Doctoral Training Centres and Grants

The UK Research Councils are increasingly awarding their funding for research studentships through Doctoral Training Centres, Partnerships and Grants. As a research intensive University, Reading is involved in a number of partnerships with other institutions to enable the delivery of high-quality training for doctoral researchers. We have also been successful in winning a number of long-running grants for training.

The various partnerships and centres with which the University is involved, or the grants which the University has won, are detailed below; these are listed by Research Council: 

Arts and Humanities

• AHRC Block Grant Partnership

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)

• BBSRC Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP) in Food Security
• BBSRC Advanced Training Partnership in Food Quality & Health

Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)

• ESRC Doctoral Training Centre (DTC)

Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)

• EPSRC Industrial Doctorate Centre in Technologies & Sustainable Built Environments (TSBE)
• EPSRC Doctoral Training Grant

Medical Research Council

• MRC Doctoral Training Competitive Studentships in Development Psychopathology

Natural Environment Research Council

• NERC Doctoral Training Grant