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PhD studentship for September 2026 Entry - Understanding Ecological Responses from Hydro-Geomorphic Changes using large wood in River Restoration. NERC GW4+ DTP
Department of Geography
University of Exeter
Location: Exeter
Salary: Not Specified
Date Placed: 14 Nov
Expires 08 Jan
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PhD studentship for September 2026 Entry - Quantifying the impact of changing boreal and arctic fire regimes on the cryosphere using satellite observations. NERC GW4+ DTP
Department of Geography
University of Exeter
Location: Exeter
Salary: Not Specified
Date Placed: 14 Nov
Closes 08 Jan
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PhD studentship for September 2026 Entry - Ecosystem Engineers: Developing Mechanistic Understanding into the Hydrological Impacts of Beaver Wetlands. NERC GW4+ DTP
Department of Geography
University of Exeter
Location: Exeter
Salary: Not Specified
Date Placed: 14 Nov
Closes 08 Jan
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PhD in Development of an Optical Sensor for Ultra-Sensitive PFAS Detection and Mechanistic Studies of Interactions with Biological Systems
Department of Physics and Astronomy
University of Exeter
Location: Exeter
Salary: £20,780 p.a.
Date Placed: 14 Nov
Closes 08 Dec
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PhD in Microenvironment Recognition and Exposure Quantification During Personal Sensing of Environmental Pollutants: A Machine Learning Algorithm and Toolkit Development
Department of Public Health and Sports Sciences
University of Exeter
Location: Exeter
Salary: £20,780 p.a.
Date Placed: 14 Nov
Closes 08 Dec
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PhD Studentship: The ecology and functional role of demersal deep-water elasmobranchs. NERC GW4+ DTP PhD studentship for September 2026 Entry
Department of Ecology and Conservation
University of Exeter
Location: Devon, Exeter
Salary: For eligible students the studentship will cover home tuition fees plus an annual tax-free stipend
Date Placed: 14 Nov
Closes 08 Jan
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PhD Studentship: Submesoscale ocean flows and processes in the Southern Ocean. NERC GW4+ DTP PhD studentship for September 2026 Entry
Department of Earth and Environmental Science
University of Exeter
Location: Devon, Exeter
Salary: For eligible students the studentship will cover home tuition fees plus an annual tax-free stipend
Date Placed: 14 Nov
Closes 08 Jan
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PhD in Weather-Driven Resilience: AI and Control Frameworks for National–Local Power Systems
Department of Engineering
University of Exeter
Location: Exeter
Salary: £20,780 p.a.
Date Placed: 14 Nov
Closes 08 Jan
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PhD Studentship: Soil carbon dynamics following Amazon forest wildfires. NERC GW4+ DTP PhD studentship for September 2026 Entry
Department of Geography
University of Exeter
Location: Devon, Exeter
Salary: For eligible students the studentship will cover home tuition fees plus an annual tax-free stipend
Date Placed: 14 Nov
Closes 08 Jan
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PhD Studentship: Digital Twinning for Post-Mining Environmental Transitions. NERC GW4+ DTP PhD studentship for September 2026 Entry
Department of Earth and Environmental Science
University of Exeter
Location: Devon, Exeter
Salary: For eligible students the studentship will cover home tuition fees plus an annual tax-free stipend
Date Placed: 14 Nov
Closes 08 Jan
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PhD Studentship: Assessing microplastics as drivers of antimicrobial resistance selection and spread in wastewater systems. NERC GW4+ DTP PhD studentship for September 2026 Entry
Department of Public Health and Sports Sciences
University of Exeter
Location: Devon, Exeter
Salary: Not Specified
Date Placed: 14 Nov
Closes 08 Jan
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PhD Studentship: Predicting population exposure to geomorphic hazards in dynamic rivers. NERC GW4+ DTP PhD studentship for September 2026 Entry
Department of Geography
University of Exeter
Location: Devon, Exeter
Salary: For eligible students the studentship will cover home tuition fees plus an annual tax-free stipend.
Date Placed: 14 Nov
Closes 08 Jan
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Research Studentship in Tidal Stream Energy
Department of Engineering Science
University of Oxford
Location: Oxford
Salary: £10,470 to £20,780 - please see advert
Date Placed: 14 Nov
Closes 02 Dec
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PhD Studentship: Investigating Perineuronal Net Modulation as a Mechanism Underlying Diet Induced Cognitive Impairment
Institute of Health and Social Care
University of Bradford
Location: Bradford
Salary: Tax-free stipend of £20,780 per year for living cost plus full tuition fees covered.
Date Placed: 14 Nov
Closes 07 Jan
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PhD Studentship - A New Twist on Magnetic Memory: Laser-driven Terahertz Spintronics for Energy-efficient Data Storage
Physics and Astronomy
The University of Manchester
Location: Manchester
Salary: £20,780 please see advert
Date Placed: 14 Nov
Closes 31 Jan
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PhD Studentship: Investigating the Environmental Radiochemistry of Uranium under Dynamic Redox
The University of Manchester
Location: Manchester
Salary: Annual tax-free stipend set at the UKRI rate (£20,780 for 2025/26; subject to annual uplift), and tuition fees will be paid.
Date Placed: 14 Nov
Closes 14 Feb
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PhD Studentship: Causes and Syndromes of Extreme Wildfires in Tropical and Extratropical Forests
School of Environmental Sciences
University of East Anglia
Location: Norwich
Salary: £20,780 for 2025/26
Date Placed: 14 Nov
Closes 07 Jan
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PhD studentship in Astrophysics - Weighing Galactic Black Holes with X-rays
Newcastle University
Location: Newcastle upon Tyne
Salary: £20,780
Date Placed: 13 Nov
Closes 31 Jan
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PhD Physical Geography and PhD Environmental Sciences - “Peatlands on the Edge: Integrating Modern and Long-Term Ecology To Inform UK Peatland Fire Management in a Changing Climate”
University of Plymouth
Location: Devon, Plymouth
Salary: £20,780 per annum 2025-26 rate (2026-27 UKRI rate TBC)
Date Placed: 13 Nov
Closes 07 Jan
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PhD Physical Geography - “Dynamics of Land-to-Lake Transfers in the Lake Victoria Basin “
University of Plymouth
Location: Devon, Plymouth
Salary: £20,780 per annum 2025-26 rate (2026-27 UKRI rate TBC)
Date Placed: 13 Nov
Closes 07 Jan
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PhD Environmental Sciences - “From Oceans to Clouds: Is the Antarctic Ocean Microlayer a Source of Cloud Forming Particles?”
University of Plymouth
Location: Devon, Plymouth
Salary: £20,780 per annum 2025-26 rate (2026-27 UKRI rate TBC)
Date Placed: 13 Nov
Closes 07 Jan
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PhD Environmental Sciences - “Microbial Drivers of Temperate Rainforest Expansion and Functional Resilience”
University of Plymouth
Location: Devon, Plymouth
Salary: £20,780 per annum for 2025/26 (2026/27 rate TBC) and research costs
Date Placed: 13 Nov
Closes 07 Jan
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PhD Biological Sciences - “Ecology of Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems: Connecting Functional Diversity and Resilience”
University of Plymouth
Location: Devon, Plymouth
Salary: £20,780 per annum for 2025/26 (2026/27 rate TBC) and research costs
Date Placed: 13 Nov
Closes 07 Jan
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PhD Biological Sciences - “Sitting Ducks, What’s the Flux? The Impact of Seabird Nest Abundance and Spatial Distribution on Ecosystem Processes”
University of Plymouth
Location: Plymouth
Salary: £20,780 per annum 2025-26 rate (2026-27 UKRI rate TBC)
Date Placed: 13 Nov
Closes 07 Jan
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PhD Studentship: Optimising Natural Flood Management: From Intervention Design to Catchment-scale Flood Risk Reduction
Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering
Loughborough University
Location: Loughborough
Salary: £20,780 per annum plus tuition fees at the UK rate
Date Placed: 13 Nov
Closes 08 Jan
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