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SoCoBio - South Coast Bioscences DTP

Welcome to the South Coast Biosciences DTP (SoCoBio) at the Â鶹ӳ»­. 

is a Doctoral Training  Partnership lead by the University of Southampton partnered with the , , Â鶹ӳ»­ and . It is funded by the (BBSRC) part of UKRI (UK Research and Innovation).

As a SoCoBio researcher, your training programme will include:

• Two lab rotations with different supervisors (1^st year)
• Data Management training (1^st year)
• Business and Entrepreneurship summer school (1^st year)
• Industrial Biotechnology summer school (2^nd year)
• Science Communication summer school (3^rd year)
• A three-month placement outside academia (“PIPS”)
• Opportunities to present your research at an annual conference

You can find further guidance on the programme and useful forms in the SoCoBio handbook.

SoCoBio Key Contacts

At Southampton:

• SoCoBio DTP Director, Professor Matthew Terry - mjt@soton.ac.uk
• SoCoBio DTP Manager, Sandra Dancer - socobio@soton.ac.uk

At Â鶹ӳ»­:

• Â鶹ӳ»­ SoCoBio Academic Lead, Professor Daniel Osorio - d.osorio@sussex.ac.uk
• Â鶹ӳ»­ SoCoBio Deputy Academic Lead, Dr. Frances Pearl - f.pearl@sussex.ac.uk

Additionally, the Â鶹ӳ»­ PGR Scholarships team (pgr-scholarships@sussex.ac.uk) can help you with funding queries such as:

• Fee waiver and payment of stipend/maintenance allowances
• Funding and expenses claims for travel, training and research costs
• Changes to your scholarship (part-time registation, parental or sick leave, taking a break from your PhD, starting a placement)
• Claiming Disabled Student Allowance (DSA)

Further information about Â鶹ӳ»­ PGR regulations can be found in our Policy on Research Degrees, while further information on the terms and conditions of SoCoBio scholarships can be found below.