appropriate.

Awarding these collaborative studentships through the Doctoral Training Partnerships enables the students to take advantage of the additional benefits offered by DTPs, such as cohort-based learning and skills training provision.

CASE students must fulfil the MIBTP entry requirements and will join the MIBTP cohort for the taught elements of the training year (October to December in year 1). CASE students will complete a 3-month mini-project (at a non-home institution) between January and March before starting their PhD in April of year 1. They will remain as an integral part of the MIBTP cohort and take part in the core networking activities and transferable skills training.

2023 CASE projects:

Deadline for applications is 20 January 2023

Aston University CASE projects:

• Expression, purification and characterization of membrane proteins which are potential antifungal drug targets
• Interrogating the cellular and molecular mechanisms of tissue fibrosis

University of Birmingham CASE projects:

Harper Adams University CASE projects:

• Metabolomics for biomarker discovery: improving the health, performance and longevity of dairy cows by non-invasively detecting rumen pH.

University of Warwick CASE projects:

• Bacterial electrophysiology for diagnosis and modulation of cell vitality