Biomedical Vacation Scholarship Programme - University College London

This award is for 6 students per year for 5-years.

It includes ?a salary at the national living wage plus holiday pay and national insurance or equivalent,?as well as?funds to cover or significantly subsidise accommodation and travel (£1500 outside of London and up to £2000 in London).??? It includes £500 to each studentship towards research expenses.???

Unspent funds can be repurposed on further students or recruitment costs.

Wellcome wishes to ensure a greater diversity of students (in relation to socio-economic background and ethnicity) progress to postgraduate research.

Over 5-years of the Programme we encourage organisations to aim for: -At least 50% of students recruited to the programme to be from underrepresented or disadvantaged groups, depending on priorities set by each organisation. -At least 50% of students recruited to the programme to be from non-Russell Group Universities.

For the remaining 50%, organisations should consider how to recruit students from other universities as well as their own.

Wellcome has included this recommended target as research indicates that most of the high-achieving STEMM graduates from minority ethnic backgrounds are located outside of Russell Group universities.