Science for Humanitarian Emergencies & Resilience (SHEAR) Studentship Cohort (SSC)
Science for Humanitarian Emergencies & Resilience (SHEAR) is an international research programme jointly funded by the UK's Department for International Development (DFID) and the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC). SHEAR focuses on four areas: disaster risk assessment (mapping and analyses), sub-seasonal to seasonal forecasting, disaster risk monitoring, and the integration of these into practical decision making.
The SHEAR Studentship Cohort (SSC) consists of funding for 13 PhD studentships and aims to complement and integrate further the current SHEAR-funded projects, with a particular focus on providing the students with excellent opportunities to gain transferable skills, to conduct original and scientifically excellent research, and to contribute to impact creation beyond the existing SHEAR projects.
ELIGIBILITY
The NERC eligibility criteria apply for most of the studentships but a number of international studentships are available. For more details on eligibility and university entry criteria, refer to the description of individual projects listed below.
HOW TO APPLY
The studentships are hosted by 5 different UK universities: Imperial College London, King’s College London, University of Birmingham, University of Sussex and University of Reading. Click on the project title below to get a document with more details about each project, including contact details. Contact individual project supervisors for further information about the application procedure.
Students are allowed to apply for more than one project. However, if you apply for projects supervised by different supervisors, then you should make supervisors aware. This will not affect your chances of winning a scholarship.
The deadline for application is 15 October 2017. However, projects for which no suitable candidate has been found by the deadline will continue to be advertised in the list below, until the position is filled.
Studentships will start in February 2018 at the latest.
Background to the SHEAR programme
Science for Humanitarian Emergencies & Resilience (SHEAR) is a £19 million, five-year (2016-2021) international research programme jointly funded by the UK's Department for International Development (DFID) and the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC). The overall SHEAR programme focuses on four thematic areas: disaster risk assessment (mapping and analyses), sub-seasonal to seasonal forecasting, disaster risk monitoring, and the integration of these into practical decision-making. The programme is targeting lower to middle income countries across sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. SHEAR currently funds via their first call 4 Consortium Grants, each of which has a budget of approximately £2M and began in September to December 2016 for a four-year duration (Table 1).
Table 1 - Consortium Grants
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