Wellcome Sanger Institute Prize Competition 2024

Wellcome Sanger Institute Prize Competition for Undergraduate Students is inviting applications from suitably qualified candidates for the 2024 edition. See how to apply for Wellcome Sanger Institute Prize Competition below…

Wellcome Sanger Institute Prize Competition

Wellcome Sanger Institute Prize competition is an outreach competition for undergraduate students from low- and middle-income countries which gives the winner an opportunity to experience the very cutting edge of genomic research.

Sanger Institute Prize Competition Benefits

The winner of the Sanger Institute Prize will be offered a three-month internship with a research group at the Wellcome Sanger Institute during 2024. Travel, living and research expenses are all covered by the award.

Sanger Institute Prize Competition Eligibility

To be considered eligible to apply, applicants must:

• Be from a low- or middle-income country (view the list of eligible countries below)
• Be studying at a University/Institute in a low-/middle-income country
• Demonstrate an active interest in research in the genomics field
• Have a good command of English

Relevant Link: UBA Campus Ambassador Programme

How to Apply For Sanger Institute Prize Competition

Stage one: Expression of Interest

First stage applicants are asked to complete a short application form and write an expression of interest detailing their scientific interests and why they want to come to the Sanger Institute. Two academic references are also required at this stage.

Stage two: Essay

• Selected candidates will then be asked to take part in stage two of the process, which is to write an essay with a given title.
• The judges’ decision will be final and no further correspondence will be entered into.
• Click here to apply with the official link

Application Deadline

Only applications made via the online application system will be accepted. Entries should be submitted online by 5pm UK GMT, 21st December.

List of Eligible Countries

Low Income Economies

Afghanistan	Benin	Burkina Faso
Burundi	Cambodia	Central African Republic
Chad	Comoros	Congo Dem. Rep
Eritrea	Ethiopia	The Gambia
Guinea	Guinea-Bissau	Hati
Korea, Dem. Rep	Liberia	Madagascar
Malawi	Mali	Mozambique
Nepal	Niger	Rwanda
Sierra Leone	Somalia	South Sudan
Tanzania	Togo	Uganda
Zimbabwe

Lower Middle Income Economies

Armenia	Bangladesh	Bhutan
Bolivia	Cabo Verde	Cameroon
Congo. Rep	Cote d’Ivoire	Djibouti
Egypt, Arab Rep.	El Salvador	Georgia
Ghana	Guatemala	Guyana
Honduras	India	Indonesia
Kenya	Kiribati	Kosovo
Kyrgyz Republic	Lao PDR	Lesotho
Mauritania	Micronesia Fed. Sts	Moldova
Morocco	Myanmar	Nicaragua
Nigeria	Pakistan	Papua New Guinea
Phillippines	Samoa	Sao Tome and Principe
Senegal	Solomon Islands	Sri Lanka
Sudan	Swaziland	Syrian Arab Public
Tajikistan	Timor-Leste	Ukraine
Uzbekistan	Vanuatu	Vietnam
West Bank and Gaza	Yemen, Rep.	Zambia

Upper Middle Income Economies

Albania	Algeria	American Samoa
Angola	Azerbaijan	Belarus
Belize	Bosnia and Herzegovia	Botswana
Brazil	Bulgaria	China
Colombia	Costa Rica	Cuba
Dominica	Dominician Republic	Ecuador
Fiji	Gabon	Grenada
Iran, Islamic Rep.	Iraq	Jamacia
Jordan	Kazakhstan	Lebanon
Libya	Macedonia, FYR	Malaysia
Maldives	Marshall Islands	Mauritius
Mexico	Mongolia	Montenegro
Namibia	Palau	Panama
Paraguay	Peru	Romania
Serbia	South Africa	St Lucia
St Vincent and the Grenadines	Suriname	Thailand
Tonga	Tunisia	Turkey
Turkmenistan	Tuvalu

 

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