Dear colleagues, I would be very grateful if you could pass on the following opportunity to your undergraduate students: Me and my colleagues are pleased to advertise an STFC-funded PhD studentship in planetary science, to begin in autumn 2026, in the School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, UK. A single studentship is available and will be awarded competitively. Applicants may choose from the following four projects: 1 | Benchmarking major element isotopic compositions of chondritic meteorites Supervisors: Tim Elliott, Ian Parkinson, Isaac Onyett, Kathryn Shaw & Chris Coath 2 | Exploring Saturn and Titan’s atmosphere with infrared spectroscopy from the Cassini spacecraft Supervisors: Nick Teanby & Jessica Irving 3 | The deep interior of Mars Supervisors: Oliver Lord, Jessica Irving & Bob Myhill 4 | An embarrassment of riches: reconciling our solar system’s platinum problem Supervisors: Oliver Lord, Ian Parkinson & Kathryn Shaw Deadline to apply: 25 February 2026, 14:00 GMT Additional project details can be found here: https://www.bristol.ac.uk/earthsciences/postgraduate/research-projects/ Apply online here: https://www.bristol.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/research/earth-sciences/ (Please select Geology (PhD) as the programme in the online application system.) Many thanks in advance for sharing this opportunity. All the best, Oliver Lord Head of Petrology School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol [https://raw.githubusercontent.com/olivertlord/email-signature-images/main/oliver_photo_180.png] [https://raw.githubusercontent.com/olivertlord/email-signature-images/main/olivertlord_qr_180.png] Oliver Thomas Lord Head of Petrology | University of Bristol, School of Earth Sciences phone: +44 (0)7939 904629<tel:+447939904629> address: Room G40, Wills Memorial Building, Queen's Road, Bristol, BS8 1RJ linktree: https://linktr.ee/olivertlord