The EPSRC Vacation Bursary Scheme provides funding for the most able undergraduate students to gain first-hand experience of research. These awards are supported through the University of Southampton’s EPSRC Doctoral Training Partnership grant (DTP), and are allocated through a competitive tender.
The EPSRC Vacation Bursary scheme provides funding for the most able undergraduate students to gain first-hand experience of research. Recipients of the EPSRC Vacation Internship may receive up to 11 weeks of funding for salary at National Living Wage, as well as support for research consumables (£300 overall).
Projects may start at any time after 1 June 2022 and must be completed by the end of August 2022.
In order to be eligible for a Vacation Internship, students must:
Every encouragement to apply is given to groups currently under-represented in engineering and physical sciences research. Please note external students from other universities are eligible as long as they meet the rest of the eligibility criteria.
Proposals should be led and submitted by the potential student’s supervisor during the bursary. Candidates are required to submit a complete application form (to the right) addressing the following points:
This, along with the EDI Form, should be submitted to funding@soton.ac.uk by 4pm on Thursday, 31 March 2022.
The application form, EDI form and further guidance is available below.