{"id":801,"date":"2016-05-05T12:59:41","date_gmt":"2016-05-05T12:59:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/cwst\/?p=801"},"modified":"2016-05-05T13:01:03","modified_gmt":"2016-05-05T13:01:03","slug":"tree-health-phd-funding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/cwst\/tree-health-phd-funding\/","title":{"rendered":"Tree health &#8211; PhD funding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Scottish Forestry Trust, in partnership with Forestry Commission Scotland, have established a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scottishforestrytrust.org.uk\/tree-health-scotland-bursary-award-scheme.asp\" target=\"_blank\">scheme for part funding PhD research in the area of tree health<\/a>\u00a0(relevant to Scotland).<\/p>\n<p>The purpose of the scheme is to support doctorate level postgraduate forestry research studentships relevant to tree health in\u00a0Scotland and carried out by institutes within the UK.<\/p>\n<p>The scheme is\u00a0open for new PhD studentships since\u00a01 April 2015 and extends to research that is expected to\u00a0complete by December 2020 although there may be some flexibility in completion dates.<\/p>\n<p>Funds will support PhD qualifications that are intended to address tree pest and pathogen issues which are of current concern or which represent a future threat to the\u00a0trees, forests and woodlands of Scotland. \u00a0 There is a presumption that proposals will be co-funded, for example by combining the Bursary funds with\u00a0industrial sponsorship, university funding, CASE funding, charitable support or personal funds. Leverage including\u00a0additional funds or in-kind contributions, will be a factor in project selection.<\/p>\n<p>Applications are formally considered at Trustee meetings held in December, April and August of each year. This requires the submission of applications by the end of October, February and May respectively.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scottishforestrytrust.org.uk\/tree-health-scotland-bursary-award-scheme.asp\" target=\"_blank\">Full details are here<\/a>. \u00a0Feel free to <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/cwst\/contact\/\">contact us<\/a> if you have ideas relevant to our work. \u00a0We may have relevant projects that are already funding into which a tree health PhD could be integrated.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>The Scottish Forestry Trust, in partnership with Forestry Commission Scotland, have established a scheme for part funding PhD research in the area of tree health\u00a0(relevant <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/cwst\/tree-health-phd-funding\/\" title=\"Tree health &#8211; PhD funding\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":802,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[26,65,18],"class_list":["post-801","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-call","tag-forestry","tag-phd"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Tree health - PhD funding - Centre for Wood Science &amp; 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