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Nuffield Science Bursaries - Undergraduate Research

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Initiate a project, gain pilot results. Show your commitment to scientific education by hosting a project, lasting between six to eight weeks, during the summer vacation.

Join an initiative that helps you find the best prospective PhD students in your field, offers mentoring opportunities to your PhD students and post-docs, and spreads knowledge of your institution's activities.

The Nuffield Foundation encourages applications from researchers at universities and research institutions within the UK, especially from postdoctoral researchers and new lecturers, in the fields of:

Physical Sciences
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Engineering
Computing
Mathematics
Biological Sciences
Biomedical Sciences

Click here to see examples of recent bursary projects.

Last Updated Thu, 17 January 2008

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Many of these students supported by the Nuffield Foundation have gone on to full time research (PhD) studies, very much informed by the experience of the vacation bursary.
Professor Barry Hirst, Dean of Postgraduate Studies, Medical Sciences, Newcastle University

The results from the study were valuable to the research group and will be used for future grant applications.
Dr J S Snaith, Chemistry, University of Birmingham

Dr O'Hare & Ivan Cheung, Bioengineering, Imperial College

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