The Central England NERC Training Alliance (CENTA), is a consortium of research-intensive Universities and research institutes that are working together to provide excellence in doctoral research training in Earth and Environmental Sciences.
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Applications for our CENTA Science Opportunity Scholarships (CSOS) are now open.
Our partners
Find out more about the various institutions and Universities involved in our training programme.
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Explore all of our current opportunities and different research areas that you can study with us.
Training schedule
Our training includes lots of student support throughout and also a residential in the first year to help you prepare.
Our student stories
Hannah Bird
Fish like it hot? Response of fish and shark communities to abrupt past global warming
Gemma Shaw
Contaminants in saprolite: an overlooked hotspot of environmental concern?
Jenny Shepherd
Using time series satellite imagery to monitor the response of forests to climate change
Rachel Calder
Role of fungal communities in carbon and nutrient cycling in forest soils under elevated atmospheric CO2 concentrations
Matteo Battini
Dining after the dinosaurs? Dietary diversity and niche partitioning in Palaeocene mammals