Each year a central call will be made requesting the submission of projects for the studentships starting in the following October. Following this the projects will be marked by colleagues across the DTP and NLD BBSRC DTP Management Board will meet and decide on the strongest projects submitted. From there the selected projects will all be advertised, this can be as many as 60 projects for 28 fully funded studentships (from 2020 onwards). Supervisors are asked to rank the applicants to their project and are able to put forward up to three candidates per project. Following this nomination process the NLD Management Board will create a shortlist of candidates to interview. We believe that this method always us to recruit the very best students to the very best projects. If you have any questions about the process then please discuss this with your local DTP lead in the first instance, or contact us at bbsrcdtp@liverpool.ac.uk.