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planet PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships
We have 164 planet PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships
Giant planet atmospheric modelling
These projects are open to students worldwide, but have no funding attached. Therefore, the successful applicant will be expected to fund tuition fees at the relevant level (home or international) and any applicable additional research costs. Read more
Project at Queen's University Belfast: Rethinking Animal Farming for Healthy Diets and a Healthy Planet
Foods like meat, milk, and eggs are a big part of many people’s diets. They provide protein and important nutrients that help us stay healthy. Read more
EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Chemical Synthesis for a Healthy Planet (CSHP CDT)
Up to 16 fully funded four-year studentships available every year. Applications for entry in Oct 2025 are now OPEN!. Read more
EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Chemical Synthesis for a Healthy Planet (CSHP CDT)
Up to 16 fully funded four-year studentships available every year. Applications for entry in Oct 2025 are now OPEN!. Read more
Planet formation in diverse and evolving environments
More than 5000 exoplanets have been discovered since 1995 and a remarkable feature of these exoplanets is their diversity. In the coming years, missions such as PLATO, Nancy Grace Roman and Gaia are going to discover yet more exoplanets and will undoubtedly unveil yet more diversity in the exoplanet population. Read more
Untangling Minor Planet Families
The Japan/New Zealand/US Microlensing Observations in Astrophysics (MOA) collaboration has been engaged with the detection of exoplanets via gravitational microlensing of over 25 years. Read more
Hunting for temperate exoplanets with TESS and NGTS
About the Project. PhD position in Astronomy and Astrophysics at the University of Warwick. Hunting for temperate exoplanets with TESS and NGTS. Read more
Saving the planet through carbon recycling: engineering bacterial capture of gasified waste for bioplastics production
Wider context. Climate change caused by the release of greenhouse gases from fossil fuels and through change of land use threatens life on our planet. Read more
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The effect of different environmental physical processes on planet formation
Planets form in disks around young stars, the so-called protoplanetary disks. Read more
Benchmarking major element isotopic compositions of chondritic meteorites
Project Background. Primitive, so-called chondritic, meteorites provide a key, compositional estimate of the proto solar nebula. Planets, that grew from this nebular disk, are expected to inherit its bulk composition and so any observed differences might be attributed to processes involved during their growth (e.g. Read more
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CR2025_61: Quantifying trends in global wetland-associated biodiversity loss
The world’s wetlands are of critical importance to human health and well-being, providing key ecosystem services including protecting coastal areas from storms, food and fuel provision, improving water quality and recharging groundwater aquifers (Zedler & Kercher 2005). Read more
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CR2025_61: Quantifying trends in global wetland-associated biodiversity loss
The world’s wetlands are of critical importance to human health and well-being, providing key ecosystem services including protecting coastal areas from storms, food and fuel provision, improving water quality and recharging groundwater aquifers (Zedler & Kercher 2005). Read more
Machine Learning methods fro Astrobiology: Identifying Target Exo-Planets for Upcoming Biosignature Missions
Primary Supervisor: Dr Chris Duffy. Co-Supervisor(s): Dr Guy Hanke, Dr Thomas Haworth (SPCS) and Dr Ed Gillen (SPCS). Read more
Exploring the Extreme Venus Climate and Hot Terrestrial Exoplanets
Supervisory Team: Joao M. Mendonca. Dr. João M. Mendonça invites applications for a 4-year PhD research position in computational modelling of planetary climates. The successful applicant will join the new research group in planetary sciences at the University of Southampton. Read more
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Spotting Ice! (SPICE): infrared light-field tracking of icy particles
A STFC CASE+ Studentship with Dynamic Imaging Analytics Ltd (DIAL). Project highlights. Read more