ARIES, Advanced Research and Innovation in the Environmental Sciences (NERC)

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Scholarship value

These scholarships include a Research Council maintenance grant (2021/22 rate was £15,609) and tuition fees.

Deadline

The deadline for 2022/23 has passed. Details for 2023/23 will be published here in due course when available.

Criteria

  • These studentships are open to Home, EU and International candidates.
  • See person specification for each project

Further details

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).

As one of 17 Doctoral Training Partnerships in the UK, 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 for entry in October 2021.

The projects below are available for applications at Kent:

Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology (DICE), PhD in Biodiversity Management

Assessing the ecological impacts of non-native gamebird release on reptiles in the UK

Professor Jim Groombridge

Understanding the role of different types of conservation area in meeting global biodiversity protection targets

Professor Bob Smith

School of Mathematics, Statistics and Actuarial Science, PhD In Statistics

Spatio-temporal models for large sets of citizen science data to inform conservation policy for UK Lepidoptera

Dr Eleni Matechou

How to apply

Candidates should apply for a PhD place at Kent by 12th January 2022

For applications for PhD Biodiversity Management at DICE:

Candidates should apply using the online application form, indicating the project above for which they wish to be considered.

For applications for PhD Statistics in SMSAS:

Candidates should apply via the Kent website link indicating the project for which they wish to be considered.

Interviews

There will be a two-stage interview process. The first round of interviews will take place at the end of January 2022. Successful nominees will then participate in the second round of interviews, with the ARIES panel, in February 2022.