Applications are invited for one or more full time PhD (via MPhil) studentships in Astrophysics (including Solar Physics) in the Jeremiah Horrocks Institute, at the University of Central Lancashire in Preston. The studentships are tenable for 3.5 years full-time (subject to satisfactory progress) and will cover the cost of tuition fees at UK rates together with a maintenance grant (£15,285 per year 2020/21 rates) for eligible applicants.… continue to the full article
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Call for GNOSIS PhD Studentships Extended
We are pleased to announce that the call for applications for 40% funded PhD studentships to support collaboration between academia and the commercial sector has been extended until 1st of March 2021. These studentships are aimed at translating science, technology, or expertise from the STFC science programme towards understanding and solving problems related to space sustainability.… continue to the full article
4 Fully-funded PhD Opportunities (Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK) *** deadline 7 January 2021 ***
Please find below 4 fully-funded PhD adverts in the areas of Solar Physics and Magnetosphere, Ionosphere and Solar-Terrestrial (MIST), for PhD opportunities within the Solar Physics research group at Northumbria University (Newcastle upon Tyne, UK). The Solar Physics group is a large and successful research group, and our long-term programme is to understand all aspects of the solar-terrestrial connection.… continue to the full article
Funded PhD positions at Aberystwyth University – closing date January 29th 2021
The Solar System Physics research group within the Physics Department of Aberystwyth University seeks high-quality candidates for 3-yr funded PhD projects in the field of Solar System Physics. The group has particular strengths in modelling and observational analysis of the solar atmosphere and solar wind.… continue to the full article
4 Fully-funded PhD Opportunities (Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK) *** new flexible start date ***
*** Note there is a new flexible start date (Ideally 1st June 2021, but there is flexibility for an earlier or a later start date) ***
Please find below 4 fully-funded PhD adverts in the areas of Solar Physics and Magnetosphere, Ionosphere and Solar-Terrestrial (MIST), for PhD opportunities within the Solar Physics research group at Northumbria University (Newcastle upon Tyne, UK).… continue to the full article
4 Fully-funded PhD Opportunities (Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK)
Please find below 4 fully-funded PhD adverts in the areas of Solar Physics and Magnetosphere, Ionosphere and Solar-Terrestrial (MIST), for PhD opportunities within the Solar Physics research group at Northumbria University (Newcastle upon Tyne, UK). The Solar Physics group is a large and successful research group, and our long-term programme is to understand all aspects of the solar-terrestrial connection.… continue to the full article
PhD Opportunities in Space Physics at Imperial College London 2021
The Space & Atmospheric Physics Group at Imperial College London is now receiving applications for admission to our Space Physics PhD programme in October 2021. The following projects are on offer this academic year. Applicants are encouraged to contact potential supervisors in advance.… continue to the full article
PhD Studentships at the University of Warwick
The Astronomy & Astrophysics Group at the University of Warwick is recruiting PhD candidates to start in October 2021. All applications must be submitted by January 15th 2021, 12:00 pm GMT.
Available projects include:
-Stellar Variability and Exoplanet Characterisation (Supervisor: Heather Cegla)
-Extrasolar planetesimal belts (Supervisor: Grant Kennedy)
-The Population of Compact Double White Dwarf Binary Stars (Supervisor: Tom Marsh)
-Remnants of planetary systems around white dwarfs (Supervisor: Boris Gänsicke)
-Stellar and planet formation history across the disk and halo of the Milky Way (Supervisor: Pier-Emmanuel Tremblay)
-Exoplanet atmospheres at high spectral resolution and simulation of future observations of bio-markers (Supervisor: Matteo Brogi)
Further details on how to apply and the available, and potential, projects can be found here: https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/physics/research/astro/postgraduate/.… continue to the full article
PhD position at the University of Geneva, Switzerland
The University of Geneva invites applications for an SNSF-funded PhD student position in Solar Physics and Machine Learning. The project consists of analyzing observations from the satellites IRIS, SDO, Kepler, and/or TESS with the option of applying for additional state-of-the-art observations at the largest solar telescopes worldwide (DKIST, GREGOR, SST).… continue to the full article
STFC-funded PhD position at the University of Sheffield – closing date October 30th 2020
The Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering at the University of Sheffield, has a STFC funding for three years PhD studentship in the research areas relevant to space science (including space weather) and solar physics. The studentship provides UKRI fees and stipend for up to 3.5 years and a RTSG of £4,300 (across the award) as well as a fieldwork allowance
The particular research topics and corresponding academic points of contact are:
– physics of collisionless shocks (research related to Cluster (ESA), Solar Orbiter (ESA), MMS (NASA) and THEMIS (NASA) spacecraft missions).… continue to the full article