Biological Sciences (land) PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 46 Biological Sciences (land) PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

PhD in land-based CO2 removal strategies for climate change mitigation

University of Sheffield School of Biosciences

In a world facing the urgent challenge of climate change, it's clear that we need to take action. This PhD project aims to investigate land-based strategies for removing carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere. Read more

Supervisor: Dr M Val Martin

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Combined effects of climate change and cadmium exposure to physiological adaptation in early life stages of Christmas Island land crabs in wetland ecosystems

University of the Highlands and Islands Scottish Association for Marine Science

This project is part of the NERC-funded Centre for Doctoral Training, ECOWILD. For more details, and for a full list of projects offered under this programme, please visit. Read more

Supervisors: Dr H Reinardy, Ms I Gosetto, Prof A Boxall, Dr L Turner

29 April 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Developing (bio)remediation options for high pH radionuclide contaminated land and water

The University of Manchester Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences

The management of radioactively contaminated land is a global “grand challenge”. In the UK this represents a £multi-billion project that will take many decades to complete. Read more

Supervisors: Prof J Lloyd, Prof K Morris, Prof S Shaw

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

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Leverhulme Doctoral Programme for Regenerative Innovation (Regnr8-i): Water Issues in Wetlands and Woodlands: A Creative Practice-Led Investigation

University of Dundee UNESCO Centre for Water Law, Policy & Science

This practice-led PhD project overlays a combination of artistic, geographic, cultural, philosophical, and participatory research methods investigating the current state of water issues in Scottish managed woodlands and wetlands. Read more

Supervisors: Prof M Modeen, Prof J Rowan

3 May 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Fate of microplastics in waste waters and sewage sludge used in agriculture – impacts on the terrestrial environment

Kingston University Faculty of Engineering, Computing and the Environment

Microplastics and fibres are widespread in the environment with significant work undertaken in marine environments looking at the fate and uptake of microplastics through the food chain. Read more

Supervisor: Dr P Hooda

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Identifying policy barriers to the uptake of rewilding – a social-ecological approach

Anglia Ruskin University ARU School of Life Sciences

Research Group: Applied Ecology Research Group (AERG)

Research Group. Applied Ecology Research Group (AERG). Proposed supervisory team. Dr Helen Wheeler (AERG, Anglia Ruskin University). Read more

Supervisors: Dr H Wheeler, Dr DN Natalini

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Circular production of phosphorous fertiliser – anaerobic digestate matrix effects on recovery efficacy

Harper Adams University Department of Agriculture and Environment

Introduction to research area. The application of animal slurries and anaerobic digestates to land to provide crop nutrients is facing ever increasing regulatory constraints influencing how they are stored and spread to land. Read more

Supervisor: Dr MK Kirby

17 May 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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CDTS317: Establishing drivers of accelerating estuary siltation to help co-design adaptation and mitigation measures

University of Plymouth The School of Biological and Marine Sciences

Project description. The changing dynamics of siltation in ria-type estuaries is both an ecological and socio-economic concern. Read more

Supervisors: Dr W Blake, Dr C Kelly

19 April 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Biodiversity and solar farms: risks and opportunities Ref: 5099

University of Exeter Department of Geography

Location: The academic supervisors are based at the University of Exeter’s Cornwall Campus in Penryn, Cornwall, and field work will be undertaken in South-East England – the balance between time spent at each location will be discussed at offer stage and during the project. . Read more

Supervisors: Dr J Bennie, Prof R McDonald

10 May 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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New methods for modelling radionuclide binding proteins

The University of Manchester Department of Chemistry

The management of radioactively contaminated land and water is a multi-billion pound, 100+ year grand challenge that requires innovation to minimise costs. Read more

Supervisors: Prof S Hay, Dr L Natrajan

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

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Socio-ecological research to understand the potential impacts of alternative protein sources in the UK and Europe

University of Leeds School of Earth & Environment

We are looking for an academically excellent, impact-focused candidate for an interdisciplinary PhD project working at the science-policy interface. Read more

Supervisors: Dr DR Williams, Dr N M Lomax

3 May 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Role of ditch networks in agricultural landscapes to mitigate flooding and diffuse pollution.

Heriot-Watt University School of Energy, Geoscience, Infrastructure and Society

This project is part of the NERC-funded Centre for Doctoral Training, ECOWILD. For more details, and for a full list of projects offered under this programme, please visit. Read more

Supervisors: Dr I Pattison, Prof C Spray, Dr K Redeker

29 April 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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PhD project: Functional variation in arthropod performance across agro-ecosystems

Aarhus University Graduate School of Natural Sciences

Applications are invited for a PhD position at the Graduate School of Natural Sciences, Aarhus University, Denmark, within the Biology program. Read more

Supervisor: Prof J Sørensen

1 May 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Modelling and optimisation of infrastructure for the decarbonisation of transport in rural areas

Edinburgh Napier University School of Computing, Engineering & the Built Environment

The decarbonisation of the transport sector (primarily through electrification) has become one of the priorities of most advanced economies nowadays, including the UK, in the fight against climate change. Read more

Supervisors: Dr S Tingas, Dr N Urquhart, Dr F Sukki

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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MSc by Research: Signaling pathways controlling epidermal development in cereals

University of Dundee School of Life Sciences

Plants living on land face brutal threats from pests, dehydration and temperature. To survive and thrive, land plants evolved a waxy ‘cuticle’ and distinctive epidermal cells such as gas pores and defensive barbs. Read more

Supervisor: Dr S McKim

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We have 46 Biological Sciences (land) PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Biological Sciences (land) PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 46 Biological Sciences (land) PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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