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QIST - Quantum Information Science and Technologies DTP
Welcome to the QIST DTP at Sussex!
The AVÊÓƵ, in partnership with the , has launched the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Quantum Information Science and Technologies (QIST) funded via the (EPSRC).
This programme provides unique cross-disciplinary training in experimental and theoretical quantum information and quantum technologies, and specialised training in entrepreneurship, project management, collaborative working, responsible research and innovation (RRI), science policy, and communication skills.
The handbook for current QIST researchers is available on the QIST website – COMING SOON
As a Sussex QIST PGR you have access to:
- A scholarship covering fees and a living allowance for 4 years (full-time)
- An individual budget for research and training costs (conferences, participant costs, fieldwork, consumables)
- A new Master Class, "Microwave Trapped-Ion Quantum Computing"
- Year one training in critical skills for microwave trapped-ion quantum computing
- Financial support for academic and industrial secondments
- Opportunity and funding to attend national and international conferences
- Funding to enable you to attend training with the QIST PGRs at Bristol, or elsewhere
- Access to taught modules and state-of-the-art facilities at Sussex and Bristol
- Key Contacts
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The Director of Sussec Centre for Quantum Technologies, Professor Winfried Hensinger, is the QIST Director at Sussex - w.k.hensinger@sussex.ac.uk
Contact qist-cdt@sussex.ac.uk for all QIST-related queries
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
- 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: