Grants & Funding
BSGT/ Nuffield Foundation Undergraduate Research Bursaries
The closing date for receipt of applications is 5pm Monday 30th April 2012.
Nature of Awards
The purpose of the awards is to give experience of research to undergraduates with research potential and to encourage them to consider a career in scientific research. The awards provide support for the student at a rate of £180 per week for a period of between 6 and 8 weeks.
Eligibility
• Applications are made by researchers who are members of the British Society for Gene Therapy (BSGT) on behalf of a named undergraduate student.
• Researchers in the field of gene therapy at universities and research institutions within the UK are eligible to apply.
• Projects must be focused on gene therapy. Subject areas include non-viral gene therapy, viral gene therapy, stem cells, immunotherapy, cancer and oncolytics, monogenic/hereditary disease and cardiovascular gene therapy.
• Postdoctoral researchers and new lecturers, early in their careers are also encouraged to apply, and should note this on the application form.
• Only one application should be submitted by a supervisor.
• Strictly no more than two awards will be made to an individual department or subject area within multidisciplinary departments or schools. Please bear in mind that this is a national scheme with a limited number of bursaries.
• Students will take up the award during the summer vacation in their penultimate year (i.e. 2/3 or 3/4) of their degree. Applications on behalf of first- or final-year undergraduates, or graduates, will not be considered.
• Medical students, and medical students studying for intercalated science degrees, are not eligible for these awards.
• Mature students are eligible to apply, but must not have a previous degree in any subject.
• Students must be registered at a UK institution for the majority of their undergraduate science degree.
• Bursaries will not be awarded for projects that are a part of degree work or for work which will take place overseas.
These guidelines describe the BSGT/Nuffield Foundation Undergraduate Research Bursaries Programme and are for the 2012 round only. Please read the website and these guidelines before making an enquiry or completing an application form.
This information can be downloaded from www.nuffieldfoundation.org/urb or from www.bsgt.org/en/usefulinformation/grantsafunding.html
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