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title: "NDA PhD bursary call 2024"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-046dd6"
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current_stage: "Planning"
buyer: "NUCLEAR DECOMMISSIONING AUTHORITY"
published: "2024-06-06"
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# NDA PhD bursary call 2024

Buyer: NUCLEAR DECOMMISSIONING AUTHORITY  
Current stage: Planning  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-046dd6

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## Summary

The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority is planning a tender for a NDA PhD bursary call 2024 in the services industry category. The call aims to maintain and develop key skills for UK nuclear decommissioning, encourage technology development, and foster knowledge transfer between academia and industry. Up to £750,000 will be available for projects leading to a PhD, with application details expected to be released in late July/early August. The contracting authority is located in Cumbria, UK, and can be reached at +44 1925802001 or procurement.inbox@nda.gov.uk.

The NDA PhD bursary call 2024 by the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority presents opportunities for UK academic institutions specialising in nuclear decommissioning to secure funding for research projects. Businesses with expertise in nuclear technologies, academic-industry collaborations, and early-stage technology development would be well-suited to compete for this tender. The planned procurement stage for the call is to support projects that will advance knowledge towards safe and sustainable solutions for decommissioning and clean-up of the UK's civil nuclear legacy.

## Notice

NDA PhD bursary call 2024

### Lot Information

Lot 1

The NDA will be requesting applications to its PhD bursary call, to support the NDA mission to deliver safe, sustainable and publicly acceptable solutions to the challenge of decommissioning and clean-up of the UK's civil nuclear legacy. 

The NDA's goals from the call are as follows:
* Maintain and develop the key skills that will be required to help us carry out the mission over the coming decades
* Provide fundamental understanding of technologies and processes across the NDA estate
* Develop early-stage technologies (TRL 1 - 3)
* Encourage two-way knowledge transfer between the academic and industrial communities working on nuclear decommissioning

The call will be open to UK academic institutions for projects that will lead to the award of a PhD. 

This year, up to PS750,000 will be available from the NDA PhD bursary to support projects that will lead to the award of a PhD. 

Universities and Research Institutes will be invited to make proposals up to a value of PS150,000 per project under the thematic areas that will be outlined in the call. 

Further detail will be available on how to apply from late July/ early August via the NDA's University Interactions Framework partner, The National Nuclear Laboratory https://www.nnl.co.uk/innovation-science-and-technology/showreel/collaborations/universities/

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/017533-2024 |
| Notice type | Planning Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Not Specified |
| Procurement method details | Not specified |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Not specified |
| All stages | Planning |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 6 Jun 2024 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | 31 Jul 2024 |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £750,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Planned |
| Lots status | Planned |
| Awards status | Not specified |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | NUCLEAR DECOMMISSIONING AUTHORITY |
| Locality | CUMBRIA |
| Post town | Carlisle |
| Postcode | CA24 3HU |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLD North West (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLD1 Cumbria |
| ITL 3 | TLD13 Cumberland |
| Local authority | Cumberland |
| Electoral ward | Egremont North and St Bees |
| Westminster constituency | Whitehaven and Workington |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 73 - Research and development services and related consultancy services

### Codes

- 73110000 - Research services

## Release History

- 6 Jun 2024 at 08:04 - Planning - Planning Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/017533-2024

## Notice URLs

- https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/nuclear-decommissioning-authority
- https://www.nnl.co.uk/innovation-science-and-technology/showreel/collaborations/universities/

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