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Undergraduate Summer Vacation Bursaries
Many laboratories at JIC welcome undergraduates to work on research projects during the summer vacation. Students typically work in a laboratory for around eight weeks during the summer vacation. This provides an excellent opportunity to gain first hand research experience in an internationally respected laboratory and is particularly useful for undergraduates who may be considering taking up a PhD studentship after they graduate. The ideal time for this experience is during the summer vacation following the second year of an undergraduate course.
Summer student placements
In 2010 the John Innes Centre and the Sainsbury Laboratory are launching a new Summer placements programme that will provide students with a unique opportunity to spend the summer working in one of these two prestigious research centres . Enhance your career, find out more. Recruitment onto this course will be limited to 15 students so you may also wish to consider applying for an individual Vacation bursary (see below).
Other Vacation Bursary Schemes
For these schemes potential applicants should contact a JIC Project Leader working in an area of interest to them to enquire if that laboratory has any suitable research projects. The student can then work together with the prospective supervisor to apply for appropriate funding.
Applications should ideally be made in January/February for positions the following summer. Most schemes have closing dates in February or March and they usually require a joint application by the student and the prospective supervisor. There are a number of sources of possible funding listed below.
Sainsbury Undergraduate Studentships (closing date 28th February)
Students with an interest in plant science, and studying at universities with nominated Gatsby Mentors, can seek the mentor's nomination to apply for a Sainsbury Undergraduate Studentship. Eight of these are offered each year. See www.gatsbyplants.leeds.ac.uk/careers/careers_2G.html for details.
Society of General Microbiology (closing date 19th February)
www.socgenmicrobiol.org.uk/grants/vs.cfm
Biochemical Society (closing date 12th February)
www.biochemsoc.org.uk/education/vacation.htm
Genetics Society (closing date 31st March)
http://www.genetics.org.uk/page/2717/Genes-and-Development-summer-studentships.html
British Society for Plant Pathology (closing date 1st April)
http://www.bspp.org.uk/funds/vacation.php
Wellcome Trust Biomedical Vacation Scholarships (closing date 15th February)
http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/Funding/Biomedical-science/Grants/Undergraduate-support/WTD004448.htm