School of life sciences fosters education, research, and innovation in engineering and biology to develop an understanding of the living world and solve biomedical problems. The School has offered a short-term research program for the upcoming academic year. The applicants will work closely with faculty and scientific staff, participate in scientific seminars, workshops, social activities, BBQ at a professor’s home and excursion to the CERN and, etc. provide the requested documents and apply for this fully-funded program in Geneva Switzerland.

Details:

Key dates:

• Deadline: 31 January 2020
• Result announcement date: three weeks after the deadline
• Program date: 8 July to 29 August 2020

Number of participants: 25

Duration: 8 weeks

Type of program: Research

Required language: English

Location: Lausanne, Geneva, Switzerland

Supporter organizations:

• ISREC Foundation
• McCall MacBain Foundation
• Think Swiss
• Novartis
• Baltisches Haus UAB

Benefits:

• Living and housing expenses about 3200 CHF.
• Modern single or double rooms with shared kitchen and bathroom.
• Traveling costs about 1000 CHF for longer distances, and 500 CHF for shorter distances.
• Local transportation costs
• Participate in the on-going research program of the EPFL School of Life Sciences.
• Gather the most fantastic research experience related to the health areas.
• Critical thinking and experimental design skill development.
• Learn new skills in research methods.

 Eligibilities:

• Applicants must have completed two years of Bachelor’s degree up to the first year of master degree.
• Applicants must be registered in a university in the following fields;

Biology, Biophysics, Chemistry, Bio-Engineering, Bio-Informatics, Quantitative Biology, Genetics courses, or related areas.

• Applicants must have an excellent academic record (minimum GPA of 3.75 out of 4.0 or higher).
• Applicants must have completed two years of bachelor degree work up to the first year of their master degree.
• Must have a deep interest in conducting a career in life sciences.

Required documents:

• Update Curriculum Vitae about 1-2 pages.
• Letter of motivation about 750 words.
• Reason for chosen the lab (describe in 2 or 3 sentences for each lab).
• Academic or equivalent official school transcript, including the class and grades list.
• Two recommendation letters.
• Life sciences background is essential, and having experience in the same area is an advantage.
• Online application form.

Note:

only completed application form will be considered.

All documents must be in English.

How to apply:

Choose your lab up to three, write 2-3 sentences about each of them.

Eligible applicants must fill the online application form

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If you need to know more about the program, please have a glance at the program Website