University Research Committee (URC) / Institute for Advanced Studies (IAS) Undergraduate Interdisciplinary Research Internship Scheme (IRIS)

Undergraduate students are invited to apply to undertake interdisciplinary research projects in summer 2017.

The interdisciplinary research project must be co-supervised by an academic member of staff in the school or department in which the student is registered for their degree (home school or department) and an academic member of staff from another school or department, with a different research background to that of the home supervisor.  Applications for research projects co-supervised by academic members of staff in different faculties are particularly welcomed.

The standard length of the research project will be eight weeks. A poster must be submitted at the end of the project and students must be available to participate in a presentation event in w/c 25 September 2017. NB Students registered for a course with a shorter summer vacation, e.g. medics, may carry out a shorter than eight week research project, and should specify this on the application.

Successful applicants will receive a bursary of £270 per week, based on an hourly rate of £7.70 per hour and a 35 hour working week.  Students are expected to work full time on their research project and so should not carry out other paid work or hold any scholarships in parallel.

For further information on the scheme and application details, see http://www.bristol.ac.uk/ias/urc-funding/research-internships/

The application deadline is Friday, 17 March 2017.