At OSRL, we recognise the need to push the boundaries of oil spill science through targeted research that brings advances in response capability, decision-making tools, and furthering our knowledge on socio-economic and environmental issues. Working closely with oil spill research projects ensures that an element of "operational realism" is injected into those studies to produce outputs with more direct relevance and application to advance the boundaries of future spill response techniques, capability, and knowledge.
Over the last 10 years, we have developed our “Bridging Science to Response” programme, and we are pleased to further advance this initiative by announcing the availability of two new scholarship programmes for 2025:
- A 50% match-funded 4-year PhD scholarship for qualifying institutes to the sum of £60K starting in 2026. Further details and the application process can be found here.
- A 1-year MSc funded scholarship to the sum of £10,000 for either October 2025 or January 2026 start. Further details and the application process can be found here.
Research topics include new/alternative fuels response solutions, LSFO behaviour, new marine dispersant formulations and their shelf life/performance, herder behaviour, novel remote sensing protocols, AI application in spill response, and a host of other topics detailed in the linked documents above.
We invite applications from motivated and passionate research groups who are eager to contribute to the field of oil spill response through innovative research.
Please submit your proposals by 31st July for review.
