Wellcome Sanger Call for Applications: The Sanger Prize Competititon 2025

The Wellcome Sanger Institute (Sanger) has opened “The Sanger Prize Competition 2025“. The winner of the Sanger Institute Prize will be offered a three-month internship with a research group at the Wellcome Sanger Institute. Travel, living and research expenses are all covered by the award.

Eligibility criteria: 

To be eligible to apply for the Sanger Prize applicants must meet all of the criteria below:

  • Be from a low or middle income country (a full list of eligible countries is available here).
  • Be studying an undergraduate degree relevant to genomics element or course at a University/Institute in a low or middle income country at the time of the first stage application. This could include (but is not limited too) any biological science degree, bioinformatics, medicine or veterinary science. 
  • Demonstrate an active interest in research in the genomics field.
  • Have a good command of English (demonstrated by the clear writing within the application form, no certificate of English is required).
  • Be over 18 at the time of applying.
  • Two academic references must also have been submitted by the deadline 

Read here for more information. 

Application deadline, 10th of January at 5pm UK time. 

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