The Society of Spanish Researchers in the United Kingdom (SRUK/CERU) is pleased to announce the launch of a new call for the

SRUK Summer Studentships-Call for UK Hosting Groups

These studentships will allow research groups in the UK to host and train junior researchers (undergraduate/master students) from Spanish Universities.

Benefits

• SRUK supervisors (hosts) gain leadership and supervision skills, enriching CV with the Honorary Lecturer recognition.
• Spanish students strenghthen practical and language skills.
• Spanish and British Universities create new networks.

SRUK members at any stage of their career interested in hosting a summer student must apply before the 22nd of February 2022.

Awards

• Fields*: Biology, Biochemistry, Biomedicine, Biotechnology, Biotech Companies, Pharmacy, Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Environmental Science, Physics, Project Management, Mathematics, Informatics, Nutrition and Food Technology
• Duration: 2-4 months
• Period of the placements, from 1^st of June to 31^st of December 2022.

*If you are interested in hosting students but you are outside of these areas of research, contact us.

Eligibility

• This grant is open to all SRUK/CERU members (regular or associate, students, junior or senior) that want to host summer students. Non-members can apply only after submitting their membership registration.

Participating Universities

• The hosting groups must be based in the United Kingdom.
• The student candidates must be studying in one of the participating universities.

• Spanish Universities involved in this call:
  • Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (Facultad de Ciencias) – UAM
  • Universidad Francisco de Vitoria (Facultad de Ciencias experimentales) – UFV
  • Universidad de Zaragoza (Facultad de Ciencias)– UniZar
• Only the Universidad Francisco de Vitoria offers 400€ per month per student in concept of bench or administration fees that can be spent without restrictions.

• The students coming from UAM will be financed by the Erasmus+ programme.
• Students from UniZar may be financed by the Erasmus+ programme depending on the stay dates.
• UK supervisors will be officially recognized by the Spanish Universities as Honorary Lecturers only in case this supervision includes ECTS credits for the students.
• The studentship from UFV is included in the official undergraduate programme (Actividades curriculares). The UFV will recognise officially this supervision.

Student-Supervisor Matching

1. SRUK will check that applications for Hosting Group are complete and will send them to the participating Universities.
2. The Universities will pre assign one student to each relevant supervisor and keep a waiting list. They will match the expertise and requirements from the supervisor (such as time of mobility, degree, experience requirements) with the academic level and predisposition of the students.
3. Supervisors will have 10 days to interview the candidates prior to accepting one or more. Interviews will be held from the 5th to the 15th of April 2022.
4. In the event of a disagreement with the pre-assignation, the University/SRUK will provide the contact of other students in the waiting list.
5. The Universities will arrange the final matching of candidates and supervisor and will communicate to the student and SRUK the final resolution. SRUK will communicate with the Hosting Group.

Application

• SRUK members willing to apply as Hosting Group supervisors must download and complete the following Application Form, and submit as an unprotected word document with your CV (max 2 pages).
• Applications must be filled in English.
• Email your application for Hosting Group to [email protected] using the subject line “SRUK Summer Studentships 2022: [Name of the applicant]”.

The deadline for Registering Hosting Groups is 22^nd February 2022.

Further Details

• The pre-assignation student-supervisor is designed to facilitate the management of the programme with the main objective to find the optimal match student-supervisor. This selection will be based on the academic criteria of the students and the selection experience from the Spanish Universities in this kind of programmes.
• The students will need to be fully covered with insurance from Universities, European programmes or private.
• At the end of the studentship, SRUK Researchers (hosts) must complete a survey about their experience with the studentship. This feedback will be used by SRUK/CERU for improving next calls. Hosts may also be invited to participate in scientific outreach activities organised by SRUK/CERU, such as a Science in the Pub event, a Pint of Knowledge event or entries in the SRUK/CERU blog.

FIND OUR Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) DOCUMENT HERE

Do you have any further questions? Please contact us at [email protected].