The Bristol Centre for Agricultural Innovation
The Bristol Centre for Agricultural Innovation (BCAI) was established in
2003 to support cutting edge agricultural research through funding from the
Lady Emily Smyth Trust. BCAI provides financial assistance to University of
Bristol academic and research staff to promote and support agricultural
research, usually by pump-priming or follow-on funding. BCAI also provides
start-up funding to successful independent fellowship applicants to Bristol.
The studentship
A new
flagship scheme for BCAI, the Lady Emily Smyth Studentship is a prestigious award
to support two outstanding scholars undertaking Masters by Research at the
University of Bristol within the plant and agricultural research theme. The
fully funded award covers the full cost of fees, stipend, consumables for a
year, and a supplement to support dissemination.
Award
Fee £4300
Stipend (BBSRC level) £14,777
Consumables £4000
Dissemination
support £500
Applications
UK
and EU students are eligible to apply for this award using the University of
Bristol's postgraduate application form here. Students should
indicate their preferred supervisor and that they wish to be considered for the
Lady Emily Smyth Studentship. The closing date for applications is 17th April
2020. Supervisors will be asked to nominate their preferred candidate for the
award and applications will be ranked by committee prior to interviews, which
will be held in the week starting on the 4th May 2020.
Projects
for 2020 admission
A full list of projects is
listed on the BCAI website here.
