# PU Ceramics Academic Hub

> Pre-procurement notice from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Nuclear Decommissioning Authority](/buyers/nuclear-decommissioning-authority/contract-awards)
- Published: 17 June 2024
- Stage: pre_procurement
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 5b6b89a3-8d45-4247-833c-5c122a4e788f-759830
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-661702f5-f000-4bca-9dec-0162ddb33fea

## Description

The NDA will fund a Research Hub, which will be either a single university or small consortium of universities, to undertake ~4 new PhD projects each year for 5 years, with continuous support from ~2 full time Postdoctoral researchers and 0\.5FTE of an academic post\. Support will be provided until the completion of all PhD projects\. The research scopes will be defined with the help of subject matter experts from the NDA Group and these same Subject matter Experts will provide in-kind support throughout with a view to utilising the output of the Research Hub in NDA Group programmes\. The contract will be based on NDA's anticipated funding of circa £1M per annum \(To be confirmed: £5-6M in total\) The NDA shall host an engagement event on 24th July 2024 10am - 12:00pm\. To register your attendance please email: ambar\.saeed@nda\.gov\.uk for this requirement\. Please type in the header "C19784 Research Hub"\. This supplier event will be carried out via a Microsoft teams conference, and a link will be shared prior to the proposed date\. The NDA would like a maximum of 2 members of staff per supplier\.

## Related contract awards

- [NDA Unified Communications and Connectivity Services 2026-2029](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-e1159ca4-c614-4da1-98bf-e43cbe0eac1c): Nuclear Decommissioning Authority
- [NDA/C17430/15 - NDA Legacy Waste Cave 5](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-19171ff0-7c7f-450b-b2e4-84b48ab44f76): Nuclear Decommissioning Authority
- [GK26-11 - In-active Drying Trials of AGR Slotted Cans \(Investigating Impact of Caustic Dosing and Carbon Deposits\)](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-8f91304b-cef3-4794-b714-e7512eafbe9c): Nuclear Decommissioning Authority

## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/5b6b89a3-8d45-4247-833c-5c122a4e788f-759830)