Are you holding Master’s degree and looking for fully funded PhD positions? University of Kent, England invites online application for multiple funded PhD Programs / fully funded PhD positions in various research areas.
Candidates interested in fully funded PhD positions can check the details and may apply as soon as possible. Interested and eligible applicants may submit their online application for PhD programs via the University’s Online Application Portal.
1. Fully Funded PhD Position in Space for Nature
Summary of PhD Program:
The MSc and PhD scholarships include an annual stipend (equivalent to the Research Councils UK National Minimum Doctoral Stipend; the 2024/25 rate is £19,237, which is not taxed income). Tuition fees are covered at the home student rate. The PhD scholarship comes with a £10,000 research and training fund.
We are very aware that securing a PhD scholarship tends to be a competitive process, with most applicants holding a Master’s degree. We are committed to trying to remove this significant financial barrier to accessing postgraduate research. We are now offering fully funded MSc studentships at the University of Kent, as a pathway onto to a PhD (subject to satisfactory completion of the MSc), particularly targeted towards individuals from underserved backgrounds.
Application Deadline: 1st July 2024
2. Fully Funded PhD Position in Socioeconomic and equity implications in community-managed forests
Summary of PhD Program:
Community-based forest management is seen as an effective conservation strategy while also providing tangible benefits to local communities, and more broadly contributing to global ecosystem services through biodiversity conservation and carbon sequestration. Bringing community-managed forests within formal conservation measures is seen as a key pathway to meet the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework Target 3 that seeks to protect 30% of the terrestrial and marine areas by 2030 (30×30 target).
This project will focus on community forestry in Nepal, considered among the most successful community-based forest management systems worldwide, to investigate the impacts of formal conservation area designation in community-managed forests.
Application Deadline: 25th June 2024
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3. Fully Funded PhD Position in Competing land uses in an Indonesian biosphere reserve
Summary of PhD Program:
Understanding the interplay between people’s uses of forests and their interactions with wildlife remains a key research priority in rapidly changing tropical landscapes. Yet tackling this problem is complicated by the different ways that people use land, and the multifaceted relationships between governance and equity amongst various stakeholders involved.
This PhD project will investigate this problem in the Betung Kerihun Danau Sentarum Kapuas Hulu Biosphere Reserve in Kalimantan, Indonesia. This extensive >940,000 ha multi-use landscape comprises globally important forest biodiversity, and has significant ecological value to people. Yet, the region experiences agricultural encroachment and illegal wildlife trade, exacerbated by the expansion of a road connecting to the Malaysian border.
Application Deadline: 25th June 2024
4. Fully Funded PhD Position in Bumblebee populations in the UK
Summary of PhD Program:
Monitoring bumblebee populations is imperative due to their critical role as pollinators. ‘Other Effective Area-Based Conservation Measures’ (OECMs) are places that are outside the protected site network, but which are managed in a nature-friendly way alongside management for other reasons. The OECM approach – conservation beyond nature reserves – has the potential to support bumblebees at a population scale for the first time.
The extent of this support (foraging, nesting and overwintering resources) is highly dependent on the habitats present within the OECM and OECM location, size, shape, landscape connectivity, and surrounding habitats. However, no metrics or methods currently exist for quantifying the impact of OECM characteristics on bumblebee populations, understanding the potential value of OECMs for supporting these important pollinators and informing policy and conservation actions accordingly.
