We are pleased to advertise the following fully funded PhD studentship opportunities in Cryospheric Science at the University of Edinburgh, starting in September/October 2027.

These studentships are available through the NERC-funded Edinburgh Earth, Ecology and Environment Engagement Doctoral Training Partnership (E5 DTP). Further information on the scheme, including eligibility, funding and application instructions, can be found here:

https://e5-dtp.ed.ac.uk/ 

The application deadline is 2 December 2026, 12 noon GMT.

As an E5 student, you will join a vibrant, multidisciplinary postgraduate community. The Cryosphere Research Group within Edinburgh's School of GeoSciences brings together researchers working across a wide range of cryosphere-related topics, from glacier and ice-sheet dynamics to polar oceans, sea ice and climate change.

PhD Projects:

1. How much ice is stored in the Antarctic periphery today?

Supervisors: Beatriz Recinos Rivas, Robert Bingham, Daniel Goldberg and Alison Cook.

https://e5-dtp.ed.ac.uk/project?item=1672 

2. Assessing the role of sea-ice decline and extreme events in iceberg calving in Antarctica

Supervisors: Bertie Miles, Robert Bingham and Anna Crawford.

https://e5-dtp.ed.ac.uk/project?item=1676 

3. Antarctic snow algae – consequences of lipid accumulation on photosynthesis and survival

Supervisors: Matthew Davey, Claudia Colesie and Peter Convey.

https://e5-dtp.ed.ac.uk/project?item=1780 

4. When glaciers, icebergs and oceans collide: modeling Greenland’s glacial fjords

Supervisors: Donald Slater, Peter Nienow, Tom Cowton

https://e5-dtp.ed.ac.uk/project?item=1892 

5. Ocean drivers and impacts of Antarctic sea ice variability

Supervisors: Channing Prend, Sebastiaan Swart, Sian Henley and Lois Baker.

https://e5-dtp.ed.ac.uk/project?item=1797 

We encourage prospective applicants to contact the lead supervisors directly to discuss the projects and application process.