What is Atoms-2-Products?
The Atoms 2 Products Centre for Doctoral Training (A2P CDT) programme is a four year Sustainable Chemistry PhD based within BiOrbic at University College Dublin (UCD) in collaboration with the University of Nottingham, UK. The comprehensive PhD programme provides advanced training, education and research support enabling the next generation of sustainable chemists to excel within both academia and industry.
PhD students recruited to the programme at BiOrbic will join a cohort of A2P students from UoN in a coordinated training programme of cutting-edge, industry-relevant research and skills.
What do students do?
A2P PhD students have the opportunity to:
- Undertake an individual PhD project, co-supervised by academic experts and leading industry scientists.
- Complete an eight week training visit to Nottingham and attend taught courses in core and specialist subjects.
- Interact with industry scientists, explore internship opportunities.
- Gain a deep understanding of sustainability concepts.
- Carry out significant laboratory-based or computational research on a group project.
- Learn from transferable skills training.
- Benefit from enhanced research support, wellbeing and community building activities.
Where can I learn more?
The enhanced training programme drives scientific excellence and global impact serving the needs of the Irish and UK bioeconomy.
Click here to find out more about the A2P CDT at our partner institution, the University of Nottingham.
A2P is funded by Science Foundation Ireland under grant number 18/EPSRC-CDT/3582, a partnership between Science Foundation Ireland and Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) in the UK.
For more information and available PhD positions please contact A2PCDT@biorbic.com.
