The CPH Summer Studentship Programme: June to September 2026 Now Open

The Centre for Public Health (CPH) Summer Research Programme provides a unique opportunity for undergraduate students to participate in office and/or laboratory-based research during the summer months.  Each participant will be assigned to the research project of a Principal Investigator within CPH and will join an enthusiastic research team comprising academic staff, postdoctoral fellows, research assistants, PhD students, administrative and technical staff.  The projects will run for an eight-week period between June and September 2025.  Students will work on campus, or be in a position to work remotely from home.

Students currently enrolled for Biomedical Sciences, Medicine, Dentistry or a related discipline who have completed at least one year of full-time study from any UK Higher Education Institution are eligible to apply.  Each summer studentship pays a student stipend of £200 per week.  Students (including those from other UK institutions) who successfully complete the programme will be eligible for Degree Plus status upon graduation.

The application process is now open, and we have 10 Summer Studentship places on offer this year, with at least two that must be allocated to QUB Medical Students.   Please submit the following:

• A current CV including your full academic profile (or transcript)
• Your student number if you are a QUB student
• A covering letter stating your reasons for applying to the Programme with the Centre for Public Health and the year of study that you are completing this summer. 
• Your preferred project(s) and the reason why. 

Please email your application to the Centre Manager, Niamh McElherron – N.McElherron@qub.ac.uk by 5.00pm on Friday 27th March 2026.  Please ensure that you indicate which project(s) you are interested in and wait until 6th March 2026 to apply when you know all projects are available.   

We will be listing our projects below as soon as they become available.  CPH Principal Investigators have been notified of the call and will provide their projects to me by 6th March 2026 at the latest- so keep watching this space as our project list grows!

Niamh McElherron
Centre Manager
Centre for Public Health
N.McElherron@qub.ac.uk

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