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Gatsby Plant Science Summer School

🏛 Gatsby Plant Science Education Programme (The Sainsbury Laboratory, University of Cambridge) 📍 Easingwold, United Kingdom 📅 2026

About this opportunity

A five-day immersive summer school introducing undergraduate bioscience students to plant biology through lectures, hands-on lab practicals, tutorials, careers sessions and networking. It brings together students from 30 participating UK universities to learn from leading researchers. The programme is delivered at The Hawkhills in Easingwold, York and is organised by the Gatsby Plant Science Education Programme at The Sainsbury Laboratory, University of Cambridge. The course is fully funded and free to participants.

Benefits & funding

Free participation; five days of lectures from leading researchers, hands-on lab practicals, tutorials, targeted careers sessions and networking opportunities.

Eligibility

First-year undergraduate bioscience students (or second-year students in Scotland) enrolled at one of the 30 participating UK universities.

How to apply

Express interest to your university's Gatsby Mentor; mentors select students for the 80 available places across 30 universities.

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