The BALR, in association with Action for Pulmonary Fibrosis, Pulmonary Fibrosis Northern Ireland, and Breathing Matters, invites applicants to apply for summer studentships, to take place in the summer vacation period. The awards will cover a maximum of eight weeks for research projects in the following areas:

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• A specific lung condition (e.g., Asthma, Lung cancer, Mesothelioma, COPD, IPF etc.)

• Cross-respiratory research, with value across all (e.g., pulmonary infection)

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To apply, download the application form here and signature page here

 

Submit both forms via email to admin@balr.co.uk

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Open for Applications - Deadline 17th April 2026​

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Applicants will be notified of outcomes in mid-May.​

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Eight week projects may commence from 1st June up to approximately the end of July.

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Full eligibility criteria can be found here

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Applications will be open to undergraduate science students in their final two years of study and medical students between their second and penultimate years of study or undertaking an intercalated BSc.

  

The awards will comprise of:

• a stipend of £1,600 for living expenses,

• £400 for consumables (including poster printing costs). For non-laboratory-based research projects, applicants will be required to justify their use of the consumables budget if requested.

• A £250 travel award will be provided for studentship recipients who submit their research findings to a scientific conference and are invited to present their research in the form of a poster/talk. Conference attendance should be within 1 year of completion of the Studentship project and travel award recipients will be required to submit a short conference summary for the BALR website.

 

Please note: It is a requirement for students in receipt of the BALR Summer Studentship to submit an overview for the BALR newsletter/website, and for the individual funder, highlighting their experience of undertaking this Summer Studentship.  

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Funding

• The award will be administered as a grant by the Finance team at the Host University and invoices for the stipend and consumables sent to BALR for payment on completion of the project. 

• Expenses relating to Travel awards and conference attendance will be paid directly to the student from the BALR on provision of receipts and a claim form.

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Important: It is the applicants (PI and student) responsibility to ensure that the student has the “Right to work in the UK” in place before accepting the studentship. BALR and supporting charities are not responsible to obtain the required paperwork. 

 

Please note: student and supervisor are required to be BALR members.

 

To join the BALR, click here https://www.balr.co.uk/membership

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