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. 

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

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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.