The RSC's Undergraduate Research Bursaries are now open for 2016 entries, seeking talented chemical sciences students to undertake a research placement this summer.

These research bursaries are to fund short (6-8 weeks) summer research projects for undergraduate chemistry students in the middle years of their course. The purpose of the awards is to give experience of research to undergraduates with research potential and to encourage them to consider a career in scientific research.

The bursary is worth £200 per week (£210 in London) for up to 8 weeks to cover a defined research placement.

The deadline for applications is 21 February 2016.

Please note that, for the first time, in 2016 CICAG will be funding one student bursary for research work which falls into one or more of the following areas: cheminformatics, chemical information, chemical data management, chemistry data analytics, applications of computational chemistry.

For more information about guidelines, eligibility criteria, award conditions, and the application form please see the Undergraduate Research Bursaries web page http://www.rsc.org/Education/HEstudents/undergraduate-bursary.asp

Any questions should be directed to the Under Graduate Bursaries team (see link on the Undergraduate Research Bursaries web page linked to above).