Widening Participation Research Summer Internships

The Widening Participation (WP) Research Summer Internships provide promising undergraduates from underrepresented groups with hands-on experience of research during the summer holidays, with the aim of encouraging you to consider a career in research.

You’ll gain professional experience through a funded internship, gaining knowledge and experience in your chosen subject. It will help support your application for postgraduate study and other research jobs. 

During the internship, you’ll take part in sessions to improve your research skills and gain insights into postgraduate study and research at the University of Bristol. There are also social opportunities for you to get to know the other scholars, as well as staff and students at the University. 

Funding

You will be paid £12 per hour.

Duration

The Widening Participation Research Summer internships will last six weeks from Monday 1 July to Friday 9 August 2024 (9 am to 5 pm, Monday to Friday). Please note, some project dates may vary.

Location

Research project may be done remotely, in the laboratory, office, clinic or field and may involve experimental or theoretical approaches, depending on the type of research a supervisor undertakes.

To apply for the WP Research Summer Internship you must:

  • be a UK (Home) fee-paying student registered on a relevant undergraduate course in the UK; 
  • be in the middle year(s) of your degree.

Where an internship is oversubscribed, we will give priority to those who meet all or most of the following criteria:

  • your ethnicity is listed under Asian or Asian British; Black, Black British, Caribbean or African; Mixed or multiple ethnic groups; or the Other ethnic group category on the gov.uk list of ethnic groups;
  • you have been eligible for free school meals;
  • you come from one of the more deprived areas of the country as defined by the government's Indices of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) database. You can check your postcode ranking using the IMD website. Please note this criteria only applies to students who live in England;
  • you are a mature student (aged 21 or over when you started your first undergraduate course);
  • you are a care-leaver or an estranged student;
  • you are a refugee or asylum seeker;
  • you have a disability. Please note that the term disability is very wide; further details of what may be considered a disability are in the definition of disability.

Applications are now closed for 2024 and will reopen next year for summer 2025.