ARIES Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)

The University of Kent is proud to be part of the Advanced Research and Innovation in the Environmental Sciences (ARIES) Doctoral Training Partnership which is funded by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC). ARIES will equip the next generation of environmental scientists with the knowledge and tools to better understand and manage our planet by:

• Developing multiple cohorts of scientists with advanced skills and knowledge, multidisciplinary outlooks, and substantial potential to operate successfully across all postgraduate career options;
• Assembling a diverse and integrated training partnership that enables our PGRs to address priority topics in environmental sciences through cutting-edge and world-leading research;
• Training all of our PGRs to understand modern methods of data management, interrogation, analysis, and presentation; from bioinformatics to artificial intelligence;
• Ensuring our graduates engage with the interfaces between environmental science and societal needs by growing their ability to achieve non-academic impact and effective public engagement.

The ARIES studentship competition is now open, application deadline is at midnight on 10^th January 2024.

Themes:

ARIES is built upon scientific excellence with five overlapping research themes, find out more about each theme below:

• Ecology and Biodiversity
• Marine, Atmospheric and Climate Science
• Geosciences, Resources and Environmental Risk
• Environmental Genomics and Microbiology
• Agri-environments and Water

These are the Kent studentship projects available for applications at Kent:

Professor Zoe Davies
Restoring tropical biodiversity, carbon stores and forest integrity through ecosystem restoration licences.
Find out more about this project

Professor Jim Groombridge
Role Genomic analysis of extinction risk in bird
Find out more about this project

Full details of each project can be found on the Kent Aries website.

Criteria & Funding

• The studentships cover fees; stipend (£18,622 per annum 2023-24) 2024-25 rates to be announced, training allowance and research funding.
• These studentships are open to Home and International candidates, including EU candidates. EU and non-EU are eligible for fully-funded UKRI studentships
• ARIES studentships may be undertaken on a part-time or full- time basis.

How to apply

If you are interested in any of the Kent projects please click to apply on the project pages

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Deadline

The deadline is 23.59 hrs 10 January 2024.