Available funded PhD studentships

Details of the currently funded PhD studentships open to applications.

The following studentship is funded by NERC GW4 DTP:

Project: Applied conservation of an iconic carnivore: Behaviour and population demographics of the Eurasian otter (Lutra lutra) in the face of sustained and emerging threats
Supervisor: Dr Elizabeth Chadwick,  Dr Frank Hailer and Professor  R McDonald (Exeter)
Start date: 1 October 2024
Deadline for applications: 9 January 2024
Funders: NERC GW4 DTP

Project: Not so permanent: effects of thawing permafrost on stream ecosystems
Supervisor: Dr Fred Windsor,  Dr L Bagshaw (Bristol), Dr L Farquharson (Alaska)
Start date: 1 October 2024
Deadline for applications: 9 January 2024
Funders: NERC GW4 DTP

Project: How do invertebrate communities recover from pesticide exposure?
Supervisor: Dr Ian Vaughan,  Professor J Memmott (Bristol) and Dr M Bane (Bristol)
Start date: 1 October 2024
Deadline for applications: 9 January 2024
Funders: NERC GW4 DTP

Project: Patterns and processes underlying genetic and adaptive variation in the Namaqua rock mouse (Micaelamys namaquensis) from Southern Africa
Supervisor: Dr Isa-Rita Russo, Dr Sarah Perkins, Dr A Maswanganye (South Africa) and Professor Paulette Bloomer (South Africa)
Start date: 1 October 2024
Deadline for applications: 9 January 2024
Funders: NERC GW4 DTP

Project: Implications of agriculture derived pollution in soil biodiversity on a tropical rain forest.
Supervisor: Professor Benoit Goossens, Dr Pablo Orozco-terWengel, Professor Esh Mahenthiralingam, C Svendsen (UK-GEH) and J Weeks (Joint Nature Conservation Committee)
Start date: 1 October 2024
Deadline for applications: 9 January 2024
Funders: NERC GW4 DTP

Project: The Butterfly Effect: Tracing Genomic Changes in UK Lepidoptera through time
Supervisor: Dr David Stanton and Professor I Barnes (National History Museum)
Start date: 1 October 2024
Deadline for applications: 9 January 2024
Funders: NERC GW4 DTP

Project: Quantifying animal personality to explain the coexistence and environmental responses of ants
Supervisor: Dr Tom Bishop, Dr H Griffiths (Bristol), Dr P Eggleton (National History Museum) and Professor M Robertson (South Africa)
Start date: 1 October 2024
Deadline for applications: 9 January 2024
Funders: NERC GW4 DTP

The following studentship is funded by Cardiff Harbour Authority

Project: Global change biochemistry: lipid and fatty acids as biomarkers of climate dynamics and oxygen stress in a large urban lake
Supervisor:  Professor Stephen Ormerod, Dr Irina Guschina, Dr Ian Vaughan, Dr Rupert Perkins and Professor Jo Cable
Start date: 1 October 2024
Deadline for applications: 31 January 2024
Funders: Cardiff Harbour Authority

The following studentship is funded by School of  Biosciences

Project: Integrated photonics technology for sensing and point-of-care diagnostics
Supervisor: Dr Francesco Masia, Professor Wolfgang Langbein and Professor Paola Borri
Start date: 1 October 2024
Deadline for applications: 29 February 2024
Funders: School of Biosciences

Project: Understanding the conservation and function of regulatory elements using data-driven approaches
Supervisor: Dr Nathan Harmston
Start date: 1 October 2024
Deadline for applications: 31 March 2024
Funders: School of Biosciences