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NERC-funded PhD studentships 2021

  • Date21 October 2020

New Royal Holloway PhD studentships funded by the ARIES Doctoral Training partnership

Five potential NERC-funded PhD projects are available in the Department of Earth Sciences, which is part of the new ARIES Doctoral Training Partnership. Studentships will begin in September 2021 and will be based at Royal Holloway, with successful candidates also participating in multi-disciplinary, residential training courses with students based in ~40 other research institutions from around the UK.

Full project descriptions are available as PDF downloads.

Potential applicants are encouraged to contact the relevant primary supervisor for further information.

 

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