PhD Studentship: How do anthropogenic contaminants alter zooplankton-mediated biogeochemistry in a changing ocean University of Exeter in United Kingdom

[Fully funded studentship for eligible UKRI candidates 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 the difference between home and international fees waived by the university; relocation costs, visa costs, and the health surcharge are not covered.] This PhD studentship focuses on how climate change is altering the Antarctic coastal ocean carbon...

[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 up to 30% of the cohort, but funding does not cover additional costs of moving or residing in the UK.] This PhD studentship focuses on the microbial cycling of lipids in the ocean, combining laboratory and field-based approaches to understand how marine lipid compounds are tr...

Fully funded PhD opportunity in marine ecology, ecotoxicology, environmental science, and biology focused on pollution in a warming world . The project, titled “Pollution in A Warming World: Emerging Contaminants and Heatwaves in Estuarine Ecosystems,” will investigate how emerging pollutants such as tyre-wear particles and pharmaceuticals interact with marine heatwaves and rising temperatures to affect ecologically important estuarine invertebrates. The PhD is being recruited through the ARIES ...

[Funded through the CENTA3 DLA and the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC). Funding covers an annual stipend, tuition fees at home-fee level, and a Research Training Support Grant.] This PhD studentship will investigate how micro- and nanoplastics disrupt algal physiology, plankton community structure, trophic transfer, and carbon sequestration in aquatic ecosystems. The project addresses an urgent gap in understanding how plastic particles influence the organisms that underpin marine fo...

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...