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Child Health Research Summer Studentship Scheme
The CHR Summer Studentship Scheme for 2024 has yet to be confirmed/announced. Once/if confirmed, this webpage will be updated. Please check this page intermittently. Should we be able to recruit to the scheme this year, we hope to be able to annouce the details soon (from end of Feb/early March). Thank you for your patience.
Are you interested in undertaking a short research project this summer?
The Trustees of the Child Health Research CIO have funded the Summer Vacation Studentship Scheme since 2009.
Several studentships have been funded each year for undergraduate students studying science or medicine. The scheme provides a salary at the London Living Wage for a period of eight weeks.
Applicants should read the eligibility criteria before submitting an application. Only applicants meeting the eligibility criteria will be considered.
- Eligibility Criteria
You must be:
- studying a scientific subject relative to the aims of the UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, and be able to express a strong interest to study for a PhD in the future
- in your penultimate or final year of undergraduate study or in the pre-clinical years of clinical degrees
- undertaking your undergraduate degree in the UK
In addition:
- Applicants with no or little previous research experience will be given priority as it is felt that these students will benefit the most from this opportunity. The duration of previous research experience must be less than 4 weeks.
- Applicants must be on track to obtain a minimum of a 2.1 for their undergraduate degree.
These are research-based placements and it is not possible to fund the costs of overseas visits. The projects must be based entirely in the UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health (UCL GOS ICH). Travel and accommodation costs are not covered by the Scheme.
The Institute's areas of research are currently grouped into Research & Teaching Departments. Our laboratories are modern and well equipped and we also have excellent facilities for those carrying out research in non-laboratory subjects. You can find out more about the research carried out at ICH on our research pages.
The Institute is located in Guilford Street and the nearest tube station is Russell Square (Piccadilly Line) - map.
If you wish to be considered for a summer vacation studentship for work to be carried out in the Institute, please complete the following application form by Monday 20th February 2023:
Your application will be forwarded as appropriate for further consideration.
Reports provided by previous summer students.
Other Summer Placement Schemes
- In2research
- Health Data Science Black Internship Programme
- Wellcome Trust
- The Nuffield Foundation
- The Biochemical Society