NHM Explorers Programme

A programme based at the @NHM_London that supports and encourages people from racially marginalised backgrounds to pursue opportunities in the natural world.

[The Plant Initiative @Plant_Init]

Plant Humanities Summer Program (Jun 30-Jul 25, 2025 in person at @DumbartonOaks, Washington, DC). For grad students & advanced undergrads. Includes 2 additional weeks of virtual work (Jul 28-Aug 8). Travel expenses, + are covered. Apply by Feb 15, 2025. https://t.co/pNpUMq5fnd

[Claudia @ClaudiaBonfio]

PhD alert! I have two ERC-funded PhD positions to uncover the chemical origins of life! Starting date: October 2025. *UK fees only*. Projects described here: https://t.co/5UmA9hhT5X
Email me if interested - deadline (PhD in Biochemistry, Uni of Cambridge): January 7th!

[Adriano R. Lameira @lameira_adriano]

🚨 PhD Alert! 🚨
We’re seeking 2 motivated PhD students to explore the evolutionary origins of language through cutting-edge field research with wild orangutans. 🌍🐒
Please RT

📍 Based @WarwickPsych, w/ fieldwork in Sumatra (Indonesia)
📅 Apply now!
👉https://t.co/fUz5AGJjvg

[Dr. Mariana Madruga de Brito @m_de_Brito]

We are hiring 3 PhDs at the UFZ PhD Cohort SEESAW - Societal and environmental impacts of complex extremes in a changing world

I'll be supervising a project looking at the interactions of flood and drought impacts 💧🔆

Apply here until 31.01.25: https://t.co/pujfs2Knue

[Black British Book Festival @BBBookFestival]

💥NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR WRITERS, CREATIVES: More entries closing this December and early next year.

Check out these opportunities, jobs, prizes for writers, illustrators, artists and other Creatives.

Check if you're eligible and submit your applications before the deadlines. This could be the big break for you.🏆📚✨

Sign up to our newsletter for more early job notification! 🚀📬 https://t.co/rviiQTfaGW

#WritersOpportunity #CreativeExpressions #StayInformed #BlackBritishBookFestival

[Wellcome @wellcometrust]

We’re funding research to improve understanding of how fungi adapt to their environment.

💡 Duration: up to five years
💰 Level: up to £3 million
🗓 Deadline: 28 January 2025

Find out how to apply ⤵️
https://t.co/9BesDwUnJs

[PrimateSocietyGB @PrimateSociety]

Opportunity for students: applications for the Primate Conservation MSc/MRes at Oxford Brookes University are now open. For further details: https://t.co/42ozhr6HHa

[Min Chen @mmmmchen]

I’m at AGU for the whole week. If you are interested in a postdoc position on wildfires and earth system modeling, or a PhD student opportunity, come talking with me!

[Community Science at the Natural History Museum @NHM_CitSci]

Is it a bee? Is it a plane? 🐝✈️Join us in identifying the sounds you hear on #FlyTunes, and train machine-learning algorithms to isolate insect sounds from human-generated noise, to understand how insects cope in noisy environments! 📢https://t.co/eqv6FIIWBT… 📷Abigail Lowe

[Jonathan Sanderman @sandersoil]

Job alert! I'm looking for a new research assistant (2 yr initial funding) to supports lots of different #soilhealth and #soilcarbon projects at @WoodwellClimate. Please retweet (repost).

https://t.co/NhWsOIYcXp

[Animal behavior opps animalopps.bsky.social @AnimalOpps]

🚨Funded PhD opportunity🚨
Topic: The impact of anthropogenic noise on fitness-related behaviours, gene expression profiles, and gut microbiome in birds 🦅🦆🐓
University of Bielefeld, Germany
Learn more: https://t.co/1MtVi5gt12

[Vojtech Novotny @Liklikmasalai]

Exceptional opportunities: [1] 20 fully sponsored MPhil and MSc scholarships for PNG students at PNG universities, and [2] 20 research grants for PNG scientists. Both related to biodiversity (incl. agriculture & forestry), deadline 31 Dec 2024, details: https://t.co/YbgPLx5RdV

[Animal behavior opps animalopps.bsky.social @AnimalOpps]

🚨Research Assistant Alert 🚨
Title: Scientific Assistant: Behavior and Welfare at Chester Zoo
Learn more: https://t.co/QsOhrYWZNJ

[David Nogues-Bravo @Noguesbravo]

We are hiring: Postdoc opportunity: Drivers of biodiversity change across time

Join us in the ATEMPO project, led by @NMoruetaHolme to explore how climate and land use change influence biodiversity over time and shape ecosystems in Greenland/Denmark

https://t.co/WkiyScF4Jd

[Barnabas Daru @Barnabas_Daru]

🚨 Join the Daru Lab @Stanford for a 1-year postdoc in plant functional biogeography & macroecology! 🌿 Explore trait diversity, species distributions, & evolutionary processes using cutting-edge tools.
Apply by Dec 15, 2024
Start Jan 2025

Details/apply: https://t.co/IhJkzHx7Oa

[Mark Carine @mark_carine]

Fully-funded AHRC PhD studentship on 'Understanding ‘Place’ in Historical Botanical Collections: science, commerce, empire, and the early-modern herbarium'. Come and work on the Sloane Herbarium! For details, see: https://t.co/wzXTEAEXu2

[HistoryLab @IHRHistoryLab]

📢History Lab annual conference update!

We are thrilled to announce Neil Forbes as our keynote speaker for our annual conference in July 2025!

To find out more about Neil's research and our ongoing #cfp, please keep on reading...✍️📚🗓️📃(1/4)

[Physics of Life @PhysicsofLifeUK]

Registration is OPEN for Physics of Life 2025! 🌟 Explore biological physics, hear from top experts, and tackle big scientific challenges.
📅 Key Dates:
Early bird reg deadline: 21 Feb 2025
Final reg deadline: 14 Mar 2025
Secure your spot now: https://t.co/GhRS70w9MJ

[Remco Stam @EvoMPMI]

More opportunities!

Besides a PhD student (other post) we are looking for postdocs!

One on Quantitative Disease Resistance mechansims!
One on Population Genomics of barley pathogens!

The positions can start Feb 2025. For extremely well-fitting candidates can delay the date.

[Department of Plant Sciences Cambridge @camplantsci]

Job opportunities!

We are currently recruiting for the following roles:

* Collections & Digitisation Assistant
* Herbarium Collections Manager
* Research Assistant / Research Associate
* Research Laboratory Technician

Find out more and apply:

https://t.co/QQI5gQLXFr