Funder
UK Space Agency, GB: Mars Exploration Science - Studentships
Added date
13/04/2023
Closing date
01/06/2023
Call summary
The UK has made a major investment into ESA’s Exploration Programme and the UK Space Agency wishes to secure the benefits from this investment. Exploration covers the regions where humans do, or may, in the near future, live and work, namely Low Earth Orbit, the Moon, and Mars.
The UK Space Agency is therefore making PhD studentship funding available to support the development of a new generation of Mars researchers within the UK academic community by providing funding for:
PhD projects which utilise data from Mars exploration missions (including ESA’s Trace Gas Orbiter, NASA’s Insight lander, Perseverance, and other Mars exploration missions), or;
PhD projects which underpin future Mars exploration missions. This can include supporting science operations of current rover missions.
A limited number of doctoral scholarships may be allocated to international students.
Scientific scope
Spacecraft, Shuttles & Probes; Universe Sciences
PI eligibility
UK students undertaking a PhD will each be eligible for a fixed sum scholarship of £100,000 for up to 48 months of full-time doctoral study.