Ecology PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for Self-funded Students

We have 124 Ecology PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for Self-funded Students

Optimizing phage-antibiotic-synergies to kill bacterial pathogens

The University of Manchester Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health

Phage therapy, the use of viruses that only infect bacterial cells and kill them, is a promising potential solution to the antimicrobial resistance crisis that is threatening modern medicine1. Read more

Supervisors: Prof M Brockhurst, Dr CI Igler

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Can exotic tree species support biodiversity and ecosystem services in a warming world?

Royal Holloway, University of London School of Biological Sciences

Forests harbour most of Earth’s terrestrial biodiversity and provide essential ecosystem services. Current forest cover in the UK is only 13% which is one of the lowest in Europe. Read more

Supervisor: Prof J Koricheva

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Hidden Markov models for spatially structured populations

University of St Andrews School of Mathematics and Statistics

Research Group: Division of Statistics

Hidden Markov models (HMMs) offer a very powerful, flexible, and efficient structure for likelihood computation. They’re a popular tool for problems… Read more

Supervisors: Dr H Worthington, Dr C Sutherland

Year round applications PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Movement through space and time, realistic movement for species abundance methods

University of St Andrews School of Mathematics and Statistics

Research Group: Division of Statistics

Evidence-based conservation and ecology are reliant on wildlife surveys. As a result, there exists a range of methods that have been developed specifically… Read more

Supervisors: Dr H Worthington, Prof DLB Borchers

Year round applications PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Causal inference and trial emulation for ecological observational data

University of St Andrews School of Mathematics and Statistics

Research Group: Division of Statistics

Conducting formal causal inference for ecological data is challenging due to the complex observational processes that are usually involved. Read more

Supervisors: Dr BS Swallow, Dr H Worthington

Year round applications PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Quantifying Trade-Offs Between Simple and Complex Models for Decision-Making

University of St Andrews School of Mathematics and Statistics

Research Group: Division of Statistics

Policy-makers in conservation and health frequently rely on relatively simplistic statistical models to inform their decisions. There are good reasons for this. Read more

Supervisor: Dr AJ Johnston

Year round applications PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Distance sampling with milder assumptions

University of St Andrews School of Mathematics and Statistics

Research Group: Division of Statistics

Estimating animal density or abundance is a fundamental challenge in statistical ecology. Distance sampling is a widely employed method for addressing this issue. Read more

Supervisors: Dr BB Baer, Prof DLB Borchers

Year round applications PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Modelling the ecology and evolution of microbial communities

The University of Manchester Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health

From the human gut to deep-sea sediments, microbial communities – or microbiomes – colonize virtually every habitat on earth. These microbiomes are central to ecosystem functioning and to host health, and therefore it is essential that we understand how and why they change over time. Read more

Supervisors: Dr K Coyte, Dr C Knight

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Evolution of eggshell surface structure and physiology

Royal Holloway, University of London School of Biological Sciences

Avian eggshells exhibit some of the most diverse and fascinating arrays of complex biological variability within the animal kingdom. Read more

Supervisors: Dr S Portugal, Dr RF Felice, Dr J Bowen

Year round applications PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Impacts of environmental climate change on plant and ecosystem carbon and nutrient cycling, and biodiversity

University of Sheffield School of Biosciences

Climate change is one of the greatest threats to biodiversity and ecosystem functioning. Read more

Supervisor: Prof G Phoenix

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Developing and applying new approaches to understand the dynamics of populations and communities in a changing world

University of Sheffield School of Biosciences

We invite applications for a PhD in population ecology and demographic modelling. Our group tackles problems at both the pure and applied ends of the spectrum. Read more

Supervisor: Prof D Childs

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The genomics of rapid adaptation in grasses

University of Sheffield School of Biosciences

We invite applications for a PhD in the area of genomics and rapid adaptation in plants. Our research combines cutting-edge genomic techniques, comparative analyses and experimental approaches to understand how organisms adapt to their environment. Read more

Supervisor: Dr L Dunning

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PhD opportunities in the Department of Geography

University of Sheffield Department of Geography

Department of Geography. With an international reputation for research excellence, the department offers exciting opportunities to conduct research that has a real global impact. Read more

Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide) Social Sciences Research Programme

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Behaviour and welfare of keystone marshland engineers: the feral water buffalo of Hong Kong

City University of Hong Kong College of Veterinary Medicine and Life Sciences

The vision of the Jockey Club College of Veterinary Medicine and Life Sciences (JCC; https://www.cityu.edu.hk/jcc/) is to become a centre of excellence in veterinary medicine and life sciences education and research. Read more

Supervisors: Prof Alan McElligott, Dr K Flay

Year round applications PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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The increasing susceptibility of tropical rainforests to fire and their post-fire recovery

James Cook University College of Science and Engineering

Contact. Professor Susan Laurance (susan.laurance@jcu.edu.au),. College of Science and Engineering. James Cook University, Cairns, Qld 4878. Read more

Supervisor: Prof SL Laurance

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We have 124 Ecology PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for Self-funded Students

Ecology PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for Self-funded Students

We have 124 Ecology PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for Self-funded Students

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