PURPOSE

Vacation Scholarships are designed to give undergraduates experience in research. Each research project should be designed so that it could be completed in the time available (up to 10 weeks).

VALUE

Successful candidates will be paid a grant of £180 per week for up to 10 weeks and the Department will be paid a consumables grant of £500. Payment will be made direct to the Secretary/Finance Officer of the Institution who will administer the grant.

NUMBER AWARDED

A maxiumum of 3 vacation grants will be awarded each year.

CONDITIONS

Candidates should be in the middle years of a full-time first degree course in the sciences, medicine, veterinary medicine or dentistry. Candidates on Masters degrees will not be considered.

Project development designed to be presented as undergraduate or postgraduate laboratory practical assignments will not be considered.

Vacation scholars will present to the Society a report and a copy of their research within two weeks of the end of their award period, normally by the mid-October. Such reports (maximum three pages) will contain a brief commentary by the supervisor as to whether the objectives of the research have been achieved and the performance (commitment, conscientiousness) of the Vacation Scholar.

The Head of Department agrees to house the research and to supply adequate facilities for the research to be carried out. The Society should be informed immediately if the department is unable to supply adequate facilities for the research to be conducted.

If a student withdraws for any reason substitute students will not be allowed as the quality of the student is one aspect of the decision process.

HOW TO APPLY

Applications for Vacation Scholarships should be made using the form below.  

APPLICATIONS MUST BE SUBMITTED ELECTRONICALLY TO tguise@bsac.org.uk. Postal applications may not be considered.  Applications should be contained within the pages of the form provided and should not be submitted with any additional material.

SUBMISSION DEADLINE

31 March of each year.  The closing date is fixed; applications received after this date will NOT be considered.  Applications are considered in April/May of the following year and applicants are notified by end-May.

CONTACT DETAILS

Correspondence including submission of the final reports, should be addressed to The Secretary, Grants Committee, British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 11 The Wharf, 16 Bridge Street, Birmingham, B1 2JS.

Telephone:       +44 (0) 121 236 1988              

Email:               tguise@bsac.org.uk

Documents:	Vacation Scholarship Application Form (48kb) (Added: 12 Jun 2007)