February 2016 – Undergraduate ICMR UROP summer placements ( Undergraduate Research Opportunity Programme) -application now open !

The UROP scheme gives undergraduate students in the middle years of their degree (i.e. not first or final year students) the chance to work on real research projects alongside academic researchers, contributing to the creation of knowledge. UROP placements last six weeks over the summer break and are paid- students receive a bursary of £1,320. EPSRC vacation research projects run for 10 weeks in the summer.

In the ICMR UROP projects we will explore the  fundament processes that determine the development of cardiovascular diseases, and the metabolic conditions from which these frequently develop. Opportunities will be available within ICMR laboratories that range from cell and molecular biology and physiology, though to human studies of disease development.

See link for further information and how to apply

http://www.reading.ac.uk/internal/urop2016/placements/detail.aspx?id=567

Applications close 18th March 2016 .