rivers PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 68 rivers PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Development of low cost, high accuracy, freshwater analytical sensors to enable “Citizen Science” monitoring of UK river systems.

University of Warwick School of Life Sciences

Research Group: CENTA - Central England NERC Training Alliance

Project Highlights. Development of new, low-cost, but improved accuracy sensors for use by the general public for citizen science monitoring of river water health in the UK. Read more

Supervisor: Prof J Macpherson

10 January 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Sounds of the River: Hydroacoustic and seismic monitoring of sediment transport

University of Edinburgh School of Geosciences

Summary. In order to better understand sediment transport as bedload, you will deploy new monitoring technology alongside machine learning of the output on key rivers in Scotland impacted by rewilding and nature-based engineering. Read more

Supervisors: Dr M Naylor, Dr H Sinclair, Dr M Creed, Mr SC Chapple

4 January 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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The future of international law applicable to hydropower projects on transboundary rivers (Ref: RDF24/BL/LAW/RIEU-CLARKE)

Northumbria University Faculty of Business and Law

Hydropower is a crucial energy source in the transition away from fossil fuels. As a renewable energy, hydropower has the potential to make a substantial… Read more

Supervisors: Prof A Rieu-Clarke, Prof G Gill

26 January 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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To paddle or not to paddle? Examining microbial contamination and risk to communities in Nottingham’s rivers

Nottingham Trent University School of Science & Technology

There is growing public concern about the contamination of rivers and streams in the UK and implications to human health. Read more

Supervisor: Dr J Winter

15 December 2023 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Raw sewage in UK rivers: quantifying its impact on the transmission of Antimicrobial Resistance (CENTA 2024-B27)

University of Birmingham School of Biosciences

The widespread use of antibiotics in humans and animals has not only selected for bacteria carrying resistance genes but also for plasmids that can transfer these genes between different bacteria. Read more

Supervisor: Dr J U Kreft

10 January 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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PhD in non-invasive monitoring of hydraulic conditions in open channels and rivers

University of Sheffield Department of Mechanical Engineering

Project reference code. MEC-04-Krynkin. This is the opportunity for a keen research student to become involved in an exciting programme of field and laboratory experiments to advance our understanding of river flows through new methods of remote sensing. Read more

Supervisors: Dr A Krynkin, Prof K Horoshenkov

24 January 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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The impact of river floods on the global carbon cycle

University of Bristol School of Geographical Sciences

Rivers are a key nexus between continents, oceans and the atmosphere. As such, rivers play an important role in the global carbon cycle, transporting large amounts of organic and inorganic carbon derived from soils, plants and water-rock interactions (Battin et al., 2023). Read more

Supervisor: Dr J Dean

9 January 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Tracing Land-to-Ocean Dissolved Organic Carbon Fluxes from Catchment to Coral Reefs.

University of Leicester Department of Geography

Coastal systems annually receive 0.4-0.5 Pg of organic carbon from terrestrial sources, transported via rivers (Ciais et al., 2013). Read more

Supervisor: Dr M Whelan

10 January 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Hydro Nation Scholars Programme 2024 - Flow Physics Based Tracking of the Fate of Plastic Waste in Rivers and Coastal Waters

University of Dundee Hydro Nation Scholars Programme

Plastic pollution released into rivers, estuaries and coastal waters, whether as part of planned discharges (e.g. treated wastewater) or unplanned discharges (e.g. Read more

Supervisors: Dr A Guha, Dr A Cuthbertson

10 January 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Hydro Nation Scholars Programme 2024 - Harnessing hidden rivers: potential for low-carbon heat energy generation from culverted urban streams

University of Strathclyde Hydro Nation Scholars Programme

Historic expansion of population centres has often resulted in closing over surface watercourses. As a result, many urban environments are underlain by extensive networks of culverted streams. Read more

Supervisors: Dr N Burnside, Dr D Bertram

10 January 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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SCENARIO - Making digital rivers flow: integrating hydrological-relevant calibration in Earth System Modelling (SC2023_35)

University of Reading School of Archaeology, Geography and Environmental Science

Climate change, population growth and human intervention within river channels and catchments make it more challenging than ever to provide reliable information on the current and future state of water in the world's rivers. Read more

Supervisors: Prof H Cloke, Dr G Balsamo, Prof CP Prudhomme

12 January 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Rivers of Threads; Exploring Biofilm and Natural Fibre Dynamics in Freshwater Environments

University of Warwick School of Life Sciences

Research Group: CENTA - Central England NERC Training Alliance

Project Highlights. 1. This project addresses the critical environmental concern of textile pollution, emphasizing the significance of natural fibers in freshwater environments. Read more

Supervisor: Dr S Cook

10 January 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Funded PhD - Impacts of artificial light at night on predator-prey interactions in tropical rivers

University of Bristol School of Biological Sciences

Animals living near human infrastructure are usually exposed to Artificial Light at Night (ALAN). Read more

Supervisor: Prof C Ioannou

8 January 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Hot or not?: Exploring river temperature and macrophyte responses to riparian shading to guide tree planting restoration initiatives (CENTA 2024-B47)

University of Birmingham School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

Climate change threatens to exacerbate high water temperature extremes in rivers by increasing energy (heat) inputs and drought (low flow) severities1, which has significant implications for nature and people (e.g., loss of iconic species)2. Read more

Supervisor: Dr J W White

10 January 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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QUADRAT DTP: Salmonid conservation in American rivers in the wake of proliferative kidney disease (PKD) outbreaks: using functional genomics to understand climate-change driven disease emergence.

Aberdeen University School of Biological Sciences

This fully funded, 42-month PhD project is part of the QUADRAT Doctoral Training Partnership. Climate change is projected to cause elevated water temperatures with far-reaching effects on nutrient cycling, population ecology and shifts in species distributions. Read more

Supervisors: Dr J Holland, Dr C Meharg

17 January 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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