2025 Studentships:
Applications for the first cohort of YES•DTN studentships are now closed. All projects listed below are for October 2025 entry. For more more information, please see our How to Apply page, candidate resources associated FAQs.
Equal Opportunities:
Within our programme, we are dedicated to diversifying our community. As part of our ongoing work to improve Equality, Diversity and Inclusion within the NERC Panorama DTP, we hope to be able to ringfence 10% of our interviews and at least 2 of our full DLA studentships for the following identified underrepresented groups in our PhD programmes: UK Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities, those from a disadvantaged socio-economic background, and disabled people. More detail on eligibility and how to apply for the studentships will be available soon – please watch this space!
Important information:
Projects marked CASE have the possibility becoming an industry-partnered project which includes an external industry partner with additional research training and support grant (RTSG) funding and a placement. Please see the NERC CASE page for more information.
Theme(s): Atmospheric Physics, Climate Impacts, Meteorology
Primary Supervisor: Douglas Parker <d.j.parker@leeds.ac.uk>
Institution: University of Leeds (School of Earth and Environment)
Theme(s): Applied ecology, ecosystem services and conservation, Aquatic/terrestrial/soil biogeochemistry, Climate, Climate Impacts, Ecosystem processes, dynamics and functioning, Hydrology, Marine Biogeochemistry
Primary Supervisor: Dominick Spracklen <D.V.Spracklen@leeds.ac.uk>
Institution: University of Leeds (School of Earth and Environment)
Theme(s): Ecology, Evolution & Biodiversity, Evolution, palaentology and biotic change, Physiology, development and ecologcal genetics
Primary Supervisor: Simon Goodman <s.j.goodman@leeds.ac.uk>
Institution: University of Leeds (School of Biology)
Theme(s): Dynamic Earth & Natural Hazards, Tectonics, Volcanology and Solid Earth Geophysics
Primary Supervisor: Susanna Ebmeier <s.k.ebmeier@leeds.ac.uk>
Institution: University of Leeds (School of Earth and Environment)
Theme(s): Air Quality, Atmosphere and Climate, Climate
Primary Supervisor: Cat Scott <c.e.scott@leeds.ac.uk>
Institution: University of Leeds (School of Earth and Environment)
Theme(s): Applied ecology, ecosystem services and conservation, Physiology, development and ecologcal genetics, Population, community and behavioural ecology
Primary Supervisor: Lochran Traill <l.traill@leeds.ac.uk>
Institution: University of Leeds (School of Biology)
Theme(s): Atmosphere and Climate, Atmospheric Physics, Climate, Climate Impacts
Primary Supervisor: Alex Rap <a.rap@leeds.ac.uk>
Institution: University of Leeds (School of Earth and Environment)
Theme(s): Ecosystem processes, dynamics and functioning
Primary Supervisor: David Galbraith <d.r.galbraith@leeds.ac.uk>
Institution: University of Leeds (School of Geography)
Theme(s): Climate Impacts
Primary Supervisor: Roger Cremades <r.cremadesrodeja@leeds.ac.uk>
Institution: University of Leeds (Sustainability Research Institute, School of Earth and Environment)
Theme(s): Glacial/Cryosphere
Primary Supervisor: Trystan Surawy-Stepney <eartsu@leeds.ac.uk>
Institution: University of Leeds (School of Earth and Environment)
