Vacation Scholarships

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.

Applications are open and will close on the 31st May 2021.

Please fill in the form after the ‘Objectives’ section.

Objective:

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 humans and other animals.

Students should normally be in the second (if on a three year course) or second/third (if on a four year course) year of their undergraduate degree studies and may be considering research as a career. Ideally, projects should be undertaken in the summer vacation prior to the student entering their final year. Projects can be a maximum of 8 weeks long, and include a stipend funded of £250 per week to cover living costs for the student, plus an award of £1,000 to be paid to the host laboratory to cover the cost of consumables for the project.

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, (maximum two sides of A4), must be submitted, detailing the findings of their investigation (further details will be sent to 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 Fertility meeting if possible. They will need to submit their work via the Fertility abstract submission system. Registration, accommodation and travel expenses (the same bursary package that will be available to SRF members) will be covered for any student selected to present their scholarship data at this conference.

Only one scholarship will be awarded per student over the course of their undergraduate study. Project supervisors MUST be fully paid-up SRF members.

No scholarships were awarded in 2020 due to Covid-19 restrictions.

Vacation Scholarship Application Form

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Title *

First Name *

Last Name *

Date of Birth *

University and Course Details

Please provide details of the university or college where you are currently enrolled as a student.

University/College *

Department *

You term-time address *

Telephone number: *

Email Address - will be used for all correspondence *

Year study commenced *

Current year of study *

Degree subject and type *

Courses completed and results *

Where possible, please list individual module scores and overall year grades

Out of term details

Home address *

Telephone *

Email Address *

Project Details

Project Title *

Laboratory and Project Address *

Project background *

(Max 200 words)

Project aims *

(Max 200 words )

Project experimental materials and methods *

(Max 300 words )

Reasons for undertaking the project (must be completed by the student) *

Maximum 350 words

Period of support sought *

Proposed Start Date *

Referee and Department Contacts

The Referee should be the student's academic tutor or director of studies who can give an informed opinion on the student’s performance to date, and their suitability for a placement. The SRF will contact your referee to ensure that they support your application. Failure to provide a reference before the Committee meets to consider applications may lead to your application being disqualified. Please contact your referee ahead of the application deadline to ensure they are willing and able to provide a reference in time.

Referee Title *

Referee First Name *

Referee Last Name *

Referee's Job Title *

Referee Email Address *

Supervisor's First Name *

Your Supervisor must be a paid up SRF member. We will contact your Supervisor to ensure they support your application.

Supervisor's Last Name *

Supervisor's Position *

Supervisor Email Address *

Head of College/School/Department Title *

The SRF will contact your Head of College/School/Department to confirm that a) they consent to this research project being carried out in their department. b) this project does not constitute any part of the normal degree course of the student

Head of College/School/Department First Name *

Head of College/School/Department Last Name *

Head of College/School/Department Position *

Head of College/School/Department Email *

Finance Officer Title *

The SRF will contact the College/School/Department Finance Office to confirm that they accept the terms of this award

Finance Officer First Name *

Finance Officer Last Name *

Finance Officer Email *

Confirmation letter from the host University laboratory confirming that they will host the applicant. *

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2019 Vacation Scholarships

We are pleased to announce below the names of the 2019 successful applicants. Reports of their projects will be available via the reports link below as they are received.

Vacation Scholar	Supervisor
Miss Katherine Morling	Binyam Mogessie
Miss Eva Shelmerdine	John Aplin
Miss Louise Dryburgh	Katarzyna Siemienowicz
Mr John Louca	Amanda Sferruzzi-Perri
Miss Giuliana Calabrese	Sofia Makieva
Miss Marie Biolkova	Norah Spears
Miss Michaela Rogers	Erin Williams
Miss Katy Walsh	Karen Forbes
Mr Neil Taylor	Roseanne Rosario
Miss Caitlan Onabanjo	Kim Jonas
Miss Rosie Mitchel	Charlotte Brassey
Miss Mahnoor Khalid	Tyler Stevenson
Ms Georgia O’Sullivan	Lynne O’Shea
Miss Martha Chimal Alvarez	Juan Hernandez-Medrano

2018 Vacation Scholarships

We are pleased to announce below the names of the 2018 successful applicants. Reports of their projects will be available via the reports link below as they are received.

Vacation Scholar	Supervisor
Miss Barbora Badurova	Mary Herbert
Miss Anna Brodie	Ali Fouladi-Nashta
Miss Laura Copley	Bob Robinson
Miss Courtney Di Filippo	Suzannah Williams
Miss Kate Hurlow	Helen White-Cooper
Miss Ella Jameson	Suman Rice
Mr Robert Kay	Hilary Critchley
Miss Magdalena Matkovic	Norah Spears
Miss Georgia May	Alireza Fazeli
Miss Sophia Mohammed	Nicholas Wheelhouse
Miss Imogen Nichols	Binyam Mogessie
Miss Gabrielle Oxley	Suzanne Madgwick
Mr Niall Slater	Sarah Conner
Mr Aniruddha Voruganti	John Parrington
Miss Mabel Vos	Sari Pennings
Miss Sijia Yao	Amanda Sferruzzi-Perri

2017 Vacation Scholarships

We are pleased to announce below the names of the 2017 successful applicants. Reports of their projects will be available via the reports link below as they are received.

Vacation Scholar	Supervisor
Sofia Akhtar	Adam Watkins
Chandler Bray	Sarah Calvert
Eman Butt	Amanda Sferruzzi-Perri
Federico Caso	Tyler Stevenson
Joan Embola	Guy Whitley
Isabella Inzani	Alison Forhead
Jessica McLachlan	Rupsha Fraser
Daniel Stark	Mark Fenwick
Hannah Webb	Hilary Critchley