One fully funded studentship is still available for a student eligible for 'Home' level tuition fees to join the CENTA DTP at Warwick in October 2025. The research projects below are in competition for the funding. The project with the best applicant will be awarded the funding.

Projects available at University of Warwick:

Principal Supervisors	Project
Dr Soroush Abolfathi (School of Engineering)	Environmental Digital Twins for Sustainable Water Management
Professor Robin Allaby (School of Life Sciences)	Conservation genetics of the Noble chaffer (Gnorimus nobilis)
Dr Mark Barrow (Department of Chemistry)	FTICRMS studies of OxyOils photo-chemical products interactions in oil - implications of how spills behave and what risk they pose to coastal-dwelling species
Dr Mark Barrow (Department of Chemistry)	Forever chemicals transfer, accumulation, and effects in urban estuaries
Professor Gary Bending (School of Life Sciences)	Urban eDNAscapes: mapping biodiversity using environmental DNA
Professor Gary Bending (School of Life Sciences)	The environmental persistence of PFAS ‘forever chemicals’
Professor Adrian Chaplin (Department of Chemistry)	Hydrogenation of nitrous oxide using MOF catalysts
Professor Jose Gutierrez-Marcos (School of Life Sciences)	Conversion of annual to perennial growth in invasive plant species
Dr Laura Lehtovirta-Morley (joining School of Life Sciences in September 2025)	Resolving missing links between nitrogen and carbon cycles: Impact of methylated amines on ammonia oxidising microorganisms
Dr Ryan Mushinski (School of Life Sciences)	Earth’s Hidden Radical Chemistry: Exploring Nitrous Acid’s Role in Soil
Dr Mojgan Rabiey (School of Life Sciences)	Impact of climate change on bacteriophage and virome diversity
Professor Hendrik Schaefer (School of Life Sciences)	Dimethylsulfide degradation in anoxic environments
Professor Hendrik Schaefer (School of Life Sciences)	How do carbon monoxide degrading bacteria interact with plants?

Projects available at Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (CEH):

Supervisors	Project
Dr Susheel Bhanu BusiLink opens in a new window (CEH), Dr Holly Tipper (CEH) and Professor Gary Bending (UoW, School of Life Sciences)	Tracking antimicrobial resistance across biomesLink opens in a new window

Eligibility

• Check your Eligibility

Application guidance

• View the available projects and check your eligibility
• Make an initial project enquiry by contacting supervisors directly.
• Questions about the application process or eligibility can be directed to
• Complete the online application form - selecting course code P-C1PB (Life Sciences PhD); from here you will be taken through to another screen where you can select your desired project. Please enter "NERC studentship" in the Finance section and add Nikki Glover, as the scholarship contact. Please also complete the CENTA application form 2025Link opens in a new window and submit via email to .
• Upload a transcript from your current or previous study, a CV and any other documents that you feel would support your application (within 48 hours of submitting your online application you will receive a link allowing you to upload additional supporting documents).
• Ask your referees to submit a reference for you by 13 June 2025 at the latest. Note: when you submit your application, an email will automatically be sent to your referees requesting a reference for you. This email will contain a secure link for your referee to upload a reference for you.
• For further information about applying to Warwick see the application FAQ's page
• Application deadline - 6 June 2025 (23:59 GMT)