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2015 International Undergraduate Summer School Internships In UK

The John Innes Centre, The Sainsbury Laboratory and The Genome Analysis Centre are offering International Undergraduate Summer School internship programme for the year 2015. It provides an opportunity for interns to spend the summer on their research programme in plant, microbial and computational biology. The purpose of the training programme is to provide experience of research to undergraduates with research potential, in order to encourage them to consider a career in scientific research. International students can apply for this internship. The deadline for submission is midnight 19th Jan 2015.

Field of Internship: It provides an opportunity for interns to spend the summer on their research programme in plant, microbial and computational biology.
Course Level:
Internship
Internship Provider: The John Innes Centre, The Sainsbury Laboratory and The Genome Analysis Centre
Internship can be taken at: UK

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Eligibility: – Students at universities and educational institutions within the UK and abroad are eligible to apply.
-The range of disciplines includes the Physical Sciences, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Chemical Sciences, Mathematics and the Biological and Biomedical Sciences.
-Applications on behalf of first-year students, final-year undergraduates already committed to a PhD Program, or graduates, will not be considered.
-Medical students, and medical students studying for intercalated science degrees, are not eligible.
-Students must be registered at a higher education institution for the majority of their degree.  —Since this is an international training programme, the eligibility criteria may be slightly different for different countries.
-In all cases, eligible applicants should be at the stage in their education when they are considering the possibility of eventually undertaking a PhD programme, but at the time of application they should not have chosen or accepted any particular PhD studentship programme.

Internship Open for International Students: International students can apply for this internship.

Is this paid internship?  Yes, the programme will assist the participating students by way of providing them with a bursary at the rate of £200 per week and free accommodation, for a total period of 8 weeks. The John Innes Centre/The Sainsbury Laboratory/The Genome Analysis Centre will also contribute bench fees of £500 per student to the host laboratory. The financial support results in no National Insurance contribution liability.

Internship Description: The John Innes Centre, The Sainsbury Laboratory and The Genome Analysis Centre provide UK and non-UK students the unique opportunity to spend the summer on their research programme in plant, microbial and computational biology. Students are housed together to encourage a community atmosphere and an enjoyable research experience. The 2015 Programme will run from 5th July to 29th August 2015.

Number of awards offered: Not Known

Internship Duration: The 2015 Programme will run from 5th July to 29th August 2015 i.e. 8 weeks.

Notification: Unfortunately the centre cannot provide individual feedback as the number of applications are high.

How to Apply: The mode of application is online.

Internship Application Deadline: The deadline for submission is midnight 19th Jan 2015.

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