
HOW TO APPLY
All applicants to ACCE+ must complete an online application form. This form consists of questions that replace a traditional CV, questions about the project/s you are applying to, and the questions that make up the ACCE+ guided personal statement proforma. The personal statement proforma questions are designed to standardise this part of the application to minimise the difference between those who are given support and those who are not. The application form also asks Home candidates if they wish to be considered under ACCE+’s widening participation scheme.
Link to application details for University of Liverpool: ACCE+ DLA candidate application form – 2027/28 entry – University of Liverpool – Fill in form
A copy of all the questions is available here if you wish to view the questions before completing the online form.
Candidates should not submit a separate CV and cover letter or personal statement via email. CVs and cover letters or personal statements received by email will not be considered as part of your application.
Informal enquiries about the application process may be made to acce.dtp@liverpool.ac.uk.
Part-Time Study Options
All ACCE PhDs are available as part time or full time, with part time being a minimum of 50% of full time, unless stated otherwise in the advert.
Please see below for projects available for October 2027 entry
FACULTY OF HEALTH AND LIFE SCIENCES
Dr Francesco Del Carratore – https://www.findaphd.com/phds/project/acce-dla-programme-britain-s-soil-microbiome-atlas-disentangling-management-and-climate-drivers-of-below-ground-biodiversity/?p201262
Dr Hannah Rowland – https://www.findaphd.com/phds/project/acce-dla-programme-can-evolutionary-history-predict-which-aquatic-insects-are-most-vulnerable-to-climate-warming/?p201260
Professor Wayne Dawson – https://www.findaphd.com/phds/project/acce-dla-programme-enhancing-detections-of-invertebrates-to-improve-biosecurity-in-the-south-atlantic/?p201253
Dr Tin Hang Hung – https://www.findaphd.com/phds/project/acce-dla-programme-from-seed-to-stand-is-tree-planting-eroding-the-genetic-diversity-of-the-uk-s-native-trees/?p201252
Dr Caroline Millins – https://www.findaphd.com/phds/project/acce-dla-programme-optimising-landscape-restoration-and-management-to-maximise-biodiversity-and-minimise-tick-borne-pathogen-spill-over/?p201264
Dr Raj Whitlock – https://www.findaphd.com/phds/project/acce-dla-programme-the-response-of-a-species-rich-grassland-ecosystem-to-34-years-of-simulated-climate-change/?p201258
Dr Stewart Plaistow – https://www.findaphd.com/phds/project/acce-dla-programme-when-are-nanoplastics-dangerous-predicting-nanoplastic-risk-across-freshwater-landscapes/?p201209
Dr Jenny Hodgson – https://www.findaphd.com/phds/project/acce-dla-programme-when-is-a-plan-for-connectivity-under-climate-change-good-enough/?p201206
FACULTY OF SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
Dr Kennedy Edeye Osuka – https://www.findaphd.com/phds/project/acce-dla-programme-predatory-fish-declines-in-coral-reef-ecosystems-understanding-the-socio-ecological-implications/?p201267
Professor Nicoletta Leonardi – https://www.findaphd.com/phds/project/acce-dla-programme-coastal-salinization-and-its-ecosystem-socioeconomic-impacts-across-european-coastal-regions/?p201266
Dr Rachel Jeffreys – https://www.findaphd.com/phds/project/acce-dla-programme-benthic-pelagic-coupling-and-organic-matter-quality-in-the-clarion-clipperton-zone/?p201274
Professor Neil Macdonald – https://www.findaphd.com/phds/project/acce-dla-programme-can-we-quantify-the-benefits-of-natural-flood-management/?p201268
Professor John Wheeler – https://www.findaphd.com/phds/project/acce-dla-programme-how-on-earth-do-we-get-deformed-phenocrysts/?p201275
Dr Leo Clarke – https://www.findaphd.com/phds/project/acce-dla-programme-impacts-and-sustainability-of-small-scale-inshore-and-static-gear-fisheries/?p201276
Dr Andrew Hacket-Pain – https://www.findaphd.com/phds/project/acce-dla-programme-tree-carbon-investments-in-a-changing-climate-mycorrhizal-fungi-soils-and-beech-seed-masting/?p201272
Professor Kate Parr – https://www.findaphd.com/phds/project/acce-dla-programme-understanding-savanna-woody-encroachment-impacts-and-restoration/?p201270
