As part of its policy of furthering research and education in the biology of reproduction, the Society for Reproduction and Fertility invites applications from undergraduate students for a limited number of Vacation Scholarships. The objective of these scholarships is to enable particularly promising students to work during the summer vacation in university departments or research institutes on research projects related to reproduction, fertility and lactation in man and other animals.

Students should normally be in the middle years of their degree studies and may be considering research as a career. Projects can be a maximum of 8 weeks and will be funded at the same rate as the Welcome Trust summer studentships with an award of £750 to be paid to the host laboratory for consumables.

Scholarships are not available for students to undertake projects which form part of their normal degree course. Novel, stand alone projects are encouraged.

A report, comprising of a single side of A4, must be submitted, detailing the findings of their investigation (further details will be sent successful candidates). This report may be published in the SRF newsletter or on the website. If a report is not received by the end of December, the project supervisor will become ineligible for future vacation scholarships for 3 years. 

The SRF would strongly encourage the award recipients (especially the student, but if not, the supervisor) to present their results at the following annual SRF meeting if possible. Registration, accommodation and reasonable expenses will be covered for any student presenting their scholarship data at this conference.

Only one scholarship will be awarded per student over the course of their undergraduate study and normally only one per department in any one year. Projects supervisors MUST be a fully paid-up SRF member.

The deadline for applications will be the 31st of March, and applicants will be informed of the decision by the end of April.  Applications are only accepted via the online system.

On-line vacation scholarship application form