The projects below have been previously open for applications:
These CENTA funded PhD were being offered in the School of Environment, Earth and Ecosystem Sciences:
OU3 - Tracing the dispersal of extremophiles within geothermal aerosols in Iceland
OU11 - Carbon monoxide-fuelled life in saline environments
OU12 - After the dust has settled: The post-impact hydrothermal system at Rochechouart impact crater and implications for Early Earth
This OU funded PhD was being offered in the School of Environment, Earth and Ecosystem Sciences:
OU 15 - A deep dive into biogeochemical cycling in Icelandic Hot Springs
These OU funded PhD were being offered in the School of Physical Sciences:
PS2: From Warm and Wet to Cold and Dry on Mars: Ancient Environments as Seen from a Rover Perspective
PS9: Signatures of organic-salt-ice interactions in the plumes of Enceladus and other icy moons
This OU funded PhD was being offered in the Law School
LAW02 - Whose Commons is it Anyway? Environmental Authority and the Development of Space Law
This UKSA funded PhD was being offered in the School of Environment, Earth and Ecosystem Sciences:
OU22 – How to Find Life on Mars: Investigating biological potential and putative biosignature formation
Two new research papers are offering insights into both the search for life beyond the Earth and the future of human activity on the Moon.