FLEXUS: Flexible, Lightweight, EXceptional Ultrasound Sensors using Nanocomposite Technology

Ulster University, United Kingdom

Updated: 2 months ago
Location: Coleraine, NORTHERN IRELAND

The scholarship will cover tuition fees at the Home rate and a maintenance allowance of £19,000 (tbc) per annum for three years (subject to satisfactory academic performance).

This scholarship also comes with £900 per annum for three years as a research training support grant (RTSG) allocation to help support the PhD researcher.


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