Vacation Studentships
Most deadlines for application are in February/March. The following organisations offer funding for vacation studentships. Further organisations may be found at the HEA website.Studentships within Oxford
BBSRC Vacation Research Bursary
Competition for Studentships to be held at laboratories associated with the Centre for Systems Biology 2011 & 2012. Contact Professor J Armitage. Closing date April/May.
Lister Summer Vacation Studentship
Open to students wishing to work with previous Lister Fellows In the Biochemistry Department . Contact Prof. Ilan Davis, Dr Rob Klose or Prof. Judith Armitage.
http://www.lister-institute.org.uk/studentships.html
Departmental Summer Vacation Studentship
Open to students registered for an M. Biochem in Oxford wishing to work in a laboratory in the Department of Biochemistry. Further Information
Oxford Cancer Research Centre (OCRC)
Closing date 26 April 2013
British Heart Foundation Summer Internship.
Available to work on cardiac biochemistry/physiology at the BHF Centre of Research Excellence in Oxford. Contact Professor Kieran Clarke, Dept of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics.
www.cardioscience.ox.ac.uk/bhf-centre/funding-opportunities/vacation-studentships
Weatherall Institute for Molecular Medicineand Nuffield Department of Medicine
http://www.imm.ox.ac.uk/students/studentships
http://www.ndm.ox.ac.uk/graduate-studies
Some Colleges offer funding for laboratory work in the summer vacation
e.g. Brasenose, Magdalen, St Anne’s. Apply via the Senior Tutor.
Studentships at Research Institutes in the UK
Cancer Research UK, London
For further information and to apply online visit the website:
http://www.london-research-institute.org.uk/jobs-education/summer-students.
Closing date 18th February 2013
Institute of Cancer Research (London)
Closing date TBA
MRC Clinical Sciences Centre, Imperial College, London
http://www.csc.mrc.ac.uk/Jobs/SummerStudentships/Undergraduate
National Institute for Medical Research, Mill Hill
http://www.nimr.mrc.ac.uk/summer-studentships
John Innes Centre, Norwich
http://www.jic.ac.uk/students/undergrad_bursaries.html
Studentships from UK institutions
(* Potential Supervisor must be member of the society)
Biochemical Society Summer Studentships*
http://www.biochemistry.org/education/vacation.htm
closing date 13th February 2013
The Genetics Society Summer Studentships*
www.genetics.org.uk/page/2717/Genes-and-Development-summer-studentships.html
closing date 15th March 2013
Biology Undergraduate Research Bursaries Programme
(Nuffield Foundation /Society of Biology)
http://www.societyofbiology.org/education/hei/urb
Closing date 15th February 2013
The Physiological Society Vacation Studentship Scheme*
http://www.physoc.org/undergraduate-vacation-studentship-scheme
closing date 1st April 2013
The Society for General Microbiology*
http://www.sgm.org.uk/grants/vs.cfm
Closing date 15th February 2013
Wellcome Trust
http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/funding/Biomedical-science/Funding-schemes/PhD-funding-and-undergraduate-opportunities/index.htm
Closing date 15th February 2013.
Studentships outside the UK
Amgen studentships (Stockholm/Munich/Cambridge)
http://www.amgenscholars.eu/about_amgen_scholars/host_universities/europe_program
University of Zurich/ETH Zurich
http://www.biologie.uzh.ch/Studium/Studiengang/UndergraduateSummerSchool.html
Grenoble
Project on Molecular Dynamics and modelling. Contact Dr Sylvia McLain in the Dept of Biochemistry, Oxford.
ERASMUS placements
http://ec.europa.eu/education/erasmus/doc892_en.htm
USA placements
Howard Hughes Medical Centre
http://www.janelia.org/student-programs
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
http://www.cshl.edu/education/urp
http://www.asbmb.org/summerresearchprogram/Landing.aspx
Other Vacation Placements