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biodiversity PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 152 biodiversity PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

When does ecosystem engineering create ecological opportunity? How landscape context shapes biodiversity and ecological networks following beaver restoration

University of Exeter

Ecosystem engineers such as beavers create new habitats and ecological opportunities, yet biodiversity responses to restoration remain highly variable. Read more

Supervisor: Dr D Sanders

7 January 2027 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Soil soundscapes and biodiversity: distinguishing biological from physical process sources

University of Southampton

NERC IGNITE Doctoral Landscape Award

Project Overview. Which sounds in soil come from organisms, and which from processes such as drying or cracking? This PhD integrates acoustics, modelling and experiments to study different sources of sound in soil. Read more

Supervisors: Dr MK Kalkowski, Dr S. R. Ruiz

7 January 2027 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

Woodland management, invertebrates and the rewilding-management debate

Anglia Ruskin University ARU

Writtle School of Agriculture, Animal and Environmental Sciences

Proposed supervisory team. Dr Alvin Helden. Dr Steve Allain. Summary of the research project. In this project you will work collaboratively with the Wilderness Foundation to assess the invertebrate biodiversity of Mann Wood, an ancient semi-natural woodland with a history of coppicing with standards management. Read more

Supervisor: Dr A Helden

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

Sentinels of the sea: What can marine mammals tell us about biodiversity change in UK waters?

University of Exeter

Ecology and Conservation

Marine biodiversity is changing rapidly, yet the processes driving these changes and their wider consequences are often poorly understood. Read more

Supervisor: Dr S Nelms

7 January 2027 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

From Wandering Albatrosses to Hedgehogs: Using AI and Citizen Science to Improve Biodiversity Monitoring under Ground Truth Uncertainty

University of Glasgow

College of Science and Engineering

International students. Contact the primary supervisor by 7 December. Application deadline. 5 January at noon. Overview. Technological advances have led ecology into its big data era. Read more

Supervisor: Dr T Vlaar

7 December 2026 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Predicting the effects of climate change on biodiversity in agricultural systems

University of Sheffield

School of Biosciences

Objectives. The overarching question addressed in this project is how climate change will drive changes in biodiversity through its impacts on land management. Read more

Supervisor: Prof R Freckleton

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

Anticipating the impacts of extreme weather on biodiversity

University of Reading

Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Project Overview. To date, efforts to address the impacts of climate change on biodiversity have focused on gradual shifts in species’ abundance and distribution. Read more

Supervisor: Dr V Boult

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

Computational Neural Networks (CNNs), foundational large language models (LLMs), and pretrained transformers (GPTs) for phylogeny, biodiversity and functional genomics

University of Leicester

College of Life Sciences

Research Group: Genetics

Artificial intelligence will transform the identification, measurement, conservation and exploitation of biodiversity and the understanding and applications that can come from genomics, transcriptomics and genome assemblies. Read more

Supervisor: Dr PHH Heslop-Harrison

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

Global bird community change and its drivers: building reliable evidence from uneven monitoring

Durham University

Department of Biosciences

How and why have bird communities changed over time? Repeated bird surveys at a sample of locations offer opportunities to answer these questions across continents. Read more

Supervisor: Dr C Meyer

12 January 2027 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

How do populations respond to environmental change, and how well can we predict their future?

University of Sheffield

School of Biosciences

We welcome applications from motivated PhD students interested in population ecology, demographic modelling and biodiversity science. Read more

Supervisors: Prof D Childs, Prof A Beckerman

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

Can we trust AI to help save biodiversity?

University of Exeter

Ecology and Conservation

AI is transforming how we monitor biodiversity, but could errors in what machines detect lead us to the wrong conservation decisions? This project will establish when automated monitoring provides reliable ecological evidence and how to improve it. Read more

Supervisor: Dr B Simmons

7 January 2027 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Spatio-temporal drivers of biodiversity and biogeographical processes

University of Leeds

Faculty of Biological Sciences

The School of Biology invites applications from prospective postgraduate researchers who wish to commence study for a PhD in the academic year 2027/28. Read more

Supervisors: Dr C Hassall, Dr R Neely, Assoc Prof E.J. Duncan

31 May 2027 PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

Integrating Migration Dynamics into Biodiversity Forecasts (SOMVEILLEM_U27SCI)

University of East Anglia

School of Environmental Sciences

Primary Supervisor. Dr Marius Somveille. Seasonal migration is a distinctive and ecologically important features of many animals. Read more

Supervisor: Dr MS Somveille

24 February 2027 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

Behaviourally Informed Nature-Positive Retrofit for Northern Ireland's Public Estate: Applying the COM-B Framework to Accelerate Climate Adaptation, Biodiversity Recovery and Net Zero Delivery through Architecture, Behavioural Science and Public Policy.

Ulster University - Belfast Campus

Faculty of Computing, Engineering and the Built Environment

Research Group: Architecture, Built Environment and Planning

Northern Ireland faces a significant challenge in achieving Net Zero, strengthening climate resilience and restoring biodiversity through an ageing public estate. Read more

Supervisor: Dr N O'Hare

8 January 2027 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

Plants, climate change, carbon and nutrient cycling, and biodiversity

University of Sheffield

School of Biosciences

Climate change is one of the greatest threats to biodiversity and ecosystem functioning. Read more

Supervisor: Prof G Phoenix

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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