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NERC PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 87 NERC PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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Seamless regional climate prediction under uncertainty and adaptation decision-making

University of Leeds
School of Earth & Environment
Background. Planners in climate-sensitive organisations are starting to use information about future climate that match their planning horizons, e.g. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof S Dessai, Prof JL Lowe
 13 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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AI in climate information and communication: What’s the benefit? What’s the danger? What do people trust?

University of Leeds
Leeds University Business School
Background. The rapid rise of LLMs and implementation of chatbots mean that applications such as ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini are accessible to businesses, organisations and the broader public. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr B Summers, Dr AL Taylor
 13 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Changing climates: Unlocking the past to improve predictions of the future

University of Leeds
School of Earth & Environment
Background. Equilibrium climate sensitivity (ECS) is the long-term global mean temperature increase expected from a doubling of atmospheric CO₂ concentration compared to pre-industrial levels. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr R Ivanovic
 13 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Reducing uncertainty in the effect of shipping on climate change.

University of Leeds
School of Earth & Environment
Background. The influence of aerosol particles (e.g., emitted by transport and energy generation) on Earth’s energy balance is a major uncertainty in climate science. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr D Grosvenor, Prof K Carslaw, Dr L A Regayre
 13 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Will Greenland Reach a Tipping Point? Using Ice Age Evidence to Predict Its Future

University of Leeds
School of Earth & Environment
Background. The Greenland Ice Sheet is the largest contributor to sea-level rise and may undergo irreversible retreat if critical warming thresholds are exceeded. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr L Gregoire, Dr R Ivanovic
 13 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Communicating model uncertainty in climate information to decision makers

University of Leeds
Leeds University Business School
Background. Climate information contains uncertainty arising from many sources. For climate information to support decision making it is important that those using it are aware of uncertainty in order to avoid maladaptation and loss of trust in institutions providing climate information and services. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr AL Taylor
 13 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Unraveling Infrastructure Risk: Climate Extremes and the Future of Urban Resilience

University of Leeds
School of Earth & Environment
Background. The UK’s Fourth Climate Change Risk Assessment (CCRA4), published May 2026, calls for a stronger evidence base for action on climate risks, particularly heat & rainfall hazards in the built environment and supporting infrastructure systems. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr D Dawson, Prof JL Lowe
 13 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Reducing Uncertainty in Aerosol-Driven Monsoon Variability and Climate Risk

University of Leeds
School of Earth & Environment
Background. Asian monsoons provide water resources for billions of people across South and East Asia, yet their response to human activities remains one of the largest uncertainties in regional climate science. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr L A Regayre, Prof K Carslaw
 13 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Computing Rare Climate Event Probabilities Using Stochastic Modelling and Advanced Sampling Methods

University of Leeds
School of Mathematics (part of EPS)
Background. Extreme events such as prolonged heatwaves can have devastating societal and economic impacts. The July 2022 UK heatwave led to record-breaking temperatures and about 850 excess deaths in two days. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr N Ben Rached, Dr S Fitzgerald
 13 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Turning fragmented climate data into decision tools: who is most at risk, and how sure are we?

University of Leeds
Leeds University Business School
Background. Climate change does not put everyone in the same danger. Whether a heatwave, flood or drought becomes a disaster depends on where the hazard lands and on who and what is exposed. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr S Siraj, Dr AL Taylor
 13 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Uncertainty in AI-Augmented Climate Risk Analytics for Global Food Supply Chains

University of Leeds
School of Earth & Environment
Background. The global food system faces escalating climate risks, where local production shocks (droughts, floods, or heatwaves) cascade through trade networks, threatening food security worldwide. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr R Cremades, Prof N S Malleson
 13 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Ways to achieve maximum feasible reduction in aerosol radiative forcing uncertainty

University of Leeds
School of Earth & Environment
Background. Anthropogenic aerosols cause substantial cooling of climate that offsets some of the warming by greenhouse gases, but the uncertainty is very large. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof K Carslaw, Dr L A Regayre
 13 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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