Are you holding Master’s degree and looking for fully funded PhD positions? Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland 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 Role of ditch networks in agricultural landscapes to mitigate flooding and diffuse pollution
Summary of PhD Program:
The project will provide opportunity for the student to gain knowledge and skills relating to agricultural and ditch systems. Fieldwork skills will be developed to collect a range of hydrological and chemical related data, including experimental design, fieldwork campaign planning and sensor technology aspects. There is also opportunity for the student to develop numerical modelling skills e.g. hydrological/hydraulic models, to upscale from local ditches to ditch networks and catchment scale impacts. Most importantly, the project will provide the relaxed environment for the student to be creative, show initiative and build confidence in their ability to lead a research project.
Application Deadline: 9 January 2025
2. Fully Funded PhD Position in Predicting Synergistic Effects of Multiple Stressors on Estuarine Hydro-Ecological Resilience
Summary of PhD Program:
This project is novel in its holistic approach to understanding how multiple stressors interact to impact estuarine resilience. Unlike previous studies that focus on individual factors, it combines data science and physics/process-based modelling to analyse complex interplay of various stressors using diverse dataset. The innovative tools will assess estuarine dynamics, identify long-term trends and short-term fluctuations, and conduct scenario-based impact analysis. Collaborating with partners and stakeholders, students will create scenarios for risk mitigation and management strategies, which will be evaluated using the diagnostic tool.
Application Deadline: 9 January 2025
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3. Fully Funded PhD Position in Impact of multi-stressors on seagrass seed germination and survival: implications for natural bed dynamics and restoration programmes
Summary of PhD Program:
This project examines how combinations of abiotic and biotic stressors affect germination and survival of seagrass seeds and seedlings, alongside use of synthetic materials (e.g. polyacrylamide) as a matrix for planting, which may protect against stressors, but may also constitute stressors on benthic infauna. This knowledge will help to understand the dynamic interannual changes in seagrass density and bed extent observed in nature and will help inform seagrass restoration efforts by allowing targeted planting of seeds in the best available areas.
Application Deadline: 9 January 2025
4. Fully Funded PhD Position in Multiple Stressor Impacts on Physiological Responses of Individuals in an Ecological Context
Summary of PhD Program:
This is an exciting project at the intersection of ecotoxicology and ecology to investigate the impacts of multiple stressors. A range of anthropogenic stressors will be investigated for their effects on UK native amphibian species, both in the context of single species exposures and as part of amphibian communities. These charismatic organisms are integral to wetland ecosystems, relying on both aquatic and terrestrial compartments to complete their life-cycle.
Application Deadline: 9 January 2025
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5. Fully Funded PhD Position in Understanding the interaction of pollution and climate change in mangrove wetlands through field and laboratory study of a model amphipod
Summary of PhD Program:
Tropical wetlands are especially vulnerable habitats in global climate models that predict temperatures will increase substantially, extreme storm events will occur more frequently, changes in riverine discharge (i.e., leading to changes in salinity of estuaries) will become more dramatic, and negative anthropogenic factors (pollution, shipping, overfishing) will become more severe as human populations increase. Our established ecotoxicology tropical amphipod (Parhyale hawaiensis) model enables cross-laboratory experimentation (UK-Brazil) and field research within our existing field sites in São Paulo state Brazil.
Application Deadline: 9 January 2025
6. Fully Funded PhD Position in Developing novel tracer-based methods to investigate how pressures on upland wetlands alter flood and drought resilience
Summary of PhD Program:
This project will investigate how land use and climate change pressures on upland wetland and floodplain systems, alter their role in modulating floods and droughts. You’ll develop innovative field-based and modelling methods, collaborating with a network of partners in Scotland’s wild and beautiful Southern Uplands, and working with leading research institutions as part of the UK’s new strategic Floods and Droughts Research Infrastructure (FDRI) Programme.
Application Deadline: 9 January 2025
7. 13 Fully Funded PhD Position
Summary of PhD Program:
IAPETUS will support at least 13 fully funded postgraduate studentships at one of the partner organisations in 2025. All prospective students need to complete the online Studentship Competition Application Form and the Studentship Competition EDI Form by 3rd January 2025 at 12 midday (GMT). If you are an International Student, please contact the primary supervisor of your selected project by no later than Monday 9th December 2024 at 12pm to be considered for sponsorship. If you are selected by the supervisor, they will provide you with a Unique International Sponsorship Code by the end of the day on Monday 16th December 2024.
Application Deadline: 3 January 2025
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