Norwich Research Park secures investment for PhD students

The Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) has given the centre a Doctoral Landscape Award.

This is in partnership with the University of East Anglia, the Sainsbury Laboratory, the Quadram Institute, and the Earlham Institute, all located in the Norwich Research Park.

These awards support research at universities across the UK to train the next generation of scientists.

Doctoral students will develop their skills and experience across a four-year PhD studentship, with an integrated three-month Professional Internship for PhD Students (PIPS) working on a topic that does not directly relate to their PhD project, to explore future career options.

Some students undertake Co-operative Awards in Science and Technology (CASE) projects, which are partnerships between a Norwich Research Park partner and a non-academic partner.

Programme director and chair of the Norwich Research Park Graduate School, Professor Anne Graham, said: “I am delighted that BBSRC continues to support our successful PhD programme.

Professor Anne Graham, NRPDTP Director and Chair of the NRP Graduate School (Image: Submitted)

"We are proud to have a long tradition of training highly skilled researchers and scientists, and while the global challenges of the 21st century are huge, it is advances in bioscience which offer real opportunities to make a difference.

"Our students will address topics such as sustainable agriculture and food, improving plant and human health, and boosting nutrition through plant innovation.”

Professor Graham Moore FRS, director of the John Innes Centre, said: “We are thrilled to receive continued funding from UKRI/BBSRC.

"It will enable us to train and nurture talented PhD students whose research will drive the future of biosciences.

"I’m excited to see the impact our new cohorts of PhD researchers will make in society, and the solutions they will find to some of the most pressing world health and environmental challenges.”