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The Diamond Light Source invites proposals for its rapid access to selected beamlines and electron microscope. This provides candidates with quick and urgent access to one of the following beamlines: electron microscope, MX beamlines, 106, 108, I11, I13-1, I13-2, B16, B18, I18, I19, B21, B22 and B23.

Applicants from any sector may apply; however, postdoctoral applicants, support scientists, postgraduate and undergraduate students may not act as principal investigators. Users are advised to contact the principal beamline scientist prior to application as some beamlines have restricted amount of rapid access available.

In steady state 80 per cent of beamtime is available to external users and 20 per cent beamline for development and in-house research. Industrial users may have up to 10 per cent of the beamtime allocated to external users, with only 30 per cent available per beamtime.

The Science and Technology Facilities Council invites applications for its industrial CASE studentships. These enable PhD students to work in collaboration with a non-academic partner on projects that fall within the STFC core science programme, or that aim to apply technologies or techniques developed within the programme into other areas.

Universities, research council institutes and independent research organisations may apply, and should act as the academic partner, but not as the non-academic partner. Non-university academic-related partners would need to host the studentship in conjunction with the university where the student is registered. Other UK-based organisations may act as non-academic partners.

Studentships are tenable for a minimum of three and a half years, during which the student should spend at least nine months at the non-academic body, which may be spread over 18 months.

The non-academic partner is required to make a financial contribution to both the student and the project. STFC provides the following funds:

•maintenance allowance for the student worth £15,296 per year outside London and £17,296 per year within London;

•additional award for the student worth £615 per year;

•payments to the research organisation, including up to £4,121 per year for tuition fees, £1,000 per year for research training costs, and £230 towards the costs of conference fees and UK fieldwork.

Industrial CASE-Plus Studentships

Industrial CASE-Plus extends the Industrial CASE competition to help students become more effective in promoting technology transfer, should their chosen career path take them into either academic research or industry. For the first 3.5 years of the award, Industrial CASE-Plus operates in the same way as the Industrial CASE competition. The main difference is that the student spends a further year working full-time on the premises of the non-academic partner as an employee. During this additional year, the student is employed by the non-academic partner at a salary equivalent to that of a new STFC postdoctoral researcher.

STFC will contribute 50% of the salary costs incurred by the non-academic partner (up to a maximum STFC contribution of £14,250). Entry into the last year is dependent on the student demonstrating a level of achievement agreed in advance between the non-academic partner, the Research Organisation and the student. STFC will not commence funding for the additional year until the PhD thesis has been submitted.

Conversion from standard research to Industrial CASE and Industrial CASE-Plus

Standard research studentship awards may be converted to Industrial CASE studentships at any time after the student is in post. Collaborative Training provides outstanding students with access to training, facilities and expertise not available in an academic setting alone. Students have an opportunity to develop a range of valuable skills and significantly enhance their future employability. Industrial CASE students will receive an enhanced stipend detailed below.

Existing Industrial CASE studentships may be converted to Individual CASE-Plus at any time up to the end of the second year.

The Royal Society invites applications for its translation awards. These support scientists who wish to investigate the potential to commercialise an aspect of their research. Awards aims to:

•provide support aimed at promoting innovation and translation of research within universities;

•support outstanding researchers to test the technical and economic feasibility of commercialising an aspect of their research and help them demonstrate that their

concept has high potential for commercial success;

•enable projects that have demonstrated successful past research to enter the development stage;

•create a cohort of innovative research providing them with bespoke training and support to increase their chances of successfully commercialising their research.

Awards include an ERA foundation award in electro-technology, Lord Leonard and Lady Estelle Wolfson Foundation awards in biomedical science and an Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council award for research in built environment, energy and clean technology and nanoscience or nanotechnology.

Applicants of any nationality who have a PhD or are of equivalent standing in their profession, who hold a substantive post in a UK university and will be in post at the host organisation for at least the duration of the project may apply. Applications from individuals or groups who already have established contacts with industrial or commercial collaborators are particularly encouraged.

Five awards are available, worth up to £50,000 each, for duration of up to two years. Three are Lord Leonard and Lady Estelle Wolfson Foundation awards, one is an ERA foundation award and one is an EPSRC award.