Biosciences Undergraduate Summer Research Studentships

Studentships are available for students in their penultimate year of study, providing experience of a research environment and training.

We are very pleased to announce that applications are now being taken for the UG Biosciences summer research studentships. The deadline for submission is 5pm on 12 May 2025. Following a generous donation to Life Sciences, a number of studentships are available for students in their penultimate year of study, providing experience of a research environment and training.   

Who can apply? 

Students studying for an undergraduate degree in the UCL School of Pharmacy or the UCL Division of Biosciences who are in the: 

  • second year of a three-year programme or 
  • third year of a four-year programme; 
  • are domiciled in the UK;
  • come from a low-income and/or a low-socio-economic background;
  • have demonstrated excellence in academic achievement in their university studies.

The studentships may be held in any area of UCL where the Principal Investigator (PI) agrees to offer you space to undertake a laboratory or computational research project. Areas available within Life Sciences include UCL School of Pharmacy, UCL Biosciences, the Sainsbury Wellcome Centre for Neural Circuits & Behaviour (SWC) and the Gatsby Computational Neuroscience Unit (GCNU).  

What does the studentship cover? 

You will spend between six to twelve weeks undertaking a research project working with a PI based at UCL. 

How much funding is available? 

  • Bench fee of £500 to the PI (Principal Investigator)
  • For the duration of the summer studentship (between 6 and 12 weeks) students will be paid at the real Living Wage for working 37.5 hours per week  
  • Projects must be hosted by a PI based at UCL 
  • Additional travel and accommodation costs are not covered by the Scheme

All you need to do is to complete the Biosciences Summer Research Studentships form. The form will ask you to submit a short statement explaining how doing a summer project in a laboratory will benefit you. You can include details of research areas that you would be interested in to help us identify suitable projects. If you have already contacted a researcher and discussed a project you can give their details. The deadline for submission is 5pm on 12 May 2025.

If you are a UCL Principal Investigator (supervisor) who is proposing to host an undergraduate student undertaking a summer project in your laboratory please complete the Biosciences Summer Research Studentships Project Application form.

A panel will use the information on the form to match a student (if you already have a student in mind, you can enter their details on the form). The deadline for submitting project applications is 5pm on 12 May 2025.

Enquiries about this studentship scheme can be made via email.