Location: School of Ocean Bangor   Duration: 6 Weeks Seagrasses are globally threatened but vital habitats, and microplastics are a rapidly emerging threat to marine ecosystems. Interactions between seagrasses and microplastics are understudied but potentially of great significance. In upcoming experiments water ‘inoculated’ with microplastics will be run over live seagrass turf in a flume […]

Location: Rothamsted Research  Duration: 8 Weeks We have an exciting opportunity for an 8-week funded project working in the Chemical Ecology group at Rothamsted Research (Harpenden). The research experience placement student will be interacting in a broad range of chemical ecology and microbiology activities, which will enhance their current knowledge and experience. The student will […]

Location: Lancaster Environment Centre Duration: 6-10 A funded summer research opportunity focused on the hydrology of the Greenland Ice Sheet (GrIS) at Lancaster University is available to undergraduate students. Meltwater production on the GrIS has been unprecedented over recent decades, contributing to substantial mass reduction. Meltwater has migrated to ever higher elevations since 2000 and […]

Location: University of Nottingham Duration: 8 weeks The Aquatic Parasite Ecology Lab (APELab) at University of Nottingham offers a paid summer placement opportunity to investigate the biodiversity of tropical freshwater invertebrates. The work focuses on previously collected specimens from the Okavango Delta in Africa, the Malaysian Borneo, and the Brazilian Amazon. The project provides exciting […]

Location: Lancaster Environment Centre Duration: 10 weeks An exciting opportunity exists at Lancaster University to get directly involved in a major NERC sponsored research programme – Living Deltas Research Hub. Launched in 2019, the Hub is a 5-year programme to explore social and natural impacts facing three Asian mega river deltas: Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna (GBM) delta across […]

Location: University of Nottingham Duration: 8 weeks A paid summer research placement opportunity is available at the University of Nottingham. Are you interested in climate change? Are you looking for an opportunity to apply your knowledge to improve the understanding on the effect of climate change on wind waves? A funded opportunity is available for […]

Location: Rothamsted Research Duration: 8 -10 weeks Research (Harpenden, Hertfordshire) is home to the oldest continuing agricultural field experiments in the world. Seven of these Long-term Experiments (LTEs) continue today and provide an invaluable resource for scientists around the world (https://www.rothamsted.ac.uk/long-term-experiments).  We are looking for an enthusiastic student to work on digitising and publishing the […]

Location: UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) Lancaster Duration: 10 weeks The potential to use agricultural land and soil to mitigate climate change has risen up the political and scientific agenda in the past few years.  UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) and Lancaster University (LU) lead a series of projects that are […]

Location: Rothamsted Research Duration: 10 weeks An exciting opportunity for a 10-week funded project working in the Insect Survey at Rothamsted Research (Harpenden) is available. We envisage that this Research Experience Placement (REP) student will be involved in a broad range of entomological activities to enhance their knowledge within entomology and provide many transferrable skills […]

Location: Bangor University Duration: 10 weeks Climate change related changes in atmospheric CO2 concentration has the potential to increase rates of photosynthesis and promote carbon storage in forests. However, it is uncertain whether forests will maintain their rate of carbon uptake because of the availability of key nutrients, especially nitrogen and phosphorus, that may limit […]