The MarieCurie Excellent Training Network PRIDE (Drivers of Pontocaspian biodiversity Rise and Demise) is seeking to recruit 15 Early Stage Researchers (ESRs) to be hosted in ten top institutes across Germany, the Netherlands, Romania and the United Kingdom. The PRIDE programme offers a unique opportunity to engage deeply in multidisciplinary research involving climate, geology and biosciences. The work involves considerable fieldwork in collaboration with leading institutes in Russia, Azerbaijan, Ukraine and Turkey.