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Looking for a postgraduate research opportunity?

We are a young, vibrant university with a unique and exciting research environment and have established a strong reputation in a range of research areas.

Our postgraduate research community continues to grow and we regularly offer scholarships for research degrees – details of our current funding opportunities are listed below. New opportunities will be listed as they arise, if there is nothing listed below we don't have specific PhD studentship available, but please check this page frequently.

Prospective students in need of funding are advised to start researching funding opportunities well in advance of commencing their studies. Websites of individual academic partners may contain information on forthcoming studentships –and you can also explore funding options by contacting staff within your subject area to find out how previous students have financed their studies.

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ECOWILD full PhD Scholarships - NOW OPEN!

NERC-funded Centre for Doctoral Training projects, start date October 2024. Application deadline: 29 April 2024, with interviews expected June 2024.

For more information including project description, funding details, eligibility and how to apply, please click on the project title:

Adaptation in the extreme: transgenerational impacts of multistressors in rockpool environments - based at Scottish Association for Marine Science. Lead Supervisor: Dr Helena Reinardy

Combined effects of climate change and cadmium exposure to physiological adaptation in early life stages of Christmas Island land crabs in wetland ecosystems - based at Scottish Association for Marine Science. Lead Supervisor: Dr Helena Reinardy

Impacts of multiple stressors (pollutants and disease) on beavers in England - based at Environmental Research Institute, UHI North, West and Hebrides. Lead Supervisor: Dr Mark Taggart

Multi-stressor interactions in the context of beaver-mediated recovery of natural processes within riparian habitats - based at UHI Inverness. Lead Supervisor: Dr Bernd Hänfling 

Stochastic multi-stressor events in peatlands - exploring nutrient effects on Sphagnum drought tolerance - based at Environmental Research Institute, UHI North, West and Hebrides. Lead Supervisor: Dr Mascha Bischoff

The effects of multiple stressors on waterbirds in the Flow Country - based at Environmental Research Institute, UHI North, West and Hebrides. Lead Supervisor: Dr Elizabeth Masden

The impacts of wildfire and afforestation in peatland: a multi-stressor approach to the recovery of peatland's soil biota - based at UHI Inverness. Lead Supervisor: Dr Bernd Hänfling