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Propose a PhD project
Our PhD projects are supervised by academic staff from various backgrounds and of all levels of seniority from across UCL, supported by non-academic partners where appropriate. Projects are submitted and selected in autumn for a start in the autumn of the next calendar year.
Proposals are ranked per research theme, with a maximum of 5 projects selected per research theme, to be proposed to candidate students (~10 in total per cohort) during the PhD recruitment process.
Projects can only be submitted by UCL supervisors, are expected to be interdisciplinary, and must be (for at least 50%) in the EPSRC remit.
Selection criteria are:
Fit to remit of the CDT and one of the three main CDT research themes
Quality of the proposed research
Quality of the supervision and research environment
Strength of contributions from non-academic partners (if applicable)
Project selection and allocation will take into account matched funding contributions made by different UCL departments to the CDT, and where appropriate favour supervisors from those departments. Furthermore, project selection may favour proposals with matched funding from external partners provided all other selection criteria are met.
For information on the matched funding required and how studentships with external partners will be set up, please consult the “Matched funding - info for supervisors.docx" document.
Academics will not be allowed to be first supervisor for more than one on-going CDT PhD project or to be second supervisor for more than one on-going CDT PhD project; and should not submit more than one CDT PhD project as first supervisor or more than one CDT PhD project as second supervisor any year. Projects with significant matched funding (cash contribution) are exempt from these limitations.
Confirmation of initial project selection may be pending on additional information provided by supervisors.
Supervisors of selected projects are expected to participate in the student recruitment process.