ELIGIBILITY:

Applicants will hold (or be about to obtain) a first- or upper second-class undergraduate honours degree (or equivalent) in Geology, Earth Sciences, Planetary Sciences, or another related physical science discipline. Some familiarity with planetary samples and/or sample age dating is desirable. You will be encouraged to attend national and international conferences to share your research and as such science communication skills are also desirable.

Before you apply

You are applying for a fully funded PhD project for which, if you are successful in your application, you would receive a monthly stipend, have the university fees paid for, and be awarded some money to support lab costs and travel.

Read the information on the DEES webpage https://www.ees.manchester.ac.uk/study/postgraduate-research/doctoral-training/planetary-science/ to ensure that you understand the funding eligibility requirements for the award.

Contact the supervisors to discuss your interest in the project – this is an essential step so that you can ask questions and find out more about the supervisory team before you apply.

Apply online through our website: https://uom.link/pgr-apply-2425

When applying, you’ll need to specify the full name of this project, the name of your supervisor, if you already having funding or if you wish to be considered for available funding through the university, details of your previous study, and names and contact details of two referees.

Please note you will not need to upload your own research proposal for this project during this stage of the application as you are applying for a specific project). In your application, we want to see how your experience is relevant to the project that you have applied for. You are applying for an STFC-funded project. Please check with the project supervisor(s) that your application has been received by the university a few days before the deadline.

BENEFIT:

A fully funded competitive PhD research project.