Cambridge Earth Sciences Affiliates Programme

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By joining our Affiliates Programme, you can tap into a collaborative network spanning the entire University.

Professor Marie Edmonds

Head of Department

The Cambridge Earth Sciences Affiliates Programme (CESAP) brings academia and industry together to accelerate innovation, advance the future of Earth Science, and create impactful solutions to today’s environmental challenges.

We invite industry partners to join us in a collaboration tailored to your organisation’s goals, from sponsoring a PhD student to developing a joint research venture. 

Let’s collaborate

Whether you want to co-develop research, shape future talent or drive innovation, the Cambridge Earth Sciences Affiliates Programme (CESAP) offers a flexible and impactful way to engage. You’ll gain:

  • Access to Internationally-renowned geochemists, geophysicists, geologists, mathematicians, modellers and climate scientists.
  • Opportunities to create, protect and exploit intellectual property.
  • Access to data, state-of-the-art laboratories, modelling platforms and sample sets.
  • A pipeline of highly trained students at all levels.
  • Networking and insight‑sharing through focused workshops and events shaped by your interests.

Membership benefits

Membership of CESAP is tiered and flexible to suit your needs. Examples of the different opportunities to engage include:

  • Careers events connecting you with 4th‑year undergraduates, Master’s students and PhD researchers, alongside 30+ industry, government and third‑sector partners.
  • Student prizes and sponsorships to raise your profile and support community‑focused outreach.
  • Industrial PhD partnerships and Masters programmes giving direct access to emerging talent and research aligned to your challenges.
  • Internships  that bring fresh perspectives and early insight into potential recruits.
  • Specialist advice and facilities through consultancy, contract work and access to equipment.
  • Collaborative research projects, including joint funding and PhD sponsorships, enabling knowledge exchange and long‑term partnerships.
  • Centre or Institute funding, in full or in part, to advance knowledge, foster innovation and support new technologies and methodologies.

Please contact us to discuss how your partnership with CESAP could work: cesap@esc.cam.ac.uk.