Environmental science is at the heart of our most pressing societal challenges: climate change and the need for secure energy; biodiversity loss in the context of food production and land use pressures; natural and climate-induced hazards in the face of growing vulnerability.
The Cambridge Research Experience and Advanced Training for Environmental Scientists (CREATES) NERC Doctoral Landscape Award (DLA) unites the University of Cambridge and the British Antarctic Survey as hosts for PhD training and projects, working with a wide range of collaborative partners. Its aim is to nurture and train environmental scientists from a variety of backgrounds, creating diverse cohorts of interdisciplinary, problem-solving environmental science postgraduates qualified to take up a broad spectrum of careers. DLA is the new terminology for Doctoral Training Partnerships (DTPs), and CREATES is our new programme, which will take in 5 cohorts of students. It follows on from C-CLEAR which has recruited 6 cohorts of students. Various departments of the University of Cambridge, as well as the British Antarctic Survey, are eligible as hosts for students.