As a STEM student, we understand that disciplinary focus is often your main priority when selecting the best and most rewarding study abroad experience. We offer a range of exciting summer research projects in five great locations: Australia, Scotland, Ireland, England, and Spain. This list below highlights the range of project choices on offer, alongside their locations and their availability.
These programs are highly competitive and fill up fast. Once you decide your project preference please get your application in to us. We would recommend you also keep in mind an alternative project should your preferred option be already taken.
| PROJECT NAME | LOCATION | PROJECT STATUS: OPEN / RESERVED* |
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| Study of pollutant sources in Granada urban area (In-Person preferred /Virtual available) | Granada | Reserved/Closed |
| PROJECT NAME | LOCATION | PROJECT STATUS: OPEN / RESERVED* |
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| Can we determine the water vapor content of the atmosphere using low-cost infrared thermometers? (In-Person preferred /Virtual available) | Granada | Open |
| What do we really know about clouds? (In-Person preferred /Virtual available) | Granada | Reserved/Closed |
| Understanding ground-based NASA networks for supporting satellite missions (In-Person preferred /Virtual available) | Granada | Open |
| Atmosphere thermodynamics state studies using satellite and ground-based microwave radiometry (In-Person preferred /Virtual available) | Granada | Open |
| Exploiting NASA’s tools for the observation of Earth´s atmosphere using satellite data (In-Person preferred /Virtual available) | Granada | Reserved/Closed |
| Study of air masses in the atmosphere using the NOAA HYSPLIT model (In-Person preferred /Virtual available) | Granada | Open |
| PROJECT NAME | LOCATION | PROJECT STATUS: OPEN / RESERVED* |
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| A cell-based assay investigating the secretion of collagen and its links to human disease | Dublin | Reserved/Closed |
| Flower development in Cannabis sativa | Dublin | Reserved/Closed |
| PROJECT NAME | LOCATION | PROJECT STATUS: OPEN / RESERVED* |
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| Depicting personality traits in fallow deer (Dama dama) fawns at capture | Dublin | Reserved/Closed |
| PROJECT NAME | LOCATION | PROJECT STATUS: OPEN / RESERVED* |
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| Molecular and morphological analysis of CRISPR-Cas9 genome edited Arabidopsis thaliana plants | Dublin | Reserved/Closed |
| PROJECT NAME | LOCATION | PROJECT STATUS: OPEN / RESERVED* |
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| Development and evaluation of robot ablation catheter system for cardiac ablation therapy | King's | Reserved/Closed |
| Development and evaluation of robot trans-septal puncture system | King's | Reserved/Closed |
| Development and evaluation of cardiac phantoms for cardiac ablation therapy | King's | Open |
| Development and evaluation of a low-cost high-temperature 3D printer for PEEK | King's | Reserved/Closed |
| Development and evaluation of a low-cost silicone 3D printer | King's | Reserved/Closed |
| Denoising X-ray fluoroscopy images using deep learning | King's | Open |
| Evaluation of web-based teaching and learning of anatomy using medical imaging and 3D models | King's | Reserved/Closed |
| 3D models for teaching and learning ligand-receptor interactions | King's | Reserved/Closed |
| Echocardiography simulation for deep learning applications | King's | Open |
| Role of Meninges in Concussion: Mechanical and Structural Characterisation of Porcine Meninges Membrane | Limerick | Reserved/Closed |
| PROJECT NAME | LOCATION | PROJECT STATUS: OPEN / RESERVED* |
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| Comparison of the phenotypic profile of Campylobacter jejuni strains isolated from different sources | Dublin | Reserved/Closed |
| Association of Gut Barrier Dysfunction in Gastrointestinal Disease Development | Dublin | Reserved/Closed |
| Determining the host response to novel vaccine antigens | Dublin | Reserved/Closed |
| PROJECT NAME | LOCATION | PROJECT STATUS: OPEN / RESERVED* |
|---|---|---|
| Cysteinyl Leukotriene Receptor Signalling & Uveal Melanoma Extracellular Vesicles: Novel Therapeutic Targets or Biomarkers to Improve Patient Outcomes in Metastatic Uveal Melanoma | Dublin | Reserved/Closed |
| PROJECT NAME | LOCATION | PROJECT STATUS: OPEN / RESERVED* |
|---|---|---|
| Investigating the role of disease-causing proteins in motor neuron function | Dublin | Reserved/Closed |
| Physiological regulation of brain UT-B urea transporters | Dublin | Reserved/Closed |
| PROJECT NAME | LOCATION | PROJECT STATUS: OPEN / RESERVED* |
|---|---|---|
| Horse tendon injuries – Modelling inflammation in the laboratory | London | Reserved/Closed |
| Does β-catenin signalling promote ageing of endothelial cells? | London | Reserved/Closed |
| Do circulating extracellular vesicles change in number or cell of origin with training or exercise in thoroughbred racehorses? | London | Reserved/Closed |
| Investigating cellular senescence in the aetiology of tendinopathies (0 of 2 slots available) | London | Reserved/Closed |
| Cell signalling regulation during endothelial cell growth | London | Reserved/Closed |
| Does hypoxia modulate functional divergence and proliferative potential of endothelial cells? | London | Reserved/Closed |
| Do extracellular vesicles in cows’ milk modulate human immune cell function? | London | Reserved/Closed |
| Influence of anthocyanin rich dietary supplements on monocyte extracellular vesicle release in vitro | London | Reserved/Closed |
| PROJECT NAME | LOCATION | PROJECT STATUS: OPEN / RESERVED* |
|---|---|---|
| Development of a biocatalytic flow reactor | Limerick | Reserved/Closed |
| Biomass valorisation into value added compounds | Limerick | Reserved/Closed |
| PROJECT NAME | LOCATION | PROJECT STATUS: OPEN / RESERVED* |
|---|---|---|
| Detecting Viruses and Hormones using Disposable Plasmonic Sensing | Glasgow | Reserved/Closed |
| Chiral Raman Spectroscopy Using Metamaterials | Glasgow | Reserved/Closed |
| Chemistry of Lanthanides | Glasgow | Reserved/Closed |
| Measuring Light from Single Molecules | Glasgow | Reserved/Closed |
| BioNano Sensing | Glasgow | Reserved/Closed |
| Electrophilic fluorination of piperdeines and their use to approach the synthesis of fluorofebrifugine |
Dublin | Reserved/Closed |
| Chemical Synthesis of Drug-Like Building Blocks Using Continuous Flow Reactors |
Dublin | Reserved/Closed |
| PROJECT NAME | LOCATION | PROJECT STATUS: OPEN / RESERVED* |
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| An Experimental Investigation of Secondary Bending in Double Layer Bending Active Gridshell Assemblies | Limerick | Open |
| PROJECT NAME | LOCATION | PROJECT STATUS: OPEN / RESERVED* |
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| Cyber Security for Electric Vehicles | Limerick | Reserved/Closed |
| Blockchain and its use in Smart Manufacturing | Limerick | Reserved/Closed |
| PROJECT NAME | LOCATION | PROJECT STATUS: OPEN / RESERVED* |
|---|---|---|
| Hot date in the mountains: Determining the magmatic age of the Mourne Mountain Complex, Northern Ireland | Dublin | Open |
| Determining the age of Irish and European ore deposits | Dublin | Open |
| PROJECT NAME | LOCATION | PROJECT STATUS: OPEN / RESERVED* |
|---|---|---|
| New Roles of Metabolic Hormones in Inflammation | London | Reserved/Closed |
| PROJECT NAME | LOCATION | PROJECT STATUS: OPEN / RESERVED* |
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| Changes in air quality in Granada (Spain) before, during and after the SARS-CoV-2 epidemic (In-Person preferred /Virtual available) | Granada | Reserved/Closed |
| PROJECT NAME | LOCATION | PROJECT STATUS: OPEN / RESERVED* |
|---|---|---|
| The genetic contribution to fracture risk in Thoroughbreds | London | Reserved/Closed |
| microRNA regulation of embryonic cell development | London | Reserved/Closed |
| PROJECT NAME | LOCATION | PROJECT STATUS: OPEN / RESERVED* |
|---|---|---|
| Mesophiles and Thermophiles in the Urban Environment | Glasgow | Reserved/Closed |
| Bacteria in Freshwater: A Historical Record of Past Pollution? | Glasgow | Reserved/Closed |
| Using Caenorhabditis elegans as a Model Organism for Genetic Screens | Glasgow | Reserved/Closed |
| Investigating the reliability of Daphnia as a model to study the autonomic control of heart rate | Glasgow | Reserved/Closed |
| Genetic engineering for agriculture in a changing climate | Glasgow | Reserved/Closed |
| PROJECT NAME | LOCATION | PROJECT STATUS: OPEN / RESERVED* |
|---|---|---|
| Evaluating the temperature dependence of the Bauschinger effect in aerospace aluminium alloys | Limerick | Open |
| Comparing stress relieving methods for heat treatable aerospace aluminium alloys | Limerick | Reserved/Closed |
| Evaluating the magnitude of the Bauschinger effect in an aerospace aluminium alloy | Limerick | Open |
| Metal additive manufacturing processing parameters | Limerick | Reserved/Closed |
| Computational modelling of mechanical behaviour of lightweight carbon fibre materials | Limerick | Reserved/Closed |
| PROJECT NAME | LOCATION | PROJECT STATUS: OPEN / RESERVED* |
|---|---|---|
| Glial response to altered inhibition in the developing cortex | London | Reserved/Closed |
| Regulating mitochondrial dynamics to protect brain cells from energy stress | London | Reserved/Closed |
| Does sigma1 receptor activation reduce microglial activity in the zebrafish model of Late Infantile Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis (CLN2 disease)? | London | Reserved/Closed |
| PROJECT NAME | LOCATION | PROJECT STATUS: OPEN / RESERVED* |
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| Optimized design of a Hartmann-Shack wavefront sensor for opthalmic applications | Dublin | Open |
| PROJECT NAME | LOCATION | PROJECT STATUS: OPEN / RESERVED* |
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| Sensory perception and neurodiversity | Glasgow | Reserved/Closed |
| Disgust sensitivity and mental health stigma | Glasgow | Reserved/Closed |
| Exploring adolescent wellbeing in the #sleepyteens research project | Glasgow | Reserved/Closed |