IGNITE Doctoral Landscape Award

ARIES DTP is offering fully funded PhD studentship opportunities for an October 2027 start, focused on environmental research and doctoral study of the changing planet. The programme spans five broad research themes: Ecology and Biodiversity ; Marine, Atmospheric and Climate Sciences ; Geosciences, Resources and Environmental Risk ; Environmental Genomics and Microbiology ; and Agri-environments and Water . Projects are intended for researchers interested in understanding natural systems and tac...

PhD opportunity in Antarctic marine geology and paleoclimatology at the University of Granada , Spain, through the Warm-Pole Project . The project focuses on how past ocean warming affected Antarctic ice-sheet stability and climate dynamics, with research themes spanning paleoceanography , ice-ocean interactions , and past warm climates relevant to Antarctica’s future. This is a FPU 2026 PhD Fellowship opportunity for students interested in polar research, climate change, and the geological reco...

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...

[Fully funded studentship covering fees, a maintenance stipend of £21,805 p.a. for 2026/27, and a research training and support grant (RTSG). Limited support is available for some international applicants through waived home/international fee difference, but relocation and UK living costs such as visa and health surcharge are not covered.] PhD Studentship at the University of East Anglia: Towards Near Real-time Quantification of Fossil Fuel Emissions This PhD studentship focuses on developing ne...

[Fees plus a stipend of £21,805 per annum for 2026/7.] PhD Studentship at the University of Exeter focused on advancing multi-mission satellite radar methods for monitoring permafrost degradation and erosion in a changing Arctic. This project addresses a major environmental monitoring challenge: Arctic permafrost thaw is driving ground deformation, instability, and erosion across remote regions where in situ observations are limited. The PhD will develop a new multi-mission InSAR framework that ...