The Earth Sciences department of Durham University, UK invites applications for >30 PhD projects across all Earth Science disciplines. Please see here for a list of detailed project descriptions. Funding for several studentships are available through a competitive process from:

– Durham Doctoral Studentship Awards (full awards open to outstanding candidates from the UK, EU and overseas, application deadline: Thursday, 15th January, 2015),
– NERC Oil/Gas CDT (full awards open to UK and EU residents, application deadline: Saturday 31st January 2015),
– NERC IAPETUS DTP (full awards open to UK residents, application deadline: Monday, 2nd February 2015).

Applications need to be submitted via our online application form. For more information, see http://www.dur.ac.uk/earth.sciences/postgraduate/.