Pu Ceramics PhD Projects- Research Hub

Description

The NDA will fund a Research Hub, <br/>which will be either a single university or <br/>small consortium of universities, to<br/>undertake ~4 new PhD projects each <br/>year for 5 years, with continuous support <br/>from ~2 full time Postdoctoral <br/>researchers and 0.5FTE of an academic <br/>post. Support will be provided until the <br/>completion of all PhD projects. The <br/>research scopes will be defined with the <br/>help of subject matter experts from the <br/>NDA Group and these same Subject <br/>matter Experts will provide in-kind <br/>support throughout with a view to <br/>utilising the output of the Research Hub <br/>in NDA Group programmes. <br/><br/>The contract will be based on NDA's <br/>anticipated funding of circa £1M per <br/>annum (To be confirmed: £5-6M in total) <br/>The NDA shall host an engagement <br/>event on 24th July 2024 1 0am -<br/>12:00pm. <br/>To register your attendance <br/>please email: ambar.saeed@nda.gov.uk <br/>for this requirement. Please type in the <br/>header "C19784 Research Hub". This <br/>supplier event will be carried out via a <br/>Microsoft teams conference, and a link <br/>will be shared prior to the proposed <br/>date. The NDA would like a maximum of <br/>2 members of staff per supplier. Lot 1: The NDA will fund a Research Hub, <br/>which will be either a single university or <br/>small consortium of universities, to<br/>undertake ~4 new PhD projects each <br/>year for 5 years, with continuous support <br/>from ~2 full time Postdoctoral <br/>researchers and 0.5FTE of an academic <br/>post. Support will be provided until the <br/>completion of all PhD projects. The <br/>research scopes will be defined with the <br/>help of subject matter experts from the <br/>NDA Group and these same Subject <br/>matter Experts will provide in-kind <br/>support throughout with a view to <br/>utilising the output of the Research Hub <br/>in NDA Group programmes. <br/><br/>The contract will be based on NDA's <br/>anticipated funding of circa £1M per <br/>annum (To be confirmed: £5-6M in total) <br/>The NDA shall host an engagement <br/>event on 24th July 2024 1 0am -<br/>12:00pm. To register your attendance <br/>please email: ambar.saeed@nda.gov.uk <br/>for this requirement. Please type in the <br/>header "C19784 Research Hub". This <br/>supplier event will be carried out via a <br/>Microsoft teams conference, and a link <br/>will be shared prior to the proposed <br/>date. The NDA would like a maximum of <br/>2 members of staff per supplier.