# 1B4 - FOSTER Programme, Fusion Engineering Doctoral Training Partnership

> Tender notice from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority](/buyers/united-kingdom-atomic-energy-authority/contract-awards)
- Published: 5 July 2024
- Planned start: 26 September 2024
- Planned end: 27 September 2024
- Stage: open_tender
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 823114d2-76b9-40d8-aeb3-7861e24379ad-764475
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-dac31be5-d09d-42ba-88c3-b0d8eb1ba708

## Description

This project which is part of the FOSTER \(Fusion Opportunities in Skills, Training, Education and Research\) Programme aims to deepen the talent pool available to the fusion sector by awarding £9\.5M of funding between April 2025 and March 2030 to a university or consortia of universities who can create and deliver a high-quality Fusion Engineering Doctoral Training Partnership \(DTP\)\. It follows on from the Prior Information Notice published on Find a Tender Service \(Notice reference: 2024/S 000-014161\) Note this is an unregulated procedure and is only open to organisations that can provide post graduate doctoral training\.

## Related contract awards

- [SBRI Competition Fusion Industry Challenges - Novel Concepts for Robust Diagnostics Systems, Sensing and Control](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-4ca65c93-da99-4de7-a43a-afcbb86e40a8): United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority
- [Isolation Transformers](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-a9eef88c-f5d2-4da4-a421-1c112cfabcc4): United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority
- [Employee Assistance Programme](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-a2e8d11a-9970-43cf-9088-a4c30017882c): United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority

## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/823114d2-76b9-40d8-aeb3-7861e24379ad-764475)