QUARTILES Doctoral Landscape Awards are BBSRC and NERC-funded research and training programmes, designed to equip PhD students with the skills, expertise, outlook, and real-world experience needed to become the next generation of scientific leaders capable of addressing pressing environmental grand challenges such as climate change, biodiversity loss, and sustainability. 

Five PhD studentships are being offered by The School of Natural and Built Environment, for the following research projects, commencing 1 October 2025:

1. Deconstructing blanket peatlands in Northern Ireland towards an understanding of their genesis, hydrology and ability to store carbon. Project details
2. IN-PEAT: Impact of Nitrogen deposition on PEATlands in Northern Ireland. Project details  
3. Shallow subsurface analyses of glaciated environments and implications for the energy transition. Project details
4. The Impact of Hetereogeneity on Geothermal Resources of the Sherwood Sandstone Formation. Project details  
5. Bayesian estimates of birth ages from radiocarbon dating of human bones. Project details  
   

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