Institution: University of Cambridge
Supervisor(s): Dr Emily G Mitchell and Prof Andrea Manica, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge
Funding Status: Funding is in competition with other projects and students
Description: Life has existed on Earth for more than 3.5 billion years, but it is only around 600 million years ago, during the Ediacaran time period (635 – 541 Ma), that animals appear in the rock record. It is during the Ediacaran animals evolved some of their most important traits: most obviously large body-size but also tissue-differentiation, mobility, bilateral symmetry and ecosystem engineering (reef-building). Over the last ten years, mathematical ecological approaches have demonstrated how previously elusive biological details can be extracted from the Ediacaran fossil record. More information...
Expiry Date: Wednesday, January 8, 2025
Institution: University of Southampton
Supervisor(s): Prof. Tom Ezard (University of Southampton), Dr. Alison Cribb (University of Southampton), Dr. Chris Goatley (University of Southampton)
Funding Status: Funding is in competition with other projects and students
Description: Coral reef ecosystems are experiencing extreme ecological changes under the stress of climate change, threatening some of the most important biodiversity hotspots on Earth. The fossil record during ancient climate change intervals holds clues into what the future holds for coral reefs under the threat of climate change. More information...
Expiry Date: Wednesday, January 8, 2025
Institution: University of Southampton
Supervisor(s): Dr Richard Stockey (University of Southampton), Professor Clive Trueman (University of Southampton)
Funding Status: Funding is in competition with other projects and students
Description: Project overview
Marine ecosystems are under urgent threat from ocean warming, deoxygenation and acidification today. Earth has warmed (and cooled) many times before, with sustained warm periods that resemble worst-case-scenario predictions for modern climate change. In this project you will investigate the impacts of these climate extremes on marine ecosystems.
Project description More information...
Expiry Date: Wednesday, January 8, 2025
Institution: University of Birmingham
Supervisor(s): Prof. Kirsty Edgar (University of Birmingham), Prof. Richard Butler (University of Birmingham), Dr Jonathan Larwood (Natural England),
Joshua Smith (Natural England)
Funding Status: Funding is in competition with other projects and students
Description: Project highlights:
Study the nature, importance and relative value of the UK vertebrate fossil track record
Field- and lab-based project to develop skills in scientific description, recording and monitoring of vertebrate fossil track sites
Work closely with Natural England (the government advisor for the natural environment in England) to determine how best to conserve and manage vertebrate fossil track sites More information...
Expiry Date: Wednesday, January 8, 2025
Institution: University College London
Supervisor(s): Prof. Paul Bown, Prof. Philip Mannion, Dr Stephen Pates, Prof. Paul Upchurch, Prof. Bridget Wade, Department of Earth Sciences, UCL
Funding Status: Funding is in competition with other projects and students
Description: This is a fully funded 4 year PhD scholarship open to ethnic groups underrepresented in Earth Sciences that have UK/home fees status. The topic can be anything that falls under the remit of Earth Sciences and that fits with the research of academic staff in the department. Palaeontology in the department is wide-ranging, spanning vertebrate palaeontology, invertebrate palaeontology, and micropalaeontology, with five members of academic staff eligible as primary supervisors. More information...
Expiry Date: Saturday, February 1, 2025
