SoCoBio BBSRC Training Partnership Scholarships at University of Sussex UK for 2022/2023

If you have been looking forward to study in UK, here is the chance. SoCoBio BBSRC Training Partnership Scholarships is currently ongoing application at University of Sussex. In this article, we will explain more about the scholarship, its worth, eligibility and application process.

The University of Sussex is an active member of the SoCoBio Doctoral Training Partnership, sponsored by the Biotechnology and Biosciences Research Council (BBSRC). The university is a public research university situated in Falmer, East Sussex, England.

The university is mostly within the city boundaries of Brighton and Hove but spills into the Lewes District in its eastern fringe. The University of Sussex large campus site is surrounded by the South Downs National Park and is about 5.5 kilometers (3.4 mi) from central Brighton.

The University of Sussex has a diverse community of about 20,000 students, with almost one in three being foreign students, and more than 1,000 academics, representing more than 140 different nationalities.

The university’s campus, designed by Sir Basil Spence, is close to the village of Falmer but mostly within the city boundaries of Brighton and Hove. The campus is close to the South Downs, which influenced Spence’s design of the campus.

The University of Sussex was rated 20th in the UK and 160th in the world by the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2021. The Sunday Times ranked the university in 19th place nationally in 2021.

The University was also rated 15th in the UK by the Complete University Guide in 2017. The University of Sussex was rated 187th in the world according to the QS World University Rankings 2017. The University was rated 205th the 2018 CWTS Leiden Ranking.

Furthermore, in 2016 the University of Sussex was rated 66th in the world for its innovation on the UI GreenMetric ranking. The Complete University guide 2018 rated the university as sixth in the UK for Graduate prospects and 1st in the South East (graduates getting into employment or further study immediately after graduation).

The University of Sussex rated in the top 100 in the world for the social sciences in the CWTS Leiden Ranking 2016 and in the top 150 in the world for Social Sciences ARWU 2016 and 90th best in the world for Psychological Sciences in the U.S. News & World Report.

The QS World University Rankings by Subject for 2016, 2017 and 2018 rated Sussex 1st in the world for Development Studies. It was also rated in the world’s top 100 for Sociology, Anthropology, Politics and International Studies, Geography, History, English Language and Literature and Communication and Media Studies in the QS 2018 rankings.

Worth of SoCoBio BBSRC Training Partnership Scholarships

• The scholarship will cover four years of UK or International PhD fees and a tax free maintenance allowance which is currently £15,609 plus some research costs.
• All successful candidate will benefit from laboratory rotations in year one, a placement, taught modules in entrepreneurship and data management and from Socobio summer schools and conferences.

Eligibility for SoCoBio BBSRC Training Partnership Scholarships

• SoCoBio BBSRC Training Partnership Scholarships are open to UK and Overseas students according to the latest UKRI student eligibility rules. Please note that up to 30% of each unit of students may be overseas students, so the consortium can offer a small number of international fee waivers.
• To be eligible for SoCoBio BBSRC Training Partnership Scholarships, you must be a UK national who has been living in the UK or EU for the three years before starting your course.
• You need an EU national with Settled Status to be qualified for the scholarship.
• To be eligible for SoCoBio BBSRC Training Partnership Scholarships, each candidate must have an EU national with Pre-Settled status who has been living in the UK or the EU for 3 years before starting his/her course.
• You must be a student with Indefinite Leave to Remain in the UK.
• You must also be an Irish National (due to a reciprocal agreement with the UK)
• All other students like EU nationals moving to the UK to start their PhD will count as overseas students.

How to Apply for SoCoBio BBSRC Training Partnership Scholarships

If you are interested in SoCoBio BBSRC Training Partnership Scholarships and you are eligible for the scholarship, visit the university’s official website.

Application Deadline for SoCoBio BBSRC Training Partnership Scholarships

The application deadline for these scholarship is January 10, 2022.

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