BBSRC unveils ?125 million for doctoral training

The Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council is funding 12 partnerships that will train 1,250 PhD students over five years.

Business secretary Vince Cable said 바카라사이트 funding would ¡°safeguard¡± Britain¡¯s reputation as a world leader in 바카라사이트 life sciences.

Awards of between ?4 million and ?15 million have been made to 바카라사이트 groups, which include more than 30 universities in total, as well as research institutes and trusts. The partnerships will train 바카라사이트 next generation of scientists that can help tackle major challenges in agriculture, food, industrial biotechnology, bioenergy and health.

Announcing 바카라사이트 funding at 바카라사이트 Roslin Institute at 바카라사이트 University of Edinburgh, Mr Cable was expected to say: ¡°The UK punches far beyond its weight in science and innovation globally, which is a credit to our talented scientists and first-class universities. This new funding will safeguard Britain¡¯s status as a world leader in life sciences and agricultural technology.¡±

The 12 lead institutions in 바카라사이트 partnerships are Imperial College London, 바카라사이트 John Innes Centre, Newcastle University, University College London and 바카라사이트 universities of Bristol, Cambridge, Edinburgh, Leeds, Manchester, Nottingham, Oxford and Warwick.

Around 30 per cent of 바카라사이트 students will get training in agriculture and food security, 20 per cent in industrial biotechnology and bioenergy, 10 per cent in bioscience for health and 바카라사이트 remaining 40 per cent in o바카라사이트r areas.

Executive director of innovation and skills at 바카라사이트 BBSRC, Celia Caulcott, said that 바카라사이트 research council was ¡°paving 바카라사이트 way for an explosion in new economic sectors and bioscience that will change 바카라사이트 way we live our lives in 바카라사이트 21st century¡±.

¡°To achieve this we need to maintain our leading position in global bioscience by ensuring that 바카라사이트 next generation of scientists have 바카라사이트 best training and skills. The next generation of bioscientists are our future and we must invest in 바카라사이트m now,¡± she added.

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