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        • Past summer schools >
          • Summer School: Physics of Life Summer School: From Cells to Tissues and Organisms
          • Summer School: New approaches to Biomolecular function, structure and dynamics
        • Physics of Life Town Meetings >
          • Town Meeting 2019
          • Town Meeting 2018
          • Town Meeting 2017
        • Past Workshops >
          • QMGR V
          • Non-equilibrium Cold Plasmas in Biology and Medicine
          • The Fundamentals of Late Stage Cancer
          • The Physics of Evolution
          • Interdisciplinary Challenges in Non-Equilibrium Physics
          • Nanostructures at Soft Interfaces: Technology and Biophysics
          • Physics of Biological Oscillators
          • The Future of Optical Techniques in Biology
          • Multiscale mechanics in Biology
          • Epigenetics
          • Physics of Animal Health
          • Cancer Workshop
          • QMGR
          • Symmetry
          • Nanofluidics
          • Quantum Biology
          • Antimicrobial Resistance
          • Filaments and Cellular Responses
          • Biocomputation
          • Workshop Reports
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      • Plenary Event 3: Multicellularity
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        • 1: The Physics of Bacterial Infection
        • 2: Forces in Biology
        • 3: Life in Extreme Environments
        • 4: The Physics of Cancer
        • 5: Information Flow in Biological Systems
        • 6: Pattern Formation and Morphogenesis
        • 7: Compartmentalisation & Confinement
        • 8: Physics of Bacterial Biofilms
        • 9: Cancer Sandpit
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Physics of Life Student Summer Bursary project awards

One of the network’s objectives is to train and equip the next generation of scientists for this interdisciplinary field. To support this, the Physics of Life network is offering up to summer studentships to undergraduates interested in pursuing multidisciplinary research projects combining physics and biology. The aim of this bursary scheme is to give motivated undergraduates the opportunity to gain experience in writing a research proposal, and with training, carry out independent research alongside established academics. Experience gained from these projects can provide invaluable skills, useful for student personal development and future employability.
The research generated from summer bursary projects can play an important role in catalysing/pump-priming research in the form of publication and larger possible PoL research grants for academics working across Physics and Biology.  

For general enquiries related to this opportunity, please email the Physics of Life co-ordinator Karis Baker, k.h.baker@dur.ac.uk. 
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Eligibility

  • Applicants should be undergraduates in the second or third year of a science degree registered in biology, physics or chemistry/biochemistry.
  • Bursaries are available to any UK/EU or international student currently studying at a UK university. 
  • Supporting academic supervisors must come from a UK university. Only one application per primary Bursary Supervisor will be accepted. 

Funding availability

  • Projects must be a minimum of 4 weeks, up to a maximum of 8 weeks. Please specify the length of programme required in the application form.
  • Students will be provided a bursary of £260 pw to cover their expenses during the studentship.

How to apply

  • The student should contact prospective supervisor(s) ahead of time and the student and supervisor(s) should develop a project and application together.
  • Projects must be interdisciplinary with both biological and physical sciences components.
  • A single proposal submission should be made by the student applicant using the below online form. The amount of input will depend on both the Bursary Supervisor(s) and the applicant.
  • Once the bursary application form is submitted by the bursary applicant a copy will be sent to the nominated supervisor(s). The application will only be considered when approval has been given by the primary bursary supervisor(s).

Selection Procedure

The review committee will be composed of academics sitting on the Physics of Life SG committee.

Summer Bursaries 2020

We have a small number of 2020 bursaries available for students who would like to address COVID-19 related research questions. All bursary applications must comply with the latest government and social distancing advice for project completion.

Applications for this opportunity have now closed.

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