NLO Summer Studentships
The Nuffield Laboratory of Ophthalmology is situated in a new state-of-the-art facility in The West Wing, John Radcliffe Hospital. Research in the department includes:
- photoreceptors
- retinal genetics
- ocular biology
- vision and disease
- gene therapy
- artificial vision
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circadian biology
- sleep
Applications are invited from students wishing to undertake a Summer Studentship in Ophthalmology.
How to apply
Interested students should contact Dr. Stephanie Halford in the Nuffield Laboratory of Ophthalmology (stephanie.halford@eye.ox.ac.uk) in the first instance to discuss possible projects and sources of funding.
Funding Sources
BBSRC Undergraduate vacation bursaries
Enable leading bioscience departments to offer undergraduate vacation bursary placements to promising undergraduates, so they can experience work in a research laboratory. Awards are for stipends of £200 per week, plus research expenses, up to a total of £2,500.
Awards are made for up to 10 weeks during the summer vacation, and must support a research project that has a clearly defined objective, within our portfolio. The project should not be part of the normal degree course or involve the student working outside the UK. The student should have scope for thought and initiative, and not be used as a general assistant.
http://www.bbsrc.ac.uk/funding/studentships/vacation_bursaries.html
Biochemical Society Summer Vacation Studentships
The Biochemical Society offers studentship funding for 2nd or 3rd year* undergraduate students to spend their summer working in a molecular bioscience research lab. Students awarded grants will receive free student membership to the Biochemical Society for 3 years upon submission of their final project report. Grants are for stipends of £200 per week for 6 – 8 weeks and up to £1,600 in total.
(*Only applicable to 3rd year undergraduates on a 4 year degree programme) http://www.biochemistry.org/Grants/EducationalGrants/tabid/311/Default.aspx
