{"id":4113,"date":"2019-10-25T15:45:40","date_gmt":"2019-10-25T15:45:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/sac-news-events\/?p=4113"},"modified":"2019-10-25T15:45:40","modified_gmt":"2019-10-25T15:45:40","slug":"applications-open-for-three-new-phd-scholarships-at-dice-in-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/sac-news-events\/2019\/10\/25\/applications-open-for-three-new-phd-scholarships-at-dice-in-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Applications open for three new PhD Scholarships at DICE in 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Three PhD scholarships commencing in 2020 at the <a href=\"https:\/\/research.kent.ac.uk\/dice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology (DICE)<\/a> have been shortlisted for funding by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aries-dtp.ac.uk\/about-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ARIES\/NERC Doctoral Training Partnership<\/a>. The projects are as follows:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.findaphd.com\/phds\/project\/how-does-supplemental-feeding-effect-demography-and-reproductive-fitness-in-endangered-bird-species-on-mauritius\/?p113667\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>How does supplemental feeding effect demography and reproductive fitness in endangered bird species on Mauritius?<\/em><\/a> supervised by Professor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/anthropology-conservation\/people\/482\/groombridge-jim\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jim Groombridge<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.findaphd.com\/phds\/project\/after-the-gold-rush-vertebrate-communities-in-abandoned-gold-mines-and-implications-for-restoration\/?p113666\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>After the gold rush: verterbrate communities in abandoned goldmines and implications for restoration<\/em><\/a> supervised by Dr <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/anthropology-conservation\/people\/982\/bicknell-jake\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jake Bicknell<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.findaphd.com\/phds\/project\/patterns-and-process-in-population-trends-of-uk-herpetofauna\/?p113668\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Patterns and process in population trends of UK herpetofauna<\/em><\/a> supervised by Dr <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ceh.ac.uk\/staff\/nick-isaac\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nick Isaac<\/a> (Centre for Ecology and Hydrology) with Professor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/anthropology-conservation\/people\/481\/griffiths-richard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Richard Griffiths<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The successful students will receive a comprehensive training experience, covering a broad range of analytical skills including Bayesian statistical techniques for spatio-temporal modelling using citizen science data, as well as transferable skills including stakeholder engagement and knowledge exchange.<\/p>\n<p>There will be a two-stage interview process.\u00a0 The first round of interviews will take place on the 31<sup>st<\/sup> January 2020 at the University of Kent.\u00a0 Successful nominees will then participate in the second round of interviews, with the Aries panel, on 18<sup>th<\/sup>\/19<sup>th<\/sup> February 2020 (venue TBC).<\/p>\n<p><strong>The deadline for all applications is the 7th January 2020.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Full details of the funding and how to apply can be found on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/scholarships\/postgraduate\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Scholarships website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Please note: for all projects. students will need to apply for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/courses\/postgraduate\/276\/biodiversity-management\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">PhD in Biodiversity Management<\/a> at the University of Kent.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three PhD scholarships commencing in 2020 at the Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology (DICE) have been shortlisted for funding by the ARIES\/NERC Doctoral Training &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/sac-news-events\/2019\/10\/25\/applications-open-for-three-new-phd-scholarships-at-dice-in-2020\/\">Read&nbsp;more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40284,"featured_media":4114,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[159353,6599,124,70,6600],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/sac-news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4113"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/sac-news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/sac-news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/sac-news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/40284"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/sac-news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4113"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/sac-news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4113\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4117,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/sac-news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4113\/revisions\/4117"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/sac-news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4114"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/sac-news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/sac-news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4113"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/sac-news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}