Postdoctoral Fellows:
The Mooney Lab is always looking for interested postdoctoral fellows seeking to research innate immunity and host-pathogen interactions. Contact Dr. Mooney if you are interested in joining the lab.
Graduate Students:
Let's be honest, PhD students are the backbone of scientific discovery! However, the PhD is a time of training and learning. If you would like to host your studies here, let's have a chat. Most PhD studentships here at Edinburgh are run through different funding programs (links below), and may require significant lead time.
Interested in a Masters in Science by Research (MScR)? The Mooney lab can host a MScR student in Infectious Diseases, administered by Biomedical Sciences. This is a 1 year, full-time degree program typically running from September to August. After entry into the program, the MScR student can choose from a wide selection of research projects. If you're interested in the Mooney Lab, be sure to contact Dr. Mooney to ask what projects might be on offer.
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PhD Studentships:
Interested in a Masters in Science by Research (MScR)? The Mooney lab can host a MScR student in Infectious Diseases, administered by Biomedical Sciences. This is a 1 year, full-time degree program typically running from September to August. After entry into the program, the MScR student can choose from a wide selection of research projects. If you're interested in the Mooney Lab, be sure to contact Dr. Mooney to ask what projects might be on offer.
Find more information here regarding:
PhD Studentships:
- Precision Medicine Doctoral Training Programme
- EASTBIO Doctoral Training Partnership
- Darwin Trust PhD Studentship
- Medical Research Scotland PhD Studentship
MSc Programs:
Undergraduate Researchers:
Typically, the lab will take 2 honours students during the semester 2 (January to April), which are a 12 week independent project. Students come from either Immunology or BioMed. These process of selection is driven by their respective organisation.
Summer Undergraduate Studentships:
Want to gain some experience but time limited to summer? In some cases, we can offer to host undergraduate interns in the lab. This is aimed at 2nd and 3rd year students who want to gain more confidence in a laboratory environment. Please contact Dr. Mooney promptly if you are interested, as time and space can be limited. External funding may be available for summer studentships. Visitors external to the Edinburgh University is rare, as bench fees may be assessed by the Research Office.
External Funding - Undergraduate Summer Intership Opportunities:
The following links were collated by students at the IIIR Immunology & Infection Summer school. These may be useful in your search for funding.
Schemes for internships in research institutions and universities:
Schemes for internships in research institutions and universities:
- SBS internships. https://biology.ed.ac.uk/current-students/undergraduate/opportunities-careers-graduation/gaining-experience/during-vacations
- University of Cambridge. https://www.exppg.lifesci.cam.ac.uk
- AMGEN Scholars Program. https://amgenscholars.com
- Crick Institute Summer Program https://www.crick.ac.uk/careers-study/students/summer-students
- International Undergraduate Summer School – John Innes Centre. https://www.jic.ac.uk/training-careers/summer-schools/international-undergraduate/
- Wellcome. https://wellcome.org/jobs/summer-internship-programme
- The Institute of Cancer Research. https://www.icr.ac.uk/study-and-careers/undergraduate-summer-scholarship-scheme
- RISE Germany. https://www.daad.de/rise/en/rise-germany/
- Cancer Research UK. https://www.cancerresearchuk.org/about-us/early-in-career-opportunities/internships
Funding to apply once you have found a host lab of your choice:
- Carnegie Trust. https://carnegie-trust.org/award-schemes/vacation-scholarships/
- Medical Research Scotland. https://medicalresearchscotland.org.uk/undergraduate-vacation-scholarship/
- Biochemical Society. https://www.biochemistry.org/grants-and-awards/grants-and-bursaries/summer-vacation-studentships/research-studentship/
- British Pharmacological Society. https://www.bps.ac.uk/membership-awards/prizes,-awards-and-grants/our-prizes/vacation-studentships
- British Society for antimicrobial Chemotherapy. https://bsac.org.uk/funding/vacation-scholarship/
- British Society for Cell Biology. https://bscb.org/competitions-awardsgrants/studentships/
- The genetics society. https://genetics.org.uk/grants/summer-studentships/
- Microbiology Society. https://microbiologysociety.org/grants/grants/vacation-studentships.html
- Animal-Free Research UK. https://www.animalfreeresearchuk.org/summerstudent/criteria/
- Royal Microscopical Society. https://www.rms.org.uk/opportunities/professional-development/summer-studentships.html
- Society for Reproduction and Fertility. https://srf-reproduction.org/grants-awards/grants/vacation-scholarships/
Internships in industry:
- Pfizer. https://www.pfizer.co.uk/careers/summer-student-programme
- Scottish water. https://www.scottishwater.co.uk/About-Us/Careers/Internships
Other:
- iGEM/iDEC competitions. https://competition.igem.org / https://idec.io/index.html . Reach out to Professor Chris French
- Training in programming. Biochemical Society. https://www.biochemistry.org/grants-and-awards/grants-and-bursaries/summer-vacation-studentships/programming-skills-studentship/
- Scientific Publishing studentship. Biochemical Society. https://www.biochemistry.org/grants-and-awards/grants-and-bursaries/summer-vacation-studentships/scientific-publishing-studentship/
- Public engagement and science communication studentship. Biochemical Society. https://www.biochemistry.org/grants-and-awards/grants-and-bursaries/summer-vacation-studentships/public-engagement-and-science-communication-studentship/