PhD Studentship: Seagrass as a Natural Defence: Microbiomes, Pathogens and Coastal Water Quality in the Face of Environmental Change University of Exeter in United Kingdom

This Wellcome Trust fellowship scheme supports postdoctoral researchers at academic organisations in the Republic of Ireland who are working toward independence as scientists and future group leaders. The awards are made in partnership with Science Foundation Ireland and the Health Research Board, and are intended to support research careers in a university or other academic environment in Ireland. The scheme is aimed at researchers with interests in laboratory and basic life science research as...

[Annual stipend at the UKRI minimum rate of £21,805 per year plus £1,000 per year enhancement, with a research training support grant of up to £20,000 for the full 4-year programme.] This 4-year PhD studentship at The University of Manchester explores how soil health is sensed, interpreted, and communicated across biological, technological, and human systems. The project focuses on soil condition in urban environments, looking at how belowground life and emerging sensing approaches can be linked...

[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 focuses on how contrasting managed landscapes can be used to improve soil carbon sequestration, soil biodiversity, and tree health across a network of open spaces managed by the City of London Corporation. The project is set within the Corporation’s Carbon Removals Programme, which includ...

[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...

NorthWestBio is offering a fully funded 4-year PhD studentship for international students starting 4 October 2027 . The programme is led by the University of Glasgow in partnership with Lancaster University , Queen’s University Belfast , and the University of Strathclyde . This doctoral training programme focuses on biosciences and interdisciplinary research across the themes of animal health , plant resilience and yield , and pathogen biology and disease . It is designed to provide cohort-based...