NERC ECOWILD Centre for Doctoral Training

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...

This PhD opportunity at Durham University investigates how global bird communities are changing under land-use and climate change. The project addresses an important challenge in biodiversity science: bird monitoring data are often unevenly distributed and may not represent environmental changes across the wider regions where monitoring takes place. The doctoral researcher will link bird survey time series from three continents with environmental change data. The work will assess whether monitor...

Newcastle University is offering a 3.5-year PhD studentship investigating the establishment and efficacy of the rust fungus Puccinia komarovii as a biological control agent for invasive Himalayan balsam ( Impatiens glandulifera ) in riparian ecosystems. The project will assess how environmental conditions affect rust fungus infection success across invaded sites. Working with CABI, Tweed Forum and Tees Rivers Trusts, the researcher will collate existing monitoring data, conduct detailed field as...

The Yorkshire Environmental Sciences Doctoral Training Network (YES-DTN) is recruiting more than 26 fully funded PhD scholars for environmental science research projects in the United Kingdom. Projects are hosted by the University of Leeds and the University of York , bringing together research schools and departments across environmental and natural sciences. The network’s research spans Dynamic Earth and Natural Hazards , Atmosphere and Climate , and Ecology, Evolution and Biodiversity . Parti...

The David H. Smith Conservation Research Fellowship Program is a recurring fellowship run by the Society for Conservation Biology in the United States. It is designed to develop future leaders and entrepreneurs who can connect conservation science with practical application. This opportunity focuses on conservation biology at the interface of research and impact, supporting early-career researchers with a PhD who are building independent careers in the field. Fellows are expected to contribute t...