CENTA – The Central England NERC Training Alliance

The Central England NERC Training Alliance (CENTA), is a consortium of research-intensive Universities and research institutes that are working together to provide excellence in doctoral research training in Earth and Environmental Sciences.

Apply Now FOR CSOS

Applications for our CENTA Science Opportunity Scholarships (CSOS) are now open.

Our partners

Find out more about the various institutions and Universities involved in our training programme.

Study with us

Explore all of our current opportunities and different research areas that you can study with us.

Training schedule

Our training includes lots of student support throughout and also a residential in the first year to help you prepare.

Our student stories

Martin Zilli

The Island Syndrome in Arthropods

Paul Oluwatimileyin Olatunji

Real-time tracking and monitoring of microplastics in the coastal environment

Morgan Phillips

How to build a photosynthetic cell: a role for chromosome structure

Charlie Theobald

Development and field testing of low cost, high accuracy sensors to enable “Citizen Science” monitoring of UK river systems

Nedim Sladić

Rebalancing the scales – using data-driven approaches for advancing hydrological cycle representation in a globally resolved energy balance climate model