School of Life Sciences Fosters education, research and innovation at the interface of engineering and biology to advance the understanding of the living world and solve biomedical problems.
Deadline: 31 January 2020
Duration: 8 weeks
Program date: 2 months – July 8th to August 29th 2020
The goals of this program
- Join on-going research in a lab of the EPFL School of Life Sciences
- Learn new techniques while studying a research topic related to current health issues
- Improve critical thinking and experimental design
- Prepare for future independent research as a graduate student
- Experience the excitement and challenges of scientific research gaining insight into what a research career entails
Benefit
- Each student receives CHF 3,200 for the two-month period which covers housing and living costs.
- Housing is reserved and paid for out of the stipends beforehand.
- Students are housed together either in Lausanne or Geneva depending on lab assignment.
- Students have either single rooms or double rooms and share a kitchen and bathroom facilities with their fellow SRP participants.
- The majority of travel costs to and from Switzerland is covered. The program reimburses up to CHF 1,000 for overseas flights and CHF 500 for shorter distances
Eligibility
- The Summer Research Program (SRP) enrolls students who have finished two years of a Bachelor’s degree up to the first year of a Master’s degree.
- If you are actively applying for a Master’s program in a life sciences related subject and planning to pursue a life sciences related career, you are eligible up to one year after you finished your Bachelor
- To be eligible, you must be on-site for the entire time between the program dates i.e., July and August. It is impossible to come a month early and leave a month early. We regret that our summer program dates do not correspond well with some country’s academic calendars.
- students come with all kinds of backgrounds, but you should have at least a few mainstream Life Science courses on your transcript as e.g., cell biology, biotechnology
- the applicant with the gpa is almost a 3.75/4.0. the selection will be low.
- Most participants do already have lab experience, but some do not. It is not a requirement
Document requirement
- Your CV (1-2 pages)
- Your motivation letter (maximum 750 words)
- The explanation of lab choices (2-3 sentences per lab)
- University transcript or school official list of classes and grades
- Two letters of recommendation
- Basic life sciences background is essential; previous lab experience is a plus
Program feature
- 25 participants each summer
- 8 weeks of lab experience
- Mentoring by faculty and scientific staff
- Access to scientific seminars
- Science related Friday afternoon workshops
- Closing symposium with poster sessions from all participants
- Rich program of social activities, including a day hike to Swiss alps with roulette, BBQ at a professors home and an excursion to the CERN
How can apply
- be enrolled in a university in biology, bio-physics, chemistry, bio-engineering, bio-informatics, quantitative biology, genetics courses or a similar life sciences program
- have a minimum of GPA equivalent to a 3.75/4.0 grade or higher
- have completed at least two years of undergraduate work up to the first year of a master’s degree
- show a strong interest in pursuing a career in life sciences
Apply now: online application
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