Document listing opportunities for internships available to student at Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering @ UCL (https://www.ucl.ac.uk/medical-physics-biomedical-engineering/ucl-medical-physics-and-biomedical-engineering).
Unless stated otherwise, all internships are expected to run over the summer.
In each of the following the student applies to a specific opportunity
Prestigous and highly competitive scholarship scheme running over multiple summers. In your first year you will do a 6 week paid research project in a lab you select as part of your application. Typically opens in December, results in March
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/laidlaw-scholarships/become-future-leader
8 week paid projects in a lab in MBPE, working on either research or the development of teaching resources. Opens in March.
8 week paid projects with mix of clinical and academic experience. Opens in March.
Paid 8 week internship. Open after October, with option to register for future years
https://www.hdruk.ac.uk/study-and-train/train/health-data-science-black-internship-programme/
Unpaid part time internship for 2nd year medicaal physics undergraduates in the department, running over the course of the year. Applications in November- contact [email protected] for more information
8 weeks paid internship in WT. Currently closed for 2024
https://wellcome.org/jobs/summer-internship-programme
6-8 week paid internship at ICR, for student not in first or last year of study. Deadline January
https://www.icr.ac.uk/studying-and-training/undergraduate-summer-scholarship-scheme
9 week paid studentship at the Crick. In 2024 availability was restricted to students with at least one of the following widening participation eligibility criteria (from site):
- Be of Black ethnicity
- Be in receipt of enhanced maintenance support from the relevant UK student finance agency to help with living costs during study
- Be studying at a university on the Crick’s Summer Student Training Programme priority institutions list.
https://www.crick.ac.uk/careers-study/students/summer-students
8-13 week placements, deadline end of March
https://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/students/student-placement-scheme/
8 week paid internship, with accommodation included. Site reports 2024 applications are not yet
https://www.cruk.cam.ac.uk/jobs-and-studentships/undergraduate-summer-research-programme/
3 month paid placement
https://www.studentapprenticeships.co.uk/job/wellcome-trust-sanger-institute-summer-placement/
opens in december
https://nanoporetech.com/about/careers/early-careers
Call open between Septemer & November, can register interest early
https://www.gsk.com/en-gb/locations/united-kingdom/undergraduates/
10 week placements
https://careers.astrazeneca.com/pharmaceutical-development-summer-placements
Paid 8+ week project, deadline March
The following studentships need to be applied for by the supervisor and the student together. This requires more work than student led applications, and should normally be prepared well in advance. Society studentships typically require the supervisor to be a member of the society too, sometimes with time limits.
6 week paid studentship
https://www.biochemistry.org/grants-and-awards/grants-and-bursaries/summer-vacation-studentships/
Paid 8 week studentship, requiring application by the prospective supervisor for a named student, with deadline late March. Supervisor needs to have been a member for a year.
Ben emailed 12/3/24 to confirm eligibility of computational biology.
https://bscb.org/competitions-awardsgrants/studentships/
Paid 8 week studentship, applications must be made by the project supervisor on behalf of the student and requests matched from the host department and support from the head of department. Student should be involved in the project design. Deadline February
https://www.lms.ac.uk/grants/undergraduate-research-bursaries
https://www.lms.ac.uk/grants/undergraduate-research-bursaries/applications
https://www.lms.ac.uk/sites/default/files/inline-files/URB%202024%20Guidelines.pdf
Paid 6-8 week internship, student must be a member of the RSC (free) and the project relevant to chemistry. Deadline February
https://www.rsc.org/prizes-funding/funding/find-funding/undergraduate-research-bursaries/
8 week paid studentship
https://genetics.org.uk/grants/summer-studentships/
Alternative notice boards with different opportunities. The specifics of each studentship need to be checked as they do not necessarily reflect single programmes.
Royal Society of Biology: https://www.rsb.org.uk/get-involved/grants/undergraduate-studentships
GoEco (opportunities for volunteering abroad, not necessarily research): https://www.goeco.org/
MBPE noticeboard: https://moodle.ucl.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=36820§ion=10
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