Currently available NEXUSS CDT PhD projects
Applications are open for the NEXUSS CDT studentships listed below. The deadline for applications is 23:59 on Monday 3 July 2017, with the exception of Dr Laycock's project, for which the deadline is 10 July 2017 (23:59). Interviews - including via SKYPE where attendance in person is not possible - will take place on Tuesday 18 July.
These NEXUSS CDT studentships are fully funded by NERC through the National Productivity Investment Fund (NPIF). Eligibility for studentships is in accordance with the RCUK terms and conditions for training grants, which are outlined on the eligibility page. NERC has, exceptionally, relaxed the residential eligibility rule for these NPIF studentships, so that a studentship can be awarded to an international candidate if it has not been possible to recruit a UK candidate. International students can therefore apply and be eligible for a full award paying tuition fees and maintenance, but any appointment would be subject to approval by NERC.
FINLAYSON_UCMP17NEX - Automated Underwater Imagery Analysis (CASE award with Gardline Geosurvey Ltd)
LAYCOCK_UCMP17NEX - GPU-Accelerated 3D Visualisation and Analysis of Migratory Behaviour of Long Lived Birds
MATTHEWS_UENV17NEX - Optimising ocean gliders for near-surface measurements
MILNER_UCMP17NEX - Marine Mammal Detection from Autonomous Surface Vehicles (CASE award with Gardline Marine Sciences)
MOCK_UENV17NEX - Ship-seq: Nanopore sequencing of polar microbes on board icebreakers
Previously advertised NEXUSS PhD projects
Listed below are projects previously advertised for funding within the NEXUSS CDT.
Applications for these projects are no longer open and they are provided for information only:
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A coupled CFD and observational approach to improve measurements of ocean turbulence from gliders (PALMER_UENV16NEX)
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Autonomous carbon system observations from gliders (AutoCarb) (KAISER_UENV16NEX)
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Optimising ocean glider sampling of internal waves and eddies (HALL_UENV16NEX)
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The environmental determinants of dispersal and migratory behaviour of long lived birds (FRANCO_UENV17NEX)
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Plug and play monitoring – developing novel solutions for marine observations with divers as citizen scientists (KAISER_UENV17NEX)
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Mapping ocean mixing using autonomous gliders: Indian Ocean and Antarctic shelf seas (HALL_UENV17NEX)
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Automated UAV and satellite image analysis for wildlife monitoring (MACKIEWICZ_UCMP17NEX)
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Shear Madness: New Ways to measure Ocean Currents from a Glider (HEYWOOD_UENV17NEX)