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.
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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
Claire Richards
Tracing the source of Brazil nut contamination using advanced mass spectrometric methods
Rebecca Coulson
Investigating the Earth’s upper atmosphere using the EISCAT_3D radar
Azura Farrell-Mcleod
Quantum Driven Technologies for Sustainable Water Treatment
Chris Knight
Using weather patterns and AI to understand crop yield variability and prediction
Hanqi Zuo
Towards the next generation probabilistic flood forecasting system for the UK
Lavinia Toso
Supporting the Montreal Protocol: monitoring long-lived halogenated species with atmospheric nadir sounders