or
Continue with FacebookLooking to list your PhD opportunities? Log in here.
We have 62 Biodiversity PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for Self-funded Students
Biodiversity PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for Self-funded Students
We have 62 Biodiversity PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for Self-funded Students
Creating Sustainable Fuel from Ocean Microplastics Using Plasma Conversion
The successful PhD student will be co-supervised and work alongside our external partner Hydrogen Refinery. This studentship is open to students worldwide *please see funding notes below. Read more
Quantifying the Impact of Windfarms on Seabirds
The successful PhD student will be co-supervised and work alongside our external partner Marine Directorate Scotland. This studentship is open to students worldwide *please see funding notes below. Read more
Novel Processing of Bird-borne Biologger Data to Improve Offshore Windfarm Consenting and Operations
The successful PhD student will be co-supervised and work alongside our external partner Natural England. This studentship is open to students worldwide *please see funding notes below. Read more
Advancing Wildlife-Friendly Coffee and Cocoa Farming for Conserving Endangered Primates in Indonesia and Côte d’Ivoire
This PhD’s overall aim is to investigate how shifting to more sustainable and pro-wildlife farming techniques for coffee and cocoa cultivation can alleviate pressures on endangered primates while empowering smallholder farmers. Read more
Anticipating the impacts of extreme weather on biodiversity
Project Overview. To date, efforts to address the impacts of climate change on biodiversity have focused on gradual shifts in species’ abundance and distribution. Read more
Long term development of earthworm communities in naturally colonised, compared to planted woodland
Forest Research (FR) has been investigating newly planted trees, areas of natural tree colonisation, and mature woodland, in research that has made use of matched chronosequence sites (from 5 to 60 years old) from across England (n>35 of triplicated sites). Read more
PhD in Computational Ecology
PhD in Computational Ecology. Why are some ecosystems more resilient to climate change? Can we predict how communities will respond to disturbances? What features of a community ensure stability and coexistence? How do community interactions affect broad-scale biodiversity patterns?. Read more
Urban Parrot Ecology and Conservation
Wellington city has regained a culturally significant species, the kākā. However, this large forest parrot faces unprecedented threats in the city, including new diseases, unintentional poisoning, and conflict with humans. Read more
Quantifying the impacts of polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) from infrastructure decommissioning on benthic micro and macrofaunal communities
Master's by Dissertation (MSD) project. Quantifying the impacts of polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) from infrastructure decommissioning on benthic micro and macrofaunal communities. Read more
Developing a multi-source remote sensing and AI based methods for automated monitoring of illicit crops and their drivers.
This project will develop novel remote sensing technologies using AI methods to monitor illicit crop production. . Illicit crops, such as opium poppies, coca, and cannabis, mostly used in drug production, are a major funding source for criminal and terrorist activity. Read more
Identifying signatures of host specificity in protist parasites genomes
This project is one of a number that are in competition for funding from the University of Bath URSA competition, for entry in September 2025. Read more
PhD Studentship: Enhancing Ecosystem Service Delivery in British Hop Farms
Applications are invited for this full-time PhD studentship, which for UK home students is fully funded* by the Worshipful Company of Brewers, Asahi and the Royal Agricultural University. Read more
Last chance to apply
Health and Productivity of Cattle used in Rewilding
Rewilding is a nature-based approach to facilitating natural regeneration of intensively managed land, and has become a popular idea in the UK and Europe. Read more
IN-PEAT: Impact of Nitrogen deposition on PEATlands in Northern Ireland
This fully funded PhD project is part of the QUARTILES Doctoral Landscape Award, a BBSRC and NERC-funded research and training programme designed to equip… Read more
Deconstructing blanket peatlands in Northern Ireland towards an understanding of their genesis, hydrology and ability to store carbon
This fully funded PhD project is part of the QUARTILES Doctoral Landscape Award, a BBSRC and NERC-funded research and training programme designed to equip… Read more