Wellcome Sanger Institute Call for Applications: The Sanger Prize Competition 2021

The Wellcome Sanger Institute (Sanger) has opened “The Sanger Prize Competition 2021“. 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.

• All essential expenses will be paid for by the prize fund including travel costs, visa costs, accommodation and reasonable food costs during the three-month internship.
• The winner will be able to choose the lab and faculty host they work with, subject to the availability of the host.
• The winner will be able to choose the timing of their internship which should be taken within a year of being awarded (travel restrictions due to Covid -19 or other unexpected events will be taken into consideration and exceptions made).

Eligibility

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 on their website).
• Be studying an undergraduate degree relevant to genomics at a University/Institute in a low/middle income country at the time of the first stage application. This could include any biological science degree, bioinformatics or any degree which includes genomics as a large part of the content.
• 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

Application process

The 2021 competition will be run as a two-stage process. Please read all of the information below before clicking on the link to the form.

1. Stage one – Expression of interest: First stage applicants are asked to complete a short application form and write an expression of interest detailing their scientific interests, their interests in genomics and why they want to come to the Sanger Institute.
2. Stage two – Essay: Successful candidates will then be asked to take part in stage two of the process, which is to write an essay with a given title. Details of this stage will be emailed to the candidates at the beginning of February 2021 and they will be given one month to complete the essay.

Read more here. 

Expression of interest deadline December 11, 2020.