REPS projects 2026

Projects for NERC -funded Research Experience Placements (REPs) 2026

The 7 projects open for applications are listed here. Please email dtp-admin@esc.cam.ac.uk if you have any problems opening the project details that you are interested in. 

For details on eligibility and applications, please see the REPs overview page. 

1. A quest for the imprint of ice cloud forming aerosol in Antarctica (Lead Supervisor: Markus Frey, British Antarctic Survey)

2. Carbon Flux in a Changing Arctic Landscape (Lead Supervisor: Marc Macias Fauria, Scott Polar Research Institute)

3. Insect conservation in agricultural landscapes (Lead Supervisor: Lynn Dicks, Department of Zoology)

4. Investigating how the depth uncertainty propagates through probabilistic seismic hazard models (Lead Supervisor: Alice Turner, Department of Earth Sciences)

5. Shell damage, repair and compensation in Antarctic limpets (Lead Supervisor: Liz Harper, Department of Earth Sciences)

6. Was 2025 a record-warm year for Antarctica? Assessing Antarctic mean temperature across datasets (Lead Supervisor: Thomas Caton Harrison, British Antarctic Survey)

7. How does artificial sea ice impact plankton dynamics? A modelling approach (Lead Supervisor: Nan Wu, British Antarctic Survey) 

Applications close on Friday 8th May 2026. 

Feedback from past REPs students

Read about the experiences of previous REPs students through the NERC C-CLEAR DTP and CREATES DLA

I've thoroughly enjoyed the experience and have learnt so much from Emily and her research team at the Department of Zoology. Before starting this internship, I thought that pursuing a career in academia would be quite daunting and truthfully, I lacked confidence in my abilities, but through meeting so many like-minded individuals who are passionate about palaeontology, it has shown to me that it is the passion and love for one's subject that will help them to succeed in research. I have felt so inspired and have grown to love the strange and enigmatic fossils of the Ediacaran! A highlight of the internship was going to see some of the Ediacaran specimens in-situ at Bradgate Park in Charnwood Forest and the magnificent casts at the New Walk Museum in Leicester (including that of the newly described Auroralumina attenboroughii)!

I have really enjoyed my time at Cambridge and am very grateful for the opportunity to have worked with a such a great team.

I am so grateful for the opportunity to have worked with the archives at SPRI. It has been enlightening to experience the inner workings of the environmental research process and learn from experts in the field. I am excited to practice the skills I have gained in my own research journey and feel deeply inspired to contribute to polar research in the future!