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NERC CENTA Doctoral Training Partnership / Doctoral Landscape Award PhD Studentships, Autumn 2027
CENTA offers fully funded 3.5-year NERC PhD studentships across Central England universities and research centres, spanning climate, ecosystems and dynamic earth science.
| Amount / funding | Fully funded 3.5-year studentship (fees, stipend and research/training support; stipend rate not stated on the fetched Loughborough page — the aggregator figure GBP 21,805 per year was NOT used) |
|---|---|
| Deadline | 23:59 GMT on Wednesday 6 January 2027 |
| Start date | Autumn 2027 (per programme notices) |
| Level | PhD |
| Funding type | full |
| Field | 06 Environment & Sustainability |
About this scholarship
CENTA offers fully funded 3.5-year NERC PhD studentships across Central England universities and research centres, spanning climate, ecosystems and dynamic earth science.
Minimum requirements
PhD project within the NERC remit; consortium of Loughborough University, University of Birmingham, The Open University, University of Leicester, University of Warwick and Cranfield University plus British Geological Survey, Centre for Ecology and Hydrology and National Centre for Earth Observation; Doctoral Landscape Award scheme supporting cohorts from 2027 onwards
Application checklist
- Application to a listed CENTA project
- check the CENTA project pages for project-specific requirements
Application tips
- Apply by 23:59 GMT on 6 January 2027 — the Loughborough page states this deadline for the DLA scheme
- Choose a project within the NERC remit across the themes Climate and environmental sustainability, Organisms and ecosystems, or Dynamic Earth
- Note the universal NERC acceptance deadline of 17 March 2027 at noon GMT per programme notices
- Do not confuse CENTA studentships with CENTA Science Opportunity Scholarships (CSOS), whose deadlines conflict across sources and which are NOT included here
Always verify deadline, amount and eligibility on the official page before applying. Values marked ESTIMATE are based on a previous cycle and are not confirmed for the current round.
Tags: climate science, environmental sustainability, ecosystems, dynamic earth, earth sciences