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SoCoBio - South Coast Bioscences DTP

Welcome to the South Coast Biosciences DTP (SoCoBio) at the University of Sussex. 

SoCoBio is a Doctoral Training  Partnership lead by the University of Southampton partnered with the University of Portsmouth, University of Kent, University of Sussex and NIAB EMR. It is funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (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 Sussex:

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

Additionally, the Sussex 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 Sussex PhD regulations can be found in our Policy on Research Degrees, while further information on the terms and conditions of CHASE scholarships can be found at the below: