Cawthron Institute / Lincoln University PhD Scholarship

PhD opportunity at the University of Otago (Dunedin, New Zealand) in the Departments of Chemistry and Marine Science, within the broader “Catching Marine Carbon: testing ocean solutions for climate mitigation using natural analogues” project. The project focuses on marine carbon dioxide removal (mCDR) , chemistry , biogeochemistry , and marine sciences . The successful candidate will develop new methods to rapidly measure lipids and protein-associated biomass in individual marine phytoplankton c...

The University of Otago is advertising a fully funded PhD scholarship for a project on seasonal rainfall and river flow forecasting using machine learning methods . This opportunity sits within Climate & Energy and the Centre for Sustainability Research , and the successful candidate will work with Jen Purdie and Prof Peter Whigham . The project is strongly aligned with environmental science , earth science , computer science , statistics , and machine learning , with a focus on data-driven fore...

University of Waikato Doctoral Scholarship 2025–2026 is open for outstanding researchers from around the world who want to pursue doctoral study in New Zealand. The opportunity is centered on PhD-level research and is presented as a scholarship rather than a job opening. The post highlights support for doctoral study and research, with funding available for up to 3 years and an annual stipend of up to NZ$10,000. This scholarship appears suitable for applicants across multiple academic discipline...

PhD opportunity at Australian National University on Interactions between large herbivores, vegetation and soils . This project sits at the intersection of Biology , Environmental Science , and Earth Science , with relevance to ecosystem ecology, soil processes, vegetation dynamics, and herbivore impacts on landscapes. The post announces a PhD stipend scholarship for international applicants . No stipend amount, tuition details, or additional funding conditions are provided in the post, so appli...

Western Sydney University’s Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment is advertising a funded PhD in plant functional ecology , focused on plant tissue lifespans , plant biology , ecophysiology , environmental biology , and mathematical modelling . The project asks why some plant species build tissues that last for decades while others invest in rapid growth and short-lived tissues, and how these strategies affect ecosystem carbon storage, resilience, and responses to climate change. You will wor...