Equality, Diversity & Inclusion
The Fusion CDT strives to create a diverse, inclusive, and equitable learning and research environment for students and staff across all partner universities, institutes and companies. We have support in place for students with disabilities and/or caring responsibilities and also offer part-time study options where this is compatable with the project.
Find our more about our strategy and the support we offer for students: Equality, Diversity and Inclusion at the Fusion CDT
2024 Entry Projects and Deadlines:
As with other EPSRC Centres for Doctoral Training (CDTs) we are currently applying for additional funding from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council. We expect to learn the outcome of the funding application by the end of December 2023. Funding for studentships starting in autumn 2024/25 is therefore subject to confirmation, however, we encourage you to apply and the likely application deadlines are shown below. For autumn 2024 entry onwards we intend to make some exciting changes to the structure and content of the programme, whilst retaining all of the most successful elements.
Potential project descriptions for autumn 2024 entry will be added to the website from November 2023 onwards. In the meantime, if you’d like to get an idea of our areas of research, please see the autumn 2023 entry projects. Our PhD projects are categorised as plasma or materials strand, with application deadlines as follows:
- York, Liverpool & Durham plasma strand applications: deadline 31st Jan 2024.
- Sheffield, Oxford and Durham materials strand projects: please see “how to apply” for the relevant university contact, and email them to confirm the deadline date.
- Manchester materials strand projects: applications likely to open January 2024 with a deadline of 1st March 2024.
How to apply
If you have any questions please contact us at
fusion-cdt-admissions@york.ac.uk, or phone +44 (0)1904 324907 and we will be happy to help you. Apply directly to the university that offers your chosen PhD project(s). You may apply to more than one university if you wish. The links below will take you to each university’s Fusion CDT web page from where you will be signposted to the application pages. Please mention on your application form that you are interested in the Fusion Centre for Doctoral Training.
As well as making the formal application to the Universities below please complete this short form in order that the lead university can coordinate all applications and keep in touch with all our applicants.
Durham University – How to apply
University contact: Prof Marco Cecconello (Plasma) and Prof Damian Hampshire (Materials).
University of Liverpool – How to apply
Follow the link above and complete the online application form. For the question about studentship funding, you should write “Fusion-CDT”. We strongly recommend that you first contact the project supervisor, as given in the project description, and/or the University contact as shown below, before making your application.
University contact: Dr Mark Bowden
University of Manchester – How to apply
University contacts: Dr Ed Pickering and Dr Aneeqa Khan
University of Oxford Materials – How to apply
We strongly recommend that you contact Professor David Armstrong before making an application.
University contact: Professor David Armstrong
University of York (Physics) – How to apply
University contact: Dr David Dickinson
University of Sheffield – How to apply
It is recommended that you contact Professor Russell Goodall before making an application. Applications should mention “Fusion Power CDT”.
University contact: Professor Russell Goodall.
Points to consider in your application
You do not need an in depth knowledge of fusion when you apply. If you are accepted onto our programme, you will benefit from a series of training courses, which will prepare you for an
exciting research project at the forefront of the field.
Potential Projects are shown on our website. Please indicate on your application form your preference for which project/s you are interested in. We will use your project preferences as a guide, but you may also be considered for other projects.
On the application form you will find a section entitled “research proposal”. It is useful, when looking at your application, to know which area of research interests you most. To help you identify this you could think about including any or all of the following:
- The title of any of the advertised projects in which you are interested and briefly describe why those projects appeal most. You can include as many as you like.
- Your relevant experience in the research areas, noting that specific training will be provided
- What scientific approaches interest you – analytic theory, simulation, modelling, experiment (or all of these).
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