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Career Opportunities
- PhD Position, University of Delft
- Research Associate in Climate Dynamics, Imperial College London, United Kingdom
- Research Associate in Climate Dynamics (SRM), Imperial College London, United Kingdom
- Grantham Fellow, Imperial College London, United Kingdom
- Postdoctoral Scholar, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, US
Funding Opportunities
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Education & Training Opportunities
Location: University of Washington, Seatle, WA, USA
Application Deadline: 15 April 2026
The University of Washington (UW) Program on Climate Change (PCC) seeks applications for a Postdoctoral Scholar to develop and conduct novel climate science research that would benefit from the expertise, cross-disciplinary interactions, and collaborative environment of the PCC community. Applicant research proposals should demonstrate relevance to the areas of climate system science and/or climate solutions, broadly defined.
PhD Position in African Precipitation Variability from Raindrop to Continental Scales
Location: Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
Application Deadline: 22 April 2026
The project “African convective systems in a changing climate (ANVIL)”, funded by the Dutch Research Council (NWO) and the Flemish Research Council (FWO), aims to address critical uncertainties in our understanding of rainfall systems over Equatorial East Africa (EEA) and how they may change in the future. It is a collaborative project between TU Delft, KU Leuven and Ghent University.
The successful PhD applicant will be involved in the work package “African precipitation variability from raindrop to continental scales”, led by TU Delft. Concretely, the successful PhD applicant will work on:
- Parameterizing rainfall variability from the micro-γ to the meso-β scale;
- Lagrangian properties of EEA rainfall for the period 1979 – 2025; (
- Eulerian properties of EEA rainfall for the period 1979 – 2025;
- Statistical rainfall analysis of EEA rainfall under warming, urbanisation and aerosol scenarios. This will provide unprecedented insights into factors affecting African rainfall and identify key areas for future model development.
Research Associate in Climate Dynamics
Location: Imperial College London, United Kingdom
Application Deadline: 13 May 2026
Applications are invited for a fully funded fixed-term position at the Research Associate (postdoc) level on understanding and constraining the transient climate response – the future amount of global warming on decadal timescales. The successful candidate will be part of a research project funded by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), led by Prof. Jonathan Gregory at the University of Reading. The post holder will be given opportunities to develop their own research interests relevant to the project aims.
Research Associate in Climate Dynamics
Location: Imperial College London, United Kingdom
Application Deadline: 13 May 2026
Applications are invited for a fully funded fixed-term position at the Research Associate (postdoc) level in understanding the global climate response to stratospheric perturbations from solar radiation management (SRM).
The successful candidate will be joining a multi-institution effort to better understand the potential impacts of solar geoengineering, funded by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC). Under Theme 1 of this project, a more nuanced understanding will be developed of the response of critical Earth systems to a selection of well-characterized SRM scenarios. The specific research objective will be to use climate modelling to assess the global climate impacts of stratospheric perturbations relevant not only to stratospheric aerosol injection but also to natural perturbations such as solar or volcanic forcing. Possible focus areas include climate feedbacks and the radiation budget, midlatitude dynamics, or coupled ocean–atmosphere climate.
Location: Imperial College London – The Grantham Institute for Climate Change, London, United Kingdom
Application Deadline: 8 May 2026
The mission of the Grantham Institute – Climate Change and the Environment, is to lead on world-class research, policy, training, and innovation that supports effective action on climate change.
The Grantham Institute is seeking to appoint a Research Fellow who will support this mission, undertaking research and teaching in climate science and/or climate impacts and adaptation.
The successful candidate will carry out, plan and lead an independent high-quality program of research in his/her area, with research contributing towards the Institute’s vision of a sustainable, resilient, zero-carbon future. The successful candidate will also lead on teaching of modules in his/her topic area on the Grantham Institute postgraduate taught courses and other educational programs.
Summer School on Runoff Predictions in Ungauged Basins
Dates: 22–26 June 2026
Location: Vienna, Austria
Application Deadline: 1 May 2026
This summer school is devoted to runoff prediction in ungauged basins (PUB), i.e., predicting water runoff at locations where no runoff data are available. This lack of data presents considerable challenges to catchment managers who require information on water flows for decision making. This course will provide hydrologists with the theory and methods to address this critical challenge.
Masters and Ph.D. students researching catchment hydrology and practicing hydrologists who are challenged by making predictions in the absence of runoff data are invited to apply.
