Scholarships to support summer research placements

There are a maximum of 13 scholarships available of £2500 (This equates to £416 per week for 6 weeks).    

The funds are available to support students who have already agreed a research project with an identified supervisor within Biomedical Sciences, put together a project brief and applied for funding to an external vocational scholarship scheme (such as Carnegie Trust, Medical Research Scotland, professional societies).  Students who are not successful in getting funding through an external vocational scholarship scheme will then be considered for DBMS financial support.

(Further information on external funding and deadlines for funding applications can be found on:

Funding for Summer Research Placements - Guide for Biological,  Biomedical and Medical students)

Application

Students should submit a copy of their scholarship application for external funding along with the DBMS scholarship application coversheet to BMTO@ed.ac.uk.

The latest we will consider applications is Friday 10 May 2024.  Students will be informed of a decision by Friday 24 May 2024. 

Eligibility

Funding support will be available to students who are studying on one of the following undergraduate degree programmes at the University of Edinburgh in the Deanery of Biomedical Sciences, whilst undertaking their summer research placement:

• Anatomy and Development
• Biomedical Sciences
• Infectious Diseases
• Medical Sciences
• Neuroscience
• Pharmacology
• Physiology
• Reproductive Biology

We particularly invite applications from students who are care-experienced, estranged from their family, or have caring* responsibilities and have therefore ring-fenced three of these scholarships specifically for students in this situation.

Students who are care-experienced, estranged from their family, or have caring responsibilities are encouraged  to apply for funding support as soon as possible and BMTO will make a decision regarding DBMS funding support within 2 weeks of receipt of their external funding application.

* A carer is anyone who cares, unpaid, for a friend or family member who due to illness, disability, a mental health problem or an addiction cannot cope without their support.

Condition of Payment

Conditions of payment of the scholarship includes:

• completion of a Summer Vacation Scholarship Final Reflective Report, which should be submitted to BMTO@ed.ac.uk within 1 month of the end of the summer project.
• participation in the BMTO Summer Scholarship Poster session which will be held on Wednesday 11 September 2024.