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We have 369 climate change PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

TREES DLA: Doctoral Training in Environmental Science (UK)

University College London

NERC DLA Training, Research and Equity in Environmental Sciences (TREES)

TREES (Training, Research & Equity in Environmental Sciences) is a cutting-edge doctoral training programme funded by UKRI-NERC. Read more

Funded PhD Programme (UK Students Only) NERC CASE Studentship

[School of Engineering PhD Scholarships] Air-to-Air Heat Pumps for Equitable Demand Flexibility and Year-Round Thermal Comfort in UK Homes

The University of Manchester

Department of Civil Engineering and Management

Heat pumps will play a major role in decarbonising UK homes, but most discussion focuses on winter heating. Climate change is also making overheating a growing problem, meaning many homes may increasingly need cooling as well as low-carbon heat (Pinchbeck et al., 2026). Read more

Supervisors: Dr Jaise Kuriakose, Dr ZZ Zheng, Dr S Lindley

Year round applications PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Greening the North, Changing the Climate: Quantifying BVOC-Mediated Feedbacks from High-Latitude Vegetation Change

University of Leeds

School of Earth & Environment

Project Description. In addition to storing carbon, controlling the reflectivity of the land surface and mediating the transfer of moisture to the atmosphere, the presence of forests can influence the atmospheric concentrations of short-lived climate forcers (SLCFs) including ozone, methane and aerosols. Read more

Supervisors: Assoc Prof CE Scott, Prof S Arnold, Dr S Turnock, Dr JW Weber

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

(PDS Award) Weathering Palestine: Climate and Cultural Resilience

The University of Manchester

Faculty of Humanities Doctoral Academy, School of Arts, Languages and Cultures

Weathering Palestine. Climate and Cultural Resilience. Netta Cohen’s 2024 work on climate science during the British Mandate examined how incoming Jewish communities sought to understand, manage, and exploit the warmer climate of Palestine. Read more

Supervisors: Dr A Valassopoulos, Dr V Jankovic

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

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)

Enhancing uncertainty quantification for climate modelling

University of Exeter

Mathematics and Statistics

Background. Climate models, despite ongoing improvements, contain uncertainties and biases, whether fully process-based, AI-driven, or a hybrid of the two. Read more

Supervisors: Dr J Salter, Dr V Volodina

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

How does temperature alter the evolution and ecology of AMR?

University of Exeter

Ecology and Conservation

Recent studies have found a positive association between environmental temperatures and levels of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in environmental and clinical bacteria. Read more

Supervisor: Dr D Padfield

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

CENTA 2027-B22 How fast is magma made in Large Igneous Provinces?

University of Birmingham

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

Throughout Earth's history, episodic Large Igneous Provinces (LIPs) coincide with environmental crises including mass extinction, global warming and oceanic anoxia events. Read more

Supervisor: Dr S Jones

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

Seeing the Forest from the Trees: AI and Variational Methods for Forest Biomass Monitoring

The University of Manchester

Department of Mathematics

AI_CDT_DecisionMaking. Details. Earth Observation (EO) is vital for monitoring biomass, forest health, wildfire risk, illegal logging, and the impacts of climate change. Read more

Supervisors: Dr F M Watson, Dr JL Latz

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

Effects of neighborhood species and functional trait diversity on tree growth

Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University

Academy of Life and Natural Sciences

Tree growth responses to climate change profoundly affect the carbon budget of forest ecosystems and their climate feedback effects. Read more

Supervisor: Prof X Wu

Year round applications PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Investigating how diverse forest and tree-based systems influence local climate and community resilience in rural Tanzania

University of Leeds

School of Earth & Environment

Research Group: Sustainability Research Institute & Institute of Climate and Atmospheric Science

Tropical forests play a critical role in regulating local climate through temperature moderation, rainfall generation, hydrological cycling, and buffering communities against climate extremes (Seymour et al., 2022). Read more

Supervisor: Dr S Sallu

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

Humanitarian risk pools responding to a changing climate

University College London

Department of Science, Technology, Engineering and Public Policy (UCL STEaPP)

Background. In order to meet humanitarian needs both before and after disasters happen, risk pools such as Start Ready, African Risk Capacity, and the Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility pay out pooled funds to members based on a defined set of triggers, such as flood forecast probabilities. Read more

Supervisor: Dr E Thompson

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

Modelling slope stability

Kingston University

Faculty of Engineering, Computing and the Environment

Climate change predictions for the British Isles generally indicate that there will be higher winter rainfall in future, but with more frequent high intensity rainfall events at any time of year. Read more

Supervisor: Dr A P Dykes

Year round applications PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Predicting blue tit population dynamics in a changing world

University of Edinburgh

School of Biological Sciences

Are you an ecologist with a quantitative background and an interest in prediction, birds, or both? Then this project might be for you!. Read more

Supervisors: Dr ES Simmonds, Dr H Froy, Dr A Phillimore

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

CENTA 2027-B32 The third (plastic) pole – Microplastic accumulation and release within remote, snow-dominated environments

University of Birmingham

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

Environmental plastic pollution is now ubiquitous globally, with high concentrations detected in indoor and outdoor environments that are of increasing concern for human and environmental health1,2. Read more

Supervisor: Prof S Krause

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

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