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The Ernest Rutherford Fellowship at the Science and Technology Facilities Council supports early career researchers who want to build an independent research programme with clear leadership potential. This fellowship is designed to help talented researchers based in UK universities and to attract outstanding overseas researchers to the UK. It is a 5-year award with research costs available for minor equipment and consumables, and it is positioned as a route for researchers to establish a strong,...

[Fees plus a stipend of £21,805 per annum for 2026/7.] This PhD studentship at the University of Exeter focuses on the mathematical and numerical foundations of the next generation of ocean-wave forecasting models. The project is motivated by the need for accurate, timely wave predictions to improve safety for shipping, coastal communities, offshore operations, and marine infrastructure such as offshore wind farms and wave-energy converter arrays. The research aims to move beyond existing weakly...

[Fees plus a stipend of £21,805 per annum for 2026/7.] PhD Studentship at the University of Exeter on a project titled Sensing the Ocean Through Surfing: A New Wave in Ocean Observation . This studentship explores a novel approach to ocean monitoring by using surfers and surfboards as low-cost observation platforms. The project addresses a major challenge in oceanography: how to gather extensive observations in space and time without relying only on expensive, specialised instruments deployed fr...

[Fees and a stipend of £21,805 per annum for 2026/7.] PhD studentship at the University of Exeter on physics-informed AI and experimental modelling of ocean mixing , focusing on how fracture zones connect deep-ocean mixing, tracer transport, abyssal upwelling, and large-scale ocean ventilation. The project addresses a major climate-science challenge: how small-scale turbulent mixing in the deep ocean shapes basin-scale overturning circulation and the transport of heat, carbon, and nutrients. It ...

The Kavli Newnham Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin Postgraduate Studentship Programme offers an international PhD pathway for outstanding women in STEM at the University of Cambridge. The programme is hosted through the Kavli Institute for Cosmology Cambridge (KICC) and Newnham College, creating a cohort of researchers working across cosmology, astrophysics, astronomy, physics, applied mathematics and theoretical physics. Students pursue a PhD project within the scientific themes of KICC and apply throu...