BBSRC-NERC Funded ‘Interdisciplinary Life and Environmental Science Landscape Award’ (ILESLA) PhD Studentship Opportunities
The Open University – Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM)
Please quote reference: BBSRC-NERC funded ‘Interdisciplinary Life and Environmental Science Landscape Award’
3 year, fully funded Studentships available
Closing Date: 29 January, 2025 - 12:00
The Open University has partnered with University of Oxford (lead university), Oxford Brookes University, The Pirbright Institute, Diamond Light Source, and ISIS Neutron and Muon Source to launch the BBSRC-NERC funded Interdisciplinary Life and Environmental Science Landscape Award (ILESLA). This ambitious doctoral training programme will prepare a new generation of creative, collaborative, and entrepreneurial researchers who re equipped to meet the complex, cross-disciplinary challenges the world faces.
The primary aim of ILESLA is to cultivate researchers capable of developing innovative solutions to challenges in and at the intersection of biological and environmental sciences, focusing on five interconnected themes:
- Climate and Earth; Advancing understanding of climate and earth systems.
- Biodiversity and Sustainability; Sustainable approaches to support food, feed and energy security, manufacturing and biodiversity.
- Animal and Human Health; Innovative approaches to understand and support animal and human health.
- Rules of Life; Frontier science addressing fundamental questions about biological organisms and ecosystems.
- Transformative Technologies; Development of tools and technologies underpinning biological and environmental research.
You can view a full list of research topics within each theme here
This exciting award is expected to fund at least ten new PhD students at The Open University, across five intakes (2025 – 2029) and to fund students registered at the University of Oxford or Oxford Brookes University who will be co-supervised by researchers at The Open University. Recruitment will be annual.
Please see information on how to apply here.
The application deadline for October 2025 entry is Wednesday 29th January 2025 at 12:00 midday UK time.
| Qualification Type: | PhD |
|---|---|
| Location: | Milton Keynes |
| Funding for: | UK Students |
| Funding amount: | £19,237 stipend (+£2000 and various grants) |
| Hours: | Full Time |
| Placed On: | 16th December 2024 |
| Closes: | 29th January 2025 |
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