The PlantDEvo lab aims to be a welcoming and supportive community of researchers, committed to training and mentoring the future generations of plant scientists.
If you are fascinated by the diversity of plant forms and interested in exploring the developmental and evolutionary mechanisms that underpin it, consider joining us!
Current Opportunities
Open positions are usually advertised on the University of Bristol website: UoB vacancies
Graduate opportunities
Potential students should have plenty of enthusiasm for the mysteries of plant shape diversity and a background in biology with a focus on development, evolution or plant biology.
Competitively funded PhD positions are advertised annually through the SWBiosciences Doctoral Training Partnership between October and December.
We also welcome applications from students who have or are looking to apply for their own funding. Email Beatriz (beatriz.goncalves@bristol.ac.uk) your CV and a short statement of your research interests and career goals to discuss these opportunities.
- Entry requirements for the School of Biological Sciences postgraduate programme
- Information for international students
Funding opportunities may be available through the following schemes:
- Zutshi-Smith Scholarship (UoB)
- China Scholarship Council Scholarships
- Women in STEM Scholarships (British Council)
- Lady Emily Smyth MRes Studentships (UoB)
- Commonwealth Scholarships
- Postgraduate Student Awards for US Citizens (Fulbright Commission)
Postdoc opportunities
Outside of funded positions occasionally advertised above, we welcome spontaneous applications from early career researchers interested in applying for postdoctoral fellowships. Provided your research idea fits the general research interests of the lab, we would be happy to mentor you through your applications.
Email Beatriz (beatriz.goncalves@bristol.ac.uk) to discuss this, including your CV and a brief description of your research interests and career development plans.
Some sources of funding which you may consider to support your research can be found below:
- Newton International Fellowships (Royal Society) – open to non-UK applicants
- Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (europa.eu) – open to EU citizens
- Postdoctoral Fellowships (Human Frontier Science Program) – open to applicants worldwide
- Postdoctoral Fellowships (EMBO) – open to applicants worldwide
- Life Sciences Research Foundation – open to US citizens
- Early Career Fellowships (Leverhulme) – open to applicants in the UK
- Branco Weiss Fellowship