Further funding sources for summer studentships

Undergraduate studentships typically run over the summer and are a great way to develop technical and transferable skills whilst gaining laboratory experience.

Beyond the Biochemical Society's Summer Vacation Studentships which offer funding towards 4-6 projects in research, programming, publishing and engagement, we have compiled a list of external funding sources in a variety of allied science fields, which you may be eligible for.

Please note that the list below is for information only, and we are not affiliated with any of the schemes and funding organisations provided.

• Analytical Chemistry Trust Fund - Summer Studentships
• The Anatomical Society – Summer Vacation Research Scholarships
• Botanical Society of Scotland – Fieldwork projects
• British Phycological Society – Summer Undergraduate Internships
• British Society for Cell Biology – Summer Studentships
• British Society for Developmental Biology – Summer Studentships
• British Society for Plant Pathology - Undergraduate Vacation Bursary
• Cystic Fibrosis Trust – Summer Studentships
• The Francis Crick Institute – Summer Students
• The Genetics Society – Summer Studentships
• The Institute of Cancer Research - Undergraduate Summer Scholarship Scheme
• Institute for the Physics of Living Systems - IPLS Undergraduate Summer Research Studentships 
• The Lister Institute - Lister Summer Studentships
• The Microbiology Society – Vacation Studentships
• Physics of Life - Summer Bursaries
• The Platelet Society – Summer Studentships
• Rank Prize - Undergrad Vacation Grant
• Royal Microscopical Society – Summer Studentships
• Royal Society of Biology – Plant Health Undergraduate Studentships
• Royal Society of Chemistry – Undergraduate Research Bursaries
• Society for Reproduction and Fertility - Vacation Scholarships
• SoCoBio DTP – Undergraduate Summer Studentship Programme

• Aalto Science Institute – International Summer Research Programme
• American Physiological Society – Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships
• Amgen - Scholars
• Applied Microbiology International – Summer Studentship Grant
• The Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour - Undergraduate Project Scholarships
• The British Mass Spectrometry Society & Chromatographic Society – Summer Studentship Programme
• British Pharmacological Society – Vacation Studentships
• British Society for Neuroendocrinology – Undergraduate Student Laboratory Experience Grant
• Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory - Undergraduate Research Program
• EPFL - Summer Research Program
• EuroScholars
• Experimental Psychology Society - Undergraduate Research Bursary
• IMB - International Summer School
• ISTA – Summer Fellowship
• John Innes Centre - International Undergraduate Summer School 
• The Nutrition Society – Summer Studentships
• RISE Germany
• The Spanish National Cancer Research Centre – Summer training programme
• The University of Tokyo – Research Internship Program
• Vienna BioCenter - Summer School
• Weizmann Institute of Science - Kupcinet-Getz International Summer School

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