61 verified environmental science scholarships & phd positions for 2026–2027 are open right now, concentrated in United Kingdom and Netherlands. The soonest deadline is 27 October 2026 — closing-soon entries are flagged in the list. Hosted by University of Sheffield, Utrecht University and Wageningen University & Research. Listings are re-verified daily against official sources.
University of Sheffield · United Kingdom
This Sheffield ECOSOLUTIONS doctorate investigates how behavioural interventions can reduce pollution from residents’ domestic activities. It combines evidence synthesis with experimental evaluation.
University of Sheffield · United Kingdom
This Sheffield ECOSOLUTIONS doctorate studies interactions between legacy pollution and agricultural management. Black carbon and heavy metals are examined alongside contemporary farming chemicals.
University of Sheffield · United Kingdom
This Sheffield ECOSOLUTIONS project uses mathematical models to investigate how interactions between species alter the biodiversity effects of chemical exposure. Terrestrial ecological communities are a particular focus.
Monash University - Ghedini Lab · Australia
The Ghedini Lab at Monash University is recruiting a PhD candidate to study how organismal physiology underpins community stability in marine phytoplankton. Part of the international ReDiLEEP Doctoral Network. Fully funded Monash PhD scholarship. Deadline: 30 October 2026. Applicants must apply separately for and obtain a Monash PhD scholarship; funding is not automatically attached to this project.
Wageningen University & Research · Netherlands
Wageningen is recruiting a PhD researcher to study the economics of native-species production and rural development in Brazil’s Cerrado. The project focuses on livelihoods, biodiversity and value chains in the MATOPIBA region. Applicants can apply without IELTS or TOEFL - English is assessed through the interview, and advanced Portuguese is mandatory for the Brazil fieldwork.
Leiden University · Netherlands
Leiden University advertises a PhD candidate position in the research project 'Entangled with Seaweed', working on case studies in Scotland. The project, funded through the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO Open Competition), takes an ethnographic approach to the emerging seaweed economy: how coastal communities, industries and regulators in Scotland negotiate the cultivation, harvesting and governance of seaweed, and what this reveals about changing relations between marine resources, livelihoods and environmental policy.
Leiden University advertises a PhD candidate position in the research project 'Entangled with Seaweed', working on case studies in South Africa. Within the NWO Open Competition-funded programme, this line of the project studies the South African seaweed sector ethnographically: the people whose livelihoods depend on seaweed harvesting and farming, the regulatory landscape governing marine resource access, and the social and ecological entanglements that shape how the seaweed economy develops.
Utrecht University · Netherlands
Utrecht University invites applications for a PhD position within the CUE-CAN project on the environmental causes of childhood and early-onset cancer. The project studies how environmental exposures early in life relate to the risk of childhood and early-onset cancers, using large-scale registries, geospatial exposure data and modern epidemiological methods.
University of Sheffield · United Kingdom
This Sheffield ECOSOLUTIONS project investigates whether an exhibition about river pollution can change household behaviours. It builds on the Confluence for Change materials from the ECOMIX project.
University of Sheffield · United Kingdom
This Sheffield ECOSOLUTIONS project considers how chemical regulation might remain effective across changing social, economic and environmental conditions. It uses futures analysis rather than assuming one predicted outcome.
Uppsala University · Sweden
The Department of Earth Sciences at Uppsala University invites applications for a PhD student position in geophysics. Uppsala operates one of the longest-running geoscience programmes in Europe, and its geophysics activities span solid-Earth geophysics, geophysical imaging of subsurface structure, and studies of crustal processes combining seismic, potential-field and electromagnetic methods with quantitative modelling.
TU Delft invites applications for a PhD position on indoor thermal natural variation for heat resilience, within the NWO-funded Nature 4 Homes programme. Conventional comfort standards assume near-uniform indoor temperatures, yet naturally ventilated homes show large spatial and temporal variation during heatwaves - variation that may actually be tolerable, or even beneficial, when managed well.
University of Twente · Netherlands
This ITC doctorate develops spatial-statistical methods for combining IoT measurements, remote sensing and field observations to understand diseases in tree crops. Cocoa farms in Ghana provide a central application.
Cranfield University · United Kingdom
Cranfield University is offering an EPSRC-supported doctorate on how legumes affect nitrogen availability in regenerative arable rotations. The research connects soil processes with crop performance and greenhouse-gas mitigation.
Uppsala University · Sweden
Employed PhD position in limnology at Uppsala University (ref UFV-PA 2026/2846): process-based modelling of phytoplankton succession in lakes. Deadline: 25 November 2026.
Wageningen University & Research · Netherlands
Wageningen University & Research is investigating how moss traits influence fire ignition in peatlands and tundra. The doctorate connects plant ecology with the changing fire vulnerability of high-latitude ecosystems. Applicants can apply without IELTS - selection is based on documents and an English interview, not a test certificate.
Wageningen University & Research · Netherlands
Wageningen University & Research invites applications for a PhD position on the link between mountains, downstream agriculture and ecosystems globally. The project studies how mountain processes, from water supply to sediment and nutrient flows, shape agricultural systems and ecosystem outcomes far downstream, and how these connections change under climate and land-use pressure.
TU Delft invites applications for a PhD position on natural building skins for heat resilience, part of the NWO-funded Nature 4 Homes research programme. As heatwaves intensify, Dutch and European housing needs envelope solutions that keep homes safe without relying entirely on mechanical cooling.
Eindhoven University of Technology · Netherlands
Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) invites applications for a PhD on natural visual patterns, mental wellbeing and overheating resilience. The project studies how natural visual patterns in the built environment relate to human wellbeing, and how these insights can be combined with overheating-resilience strategies as cities adapt to heat.
TU Delft · Netherlands
The ERC ICE-FLOE project examines small-scale interactions between ocean turbulence and sea ice. Its goal is to improve how melting and fragmentation are represented in climate simulations. Applicants can apply without IELTS - selection is based on documents and an English interview, not a test certificate.
Utrecht University · Netherlands
Utrecht University invites applications for a PhD position reconstructing the historic landscape developments of Zeeland, the Dutch delta province shaped by centuries of floods, land reclamation and coastal engineering. The project integrates historical-geographical sources, cartographic material and landscape data to reconstruct how Zeeland's land and water systems evolved over the centuries.
University of Sheffield · United Kingdom
This Sheffield ECOSOLUTIONS doctorate develops optical sensors for continuous environmental chemical monitoring. Dissolved copper provides the initial case study.
University of Canterbury · New Zealand
This Canterbury project develops data-driven models of braided river morphodynamics. Hosted by University of Canterbury in Christchurch. Apply by 27 October 2026.
Stockholm University · Sweden
The Stockholm Resilience Centre invites applications for a PhD student position in sustainability science. The Centre, part of Stockholm University's Faculty of Science, is internationally known for research on resilience thinking, planetary boundaries and the governance of social-ecological systems.