📋 Tender Overview
Funded Value7291056Funded PeriodMay 19 - Oct 27FunderEPSRCProject StatusActiveProject CategoryTraining GrantProject ReferenceEPS0227911Molecular sciences such as chemistry biophysics molecular biology and protein science are vital to innovations in medicine and the discovery of new medicines and diagnostics. As well as making a crucial contribution to health and society industries in this field provide an essential component to the economy and contribute hugely to employment figures currently generating nearly 500000 jobs nationally.To enable and facilitate future economic growth in this area the CDT will provide a cohort of researchers who have training in both aspects of this interface who will be equipped to become the future innovators and leaders in their field.All projects will be based in both molecular and medical sciences and will focus on unmet medical needs such as understanding of disease biology identification of new therapeutic targets and new approaches to discovery and development of novel therapies. Specific problems will be identified by researchers within the CDT industrial partners stakeholders and the CDT students. The research will be structured around three theme areas Biology of Disease Molecule and Assay Design and Structural Biology and Computation. The CDT brings together leading researchers with a proven track record across these areas and who have pioneered recent advances in the field such as multiple approved cancer treatments. Their combined expertise will provide supervision and mentorship to the student cohort who will work on projects that span these research themes and bring their contributions to bear on the medical problems in question. The student cohort approach will allow teams of researchers to work together on joint projects with common goals. Projects will be proposed between academics industrial partners and students with priority given to those with industrial relevance.The programme of research and training across the disciplines will equip graduates of the CDT with an unprecedented background of knowledge and skills across the disciplines. The programme of research and training across the disciplines will be supplemented by training and hands-on experiences of entrepreneurship responsible innovation and project management. Taken together this will make graduates of the CDT highly desirable to employers equip them with the skills they need to envisage and implement future innovations in the area and allow them to become the leaders of tomorrow.A structured and highly experienced management group consisting of a director co-directors theme leads and training coordinators will oversee the execution of the CDT with the full involvement of industry partners and students. This will ensure delivery of the cohort training programme and joint events as well as being accountable for the process of selection of projects and student recruitment. The manag
