PhD Studentship: CENTA 2027-B03 Managing Contrasting Landscapes for Soil Carbon Sequestration, Soil Biodiversity and Tree Health University of Birmingham in United Kingdom

[Funded through the CENTA3 DLA by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC). Funding covers an annual stipend, tuition fees at home-fee level, and a Research Training Support Grant. International students are eligible for up to 30% of the cohort; funding does not cover moving or residing costs in the UK.] This PhD studentship at the University of Birmingham is part of the CENTA 2027 programme and explores how wildfire affects the ability of soils to consume atmospheric trace gases after fi...

[Fully funded studentship covering fees, maintenance stipend of £21,805 p.a. for 2026/27, and a research training and support grant (RTSG). Limited support is available for international applicants, with the difference between home and international fees waived by the university; relocation, visa, and health surcharge costs are not covered.] PhD studentship at the University of East Anglia on Good Vibrations: Evidencing the Links Between Soil Acoustics and Soil Health . This project explores an ...

[Fully funded studentship covering fees, a maintenance stipend of £21,805 p.a. for 2026/27, and a research training and support grant (RTSG). A limited number of studentships are available for international applicants, with home/international fee difference waived by the registering university; relocation, visa, and health surcharge costs are not covered.] This PhD studentship at the University of East Anglia asks a timely ecological question: how long does it take grassland fungi to recover aft...

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 for 4 years, including full Home and International tuition fees plus a UKRI stipend at the 2027-28 rate.] PhD Studentship at the University of Plymouth in collaboration with the University of Exeter. This project, Uncovering the impact of multiple anthropogenic stress factors on rhizosphere plant-microbe interactions , investigates how combinations of global change pressures such as warming, drought, soil contaminants and pesticides affect the plant-soil interface. The research foc...