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mountain PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 20 mountain PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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Biodiversity conservation in alpine environments: Genetic-based approaches link individual behaviour to population dynamics.

Nottingham Trent University School of Animal, Rural and Environmental Sciences
Project ID. ARES6. Mountain regions are particularly threatened by global warming. The magnitude of the effects of climate change on mountain biodiversity will depend on the species’ ability to cope with their unique and shared challenges resulting from change. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr A Uzal
 12 January 2024  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Quantifying the contribution of glaciers to water resources in mountain regions

University of Bristol School of Geographical Sciences
Mountain glaciers serve as natural water reservoirs, playing a crucial role in regulating freshwater resources in many mountain regions around the world. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr F Maussion
 9 January 2024  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Quantifying animal personality to explain the biodiversity patterns of mountain ants in southern Africa

Cardiff University Cardiff School of Biosciences
Organisms vary in their morphological, physiological, and behavioural traits. Some are large, some are small. Some are aggressive in the face of competition, whilst others are shy and prefer to flee rather than fight. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr T Bishop
 9 January 2024  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Cold-air pooling in mountainous terrain – improving weather and climate prediction models with new observational data

University of Leeds Faculty of Environment
Fully-funded PhD studentship opportunity at the University of Leeds. Cold-air pooling in mountainous terrain – improving weather and climate prediction models with new observational data (Starting from October 2024; Application deadline. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr C Chemel, Dr A Ross, Prof S Mobbs
 Open Day(s)  5 January 2024  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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SCENARIO: Using geochemical proxies to quantify past climate change in the Andes, South America

University of Reading School of Archaeology, Geography and Environmental Science
This project is potentially funded by the Scenario NERC Doctoral Training Partnership, subject to a competition to identify the strongest applicants. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr S Black, Prof C Vane, Dr A MacLeod
 12 January 2024  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Himalayan glacier retreat: impacts on river ecosystems

University of Leeds Faculty of Environment
Glaciers cover ~10% of Earth’s surface, but they are losing mass at unprecedented rates worldwide and are expected to disappear in many places by the end of the century. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof L Brown, Prof D Quincey
 Open Day(s)  5 January 2024  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Optimising the selection, preparation, and protection of individuals exposed to high altitude environments

University of Portsmouth School of Sport, Health and Exercise Science
Applications are invited for a fully-funded three-year PhD to commence in October 2024. The PhD will be based in the School of Sport, Health and Exercise Sciences, Faculty of Science, and will be supervised by Dr Tom Williams, Dr Joe Costello and Dr Matt Miller-Dicks. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr T Williams, Dr J Costello, Dr M Dicks
 19 January 2024  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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QUADRAT DTP: Unravelling glacier and climate history of the Californian Sierra Nevada during the last deglaciation

Aberdeen University School of Geosciences
This fully funded, 42-month PhD project is part of the QUADRAT Doctoral Training Partnership. The Sierra Nevada in California is a mountain range that extends for almost 600 km latitudinally (36-40°N), parallel to, and at a distance of about 250 km from, the Pacific coast. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof M Spagnolo, Dr D Mullan
 17 January 2024  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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QUADRAT DTP: Hummingbirds , Flowerpiercers and Insects - Pollinators or Nectar Robbers?

Aberdeen University School of Biological Sciences
This fully funded, 42-month PhD project is part of the QUADRAT Doctoral Training Partnership. In the high Andes of northern South America, the treeline of elfin forests rises to about 3,000 m above sea level, transitioning into wet open ecosystems known as páramos. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof J Travis, Dr I Capellini
 17 January 2024  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Large-scale developmental dynamics of northern peatlands

University of Leeds School of Geography
Project description. Peatlands are terrestrial wetlands in which saturated soil conditions prevent the complete decomposition of plant litter, causing carbon-rich peat to accumulate at the Earth’s surface. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr P Morris, Dr L Taylor
 Open Day(s)  5 January 2024  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Understanding the where, when, and why of forest mortality in Mediterranean Chile

University of Stirling School of Biological & Environmental Sciences
The Mediterranean-type ecosystems of central Chile are highly biodiverse and rich in species that occur nowhere else and represent the entire Mediterranean biome of South America. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof A Jump, Prof D Donoghue, Dr S Greenwood, Dr D V Gonzalez
 5 January 2024  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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OP2462 Extinctions in Paradise? The impacts of climate change on endemic amphibians of the Seychelles Archipelago

Newcastle University Faculty of Science, Agriculture and Engineering
The isolated granitic Seychelles are continental in origin, once forming part of the supercontinent Gondwanaland, and home to 13 endemic amphibians—12 ancient and one more recent arrival (the Seychelles treefrog). Read more
 Supervisor: Dr SM Maddock
 11 January 2024  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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OP2425 Debris flow risk: global assessment and local risk reduction

Newcastle University Faculty of Science, Agriculture and Engineering
Sudden onset debris flows pose a threat to life and infrastructure globally – 78,000 people have been killed from 1950-2011 (Dowling & Carson, 2014). Read more
 Supervisor: Dr S Dunning
 11 January 2024  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Geochronology of ridge flank hydrothermal contributions to global biogeochemical cycles

University of Southampton School of Ocean and Earth Sciences
Project overview. This project aims to determine the role aging ocean crust has played in setting seawater chemistry and buffering atmospheric CO. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr R.M. Coggon, Prof AK Koppers, Prof D Teagle
 3 January 2024  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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PhD in Geographical and Earth Sciences - Quantifying fluvial geomorphic change in response to changing glacier dynamics

University of Glasgow College of Science and Engineering
Glacier retreat rates are accelerating across the globe due to an increase in global temperatures. As glaciers retreat, more sediment is being exposed, and released into proglacial environments. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr AO Owen, Prof R Williams, Prof R Carr
 6 January 2024  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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