Plant Health Undergraduate Studentships 2024
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We’ve worked with plant scientists to create twelve fantastic projects that address major plant health challenges identified by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra).
Students can now apply to work on these projects for 8-10 weeks this summer. Successful students will receive £380 per week.
To be eligible for this award, you must meet the requirements given below.
- Find out what it’s like to contribute to a real research project
- Get research experience and learn new skills to boost your CV
- Meet and work with scientists who can help to answer your career questions
The scheme is open to undergraduate students registered at a UK institution for the majority of their science degree.
Students in the first year of their course are not eligible for this award.
Students will normally take up the award during the summer vacation in the middle years (i.e. 2/3, 2/4 or 3/4) of their degree but final year undergraduates intending to continue to study for a Masters or PhD may also be considered.
Mature students are eligible to apply.
The Royal Society of Biology is committed to ensuring equal opportunities in the life sciences, and supports diversity throughout lifetimes at school and higher education, in the workplace and training.
How to applyTo find out more and apply for these studentships, use the links in the project titles below. You will need to create a free mySociety account.
When applying, you will be asked for the results from your university course to date, and previous qualifications. You will also be asked for a personal statement outlining your reasons for applying for this project, details of any previous employment (if applicable), and about any extracurricular activities.
Your academic tutor and university careers service may be useful sources of advice about your application.
You may apply for more than one studentship project, but to have the best chance of success, we strongly encourage you to tailor your application for each project.
Applications must be received by 23:59 on Sunday 21 st April 2024.
Students will take part in an online mini-symposium during their placement. On completion of their project, students will be required to submit a poster about their project and complete a short feedback questionnaire.
A selection of students’ posters may be included in relevant Royal Society of Biology publications.
Developing diagnostic tests for novel viral diseases of dahlia
Project Location : This project will be managed in-person at Canterbury Christ Church University
Supervisor : Dr Alec Forsyth
Detecting microbial root infections via a novel molecular approach
Project Location : This project will be managed in-person at the University of Lincoln
Supervisors : Dr Sandra Varga and DrStefan Millson
Aphid management for home gardeners – tolerate or act?
Project Location : This project will be managed in-person, at RHS Garden Wisley, Surrey
Supervisor : Dr Hayley Jones
Investigating genetic variation associated with Cabbage Stem Flea Beetle larval resistance in Brassica napus
Project Location : This project will be managed in-person at the John Innes Centre, Norwich
Supervisor : Dr Ryan Brock
Investigating the future threat of wheat stem rust to UK cereals under climate change
Project Location : This project will be managed in-person, at the John Innes Centre
Supervisor : Professor Diane Saunders
Phyllosphere microbes for biocontrol of the barley scald fungus
Project Location : This project will be managed in-person, at the James Hutton institute, Dundee
Supervisor : Dr Lorena Rangel
Plant disease in agrivoltaics installations: effect of skewed light spectrum on Botrytis in strawberry
Project Location : This project will be managed in-person at the University of Greenwich
Supervisor : Dr Elinor Thompson
Investigating mechanisms underlying asexual and sexual reproduction in the wheat fungal phytopathogen Zymoseptoria tritici, the causative agent of Septoria tritici blotch disease
Project Location : This project will be managed in-person at Rothamsted Research, Harpenden
Supervisor : Dr David Withall
Determining spectral signatures associated with viral infection of raspberry and blackcurrant leaves to improve pathogen surveillance and detection methods
Project Location : This project will be managed in-person at the James Hutton Institute, Dundee
Supervisor : Dr Dominic Williams and Dr Louise Gamble
Detection of fungicide resistant alleles in UK cereal rusts
Project Location : This project will be managed in-person at NIAB, Cambridge
Supervisor : Dr Nichola Hawkins
Exploring impacts of barley yellow dwarf virus strains on wheat volatile chemical profiles and aphid behaviour
Project Location : This project will be managed in-person, at Rothamsted Research, Harpenden
Supervisor : Dr Lawrence Bramham
Towards multi-scale modelling of Ash dieback disease and tree resistance
Project Location : This project will be managed in-person, at the University of Strathclyde.
Supervisor : Professor Adam Kleczkowski
Plant Health Undergraduate Studentships aim to:
- Address skills and capacity challenges in plant health science by providing attractive opportunities for research experience to suitable undergraduates, offering them the opportunity to undertake supervised research with leading research groups.
- Facilitate training of undergraduates in research practice.
- Encourage research proposals and generate research outcomes in areas relevant to Defra’s plant health priorities.
- Build networks of research groups, emerging scientists and employers with a focus on plant health.
Plant Health Undergraduate Studentships projects address at least one of the following priorities identified by Defra, related to plant health:
- Risk assessment and horizon scanning
- Inspections, diagnostics and surveillance
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