INSPIRE Doctoral Training Program (Research)

Join the University of Southampton, a global top 100* research-intensive university, and enhance your skills with INSPIRE - the Interdisciplinary Southampton Partnership for Investigators Researching the Environment.

INSPIRE aims to equip environmental scientists to excel in their chosen field, to thrive in interdisciplinary research teams, to apply cutting edge technology to environmental research, and to act as ambassadors of global environmental issues to industry and society. It will train students in research, professional and transferable skills within world-leading research teams to enable them to develop as future leaders.

The main scientific themes of INSPIRE are:

1. Oceans and climate
2. The dynamic Earth
3. Interaction of organisms with the global environment.

*QS World University Rankings 2025

In addition to developing their own research project addressing a key current environmental problem, INSPIRE students benefit from a range of development opportunities throughout the programme, commencing with the induction programme which will be undertaken by the whole cohort at the National Oceanography Centre campus in Southampton. See website for more details.

You'll need to demonstrate satisfactory progress at the end of each year. Your supervisor will complete an annual report that takes into account how you have progressed against your agreed targets, which include training and development activities.