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Current PhD opportunities
We are recruiting for two PhD studentships:
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“Will tomorrow’s climate grow tomorrow’s food? Modelling crop resilience across the UK.” Click for details.
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“Thirsty Forests: How Trees Use Water to Survive Extreme Summer” Details will be added.
Join the lab
Prospective students and postdocs interested in understanding how global change affects plants and shapes the carbon and water cycles are encouraged to get in touch. We welcome applicants with backgrounds in biology, mathematics, physics, geography, atmospheric science, engineering, or related quantitative disciplines.
We also welcome visiting researchers, so please feel free to get in contact if you are interested in spending time with the group.
How to apply
PhD students
Most funded PhD projects are advertised around November, with applications due in January, for a start the following autumn. Funding comes mainly through the doctoral training programmes listed under Graduate opportunities below. If you would like to develop your own project with us, get in touch well before the January deadline so there is time to shape the proposal together.
When you email me, please include:
- your CV, with your degree results so far
- a few sentences on which of our research questions interest you and why
- the funding route you plan to apply through, if you know it
Experience with programming (for example Python, R, Fortran, C) helps for modelling projects, but it is not essential.
Postdocs and fellows
Funded postdoc positions are advertised on the University of Bristol jobs site and listed on this page. If you would like to join the lab on your own fellowship, see the schemes under Fellowship opportunities below and contact me a few months before the deadline, as fellowship applications are written together with the host.
Bristol is a great place to work and live.
Graduate opportunities
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NERC-funded PhD studentships primarily open to UK students with a limited number for international students
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South West Biosciences PhD studentships primarily open to UK students with a limited number (~30%) for international students
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Bristol’s International PhD studentships more information for international students can be found here. Country specific information to help you translate Bristol’s grade expectations can be found here
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Lady Emily Smyth studentships open to MRes students
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China Scholarship Council – University of Bristol joint-funded Scholarship are for students from the People’s Republic of China
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US-UK Fulbright scholarships are open to US citizens (NB. Dual US-UK citizens are eligible to apply)
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Commonwealth PhD Scholarships are for candidates from least developed countries in the Commonwealth
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Zutshi-Smith Scholarship are for students from India, with preference given to applicants of Kashmiri origin
Fellowship opportunities
There are a number of fellowships available, the list below is not exhaustive (take a look at our department’s website for more details). I would be extremely happy to act as mentor and support applicants interested in coming to Bristol, please get in touch!
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Newton International Fellowships scheme is open to non-UK early career scientists
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EU Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellowship scheme is open to EU citizens that would like to work in the UK
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1851 Research Fellowships scheme is open to potential fellows not at Bristol