As part of our long-term research commitments to the sector, IAFRI will work to safeguard and grow the specialist skills base needed to sustain a vibrant agri-food sector in the UK.  IAFRI achieves this by running a Doctoral Training Programme, recruiting 6 PhD students per-year. You can read testimonials from past and current IAFRI students on the benefits of studying with IAFRI here.

Current Studentship opportunities

PhD Studentship - Investigating the impact of host species and varietal resistance on the evolution of plant viruses - Neil Boonham, Adrian Fox, John Walshaw

Start date: 19/09/2024

Application closing date: 07/02/2024

PhD Studentship - Building belowground invertebrate trophic networks for soil health monitoring using metagenomics and ecoacoustics - Jordan Cuff, James Kitson, Darren Evans, Larissa Collins, Carlos Abrahams

Start date: 01/10/2024

Application closing date: 07/02/2024

PhD Studentship - A targeted enzymatic treatment for control of Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris, the cause of black rot of brassicas - Fiona Cuskin, Joana Vicente

Start date: September 2024

Application closing date: 07/02/2024

PhD Studentship - Unravelling the effects of manure and fertilizer treatments on grassland soils and yield: 125 years of the Palace Leas experiment - Darren Evans, Rati Bell, Sharon Zytynska, Alison Bennett

Start date: 16/09/2024

Application closing date: 07/02/2024

PhD Studentship - Food safety risks associated with pets fed raw diets in the clinical environment - K. Marie McIntyre, Emiline Quill, Jenny Stavisky

Start date: 16/09/2024

Application closing date: 07/02/2024

PhD Studentship - Scoping the way toward improved urban biodiversity and natural capital using local authority data - Femke van den Berg, Curtis McKnight, Dalton Baltazar, Elisa Lopez-Capel

Start date: 16/09/2024

Application closing date: 07/02/2024

PhD Studentship - Insect frass in sustainable horticulture and agriculture – the way forward - Maureen Wakefield, Charles Brakspear, Elisa Lopez-Capel

Start date: 16/09/2024

Application closing date: 07/02/2024

PhD Studentship - Smart Materials for Equipment-Free Surveillance of Plant Viruses and Viral Vectors - Thomas Howard, Jem Stach, Jenny Tomlinson, Adrian Fox

Start date: September 2024

Application closing date: 07/02/2024

PhD Studentship - Entrepreneurial Ventures in Soil Health, Land Use, and Natural Capital: Strategic Decision-Making for Sustainable Soil and Land Management - Darren Evans, Glyn Jones, Alex Setchfield

Start date: September 2024

Application closing date: 29/02/2024