A record 100 applications were submitted for the 2016 Vacation Studentship Scheme, resulting in a high quality round of awards this year. This scheme offers undergraduates the opportunity to undertake a research project on an area of physiology over their summer break. Working under an academic supervisor, they get to experience day-to-day life in the laboratory first-hand.
This year, we raised the maximum stipend from £150 to £200 per week, and received around a quarter more applications than the 2015 round. We were really pleased with the range and quality of proposals, and made 36 awards to the following individuals:
- Amar Ahmed
- Kathryn Alliband
- Glenda Anderson
- Ella Bracewell
- Veerle Brans
- Keiran Brown
- Lauren Buchanan
- Charlotte Burton
- Karan Chadda
- Prannoy Chaudhuri-Vayalambrone
- Laura Downie
- Louise Foster
- Raul Fulea
- Melissa Handford
- Charles Hillier
- Hee Seok Jung
- Moohita Jazvini Kala Arasan
- Rohan Kale
- Victoria Kosyak
- Einar Krogsaeter
- Amal Mahmoud
- Joseph McLaughlin
- Kieran Mistry
- Oliver Odell
- Melissa Shi Yi Ong
- Jasmine Percival
- Andrei Leonardo Perez Olivera
- Roy Quek
- Sabine Rannio
- Yelyzaveta Rud
- Omar Salim
- Amanda Schukarucha Gomes
- Robert Smyth
- Alexios Vourvoukelis
- Max Weston
- Sara Wei Wong
Congratulations to all these students. We wish them good luck with their projects this summer and hope they have a great experience.