NERC GW4+ Doctoral Training Partnership (Fully Funded PhD Scholarship) Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) in United Kingdom

[Fees and a stipend of £21,805 per annum for 2026/7.] PhD studentship at the University of Exeter on physics-informed AI and experimental modelling of ocean mixing , focusing on how fracture zones connect deep-ocean mixing, tracer transport, abyssal upwelling, and large-scale ocean ventilation. The project addresses a major climate-science challenge: how small-scale turbulent mixing in the deep ocean shapes basin-scale overturning circulation and the transport of heat, carbon, and nutrients. It ...

Warwick Fully Funded Doctoral Scholarships for 2027 are open to prospective researchers planning to start a PhD in the UK at the University of Warwick. The Doctoral College Postgraduate Research (PGR) Scholarship Competition is a centralized funding route that can place eligible applicants into consideration for multiple doctoral funding schemes with one scholarship application. Eligible study routes include PhD, MPhil/PhD, EngD, and approved MRes+PhD pathways beginning in October 2027. The comp...

CENTA PhD Studentships are available through the University of Warwick School of Life Sciences as part of a consortium of universities and research institutes working within the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) remit. These are doctoral research opportunities in environmental and life sciences, with training across scientific and technical skills, research management, engagement/impact/enterprise, and personal effectiveness. The page highlights PhD projects and funded studentships, in...

The University Research Fellowship from The Royal Society supports outstanding early-career scientists who are developing the independence and leadership needed to shape their field. It is a flexible research fellowship scheme designed to help researchers establish and grow their own programme of work within a supportive environment. The award provides salary support together with funding for research assistance, plus dedicated research costs. The scheme is structured to accommodate different ca...

Newton Trust PhD Studentship at the University of Cambridge This named award supports PhD study at the University of Cambridge for UK (Home) students across any subject area. It is one of Cambridge’s central funding competition awards and is intended for high-ranked applicants who narrowly miss the main funding pots. The studentship is funded by the Isaac Newton Trust, a charity founded by Trinity College, Cambridge. The award provides a contribution to PhD tuition fees and living costs for up t...