PhD Studentship: The Oxford Interdisciplinary Life and Environmental Science Training Programme (ILESLA) Oxford Brookes University in United Kingdom

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 PhD opportunity in Bat Virology and Metagenomics at the University of Essex , in collaboration with the Quadram Institute and the West Yorkshire Bat Group (WYBG) . The project, titled Virome Dynamics and Viral Discovery in Rehabilitated Bats Revealed by Longitudinal Metagenomics , will investigate how viral communities change in bats during rehabilitation. The research uses longitudinal sampling , shotgun metagenomics , and viral genome discovery , with strong links to virology , mi...

Project 18 at the University of Sheffield is a fully funded PhD in ecology , ecotoxicology , environmental biology , and mathematical modelling . The project, titled The ecology of toxicological non-target effects , is supervised by Prof Andrew Beckerman with Prof David Spurgeon and Dr N Galic as named project supervisors. The research asks how species interactions mediate the impacts of chemical stress on biodiversity, especially in terrestrial ecosystems. It uses advanced computational modelli...

[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...

[4-year studentship including payment of tuition fees, a stipend of £21,805 for 2026/27, and a Research Training Support Grant of £5,000 per year.] This PhD studentship at the University of East Anglia explores the evolutionary and ecological impact of the Western lifestyle on the human gut microbiome. The project sits within the Norwich Research Park Biosciences Doctoral Training Partnership and is supervised by Prof Falk Hildebrand and Dr Wilfried Haerty, bringing together expertise from the Q...