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YES•DTN offers around 26 PhD studentships each year for environmental science PhD projects either at the University of Leeds or the University of York

The studentship provides:

  • a personal stipend (tax-free allowance that you don’t have to pay back) at Research Council UK (RCUK) rates for 3.5 years
  • university fees
  • generous support for research costs, fieldwork, training and conference travel.

Applications open in November and close in January

The projects will be based in one of our partner schools and will fall within NERC’s science remit. Please note: there is no option for you to provide your own project.

All of our available projects will be listed on our website.

If you have any questions about applications please contact us at [email protected].

Full details of how to apply are on the ‘How to apply‘ section of our website

General recruitment for October 2027 will reopen at the end of 2026.