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.
More projects will be available in the coming weeks.
| PROJECT NAME | LOCATION | PROJECT STATUS: OPEN/RESERVED* |
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| Manufacture of a Composite Nose Cone for a Formula Student Car | Limerick | Open |
| PROJECT NAME | LOCATION | PROJECT STATUS: OPEN/RESERVED* |
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| Finite Element Modelling of Quenching of Aluminium Alloys to Account for Thermal Fluid Interaction | Limerick | Open |
| The Effect of Constraint on Quench Induced Residual Stresses During Precipitation Hardening of 7000 Series Aluminium Alloys | Limerick | Open |
| Project Name | Location | Project Status: Open/Reserved* |
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| On the Relationship between air pollution and noise levels in the Granada Urban Area | Granada | Reserved |
| PROJECT NAME | LOCATION | PROJECT STATUS: OPEN/RESERVED* |
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| Can Pollen Particle Matter be monitored by Sun-Photometric Techniques | Granada | Open |
| Atmospheric Particles influence on Clouds: Why are those clouds there? | Granada | Reserved |
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| Visualization of neuronal protein sorting events by high-resolution structural biology methods | Brisbane | Reserved |
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| Experimental Emulation of Capillary Flow | Limerick | Open |
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| Role of Meninges in Concussion: Mechanical and Structural Characterisation of Porcine Meninges Membrane | Limerick | Reserved |
| PROJECT NAME | LOCATION | PROJECT STATUS: OPEN/RESERVED* |
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| Smart magnetic resonance imaging nano-sensor for detecting and grading diseases | Brisbane | Reserved |
| Innovative reversible blood clotting agents for emergency treatment of internal bleeding | Brisbane | Reserved |
| Novel solutions for theranostics of diseases such as cardiovascular disease and inflammatory disease | Brisbane | Reserved |
| PROJECT NAME | LOCATION | PROJECT STATUS: OPEN/RESERVED* |
|---|---|---|
| microRNA regulation of embryonic cell development | London | Reserved |
| What is the pattern of cell death in the zebrafish model of Late Infantile Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis, an inherited neurodegenerative disease? | London | Reserved |
| PROJECT NAME | LOCATION | PROJECT STATUS: OPEN/RESERVED* |
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| Can extracellular vesicles isolated from cows milk affect human immune cell responses in vitro | London | Reserved |
| PROJECT NAME | LOCATION | PROJECT STATUS: OPEN/RESERVED* |
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| Lateral Mixing in Co-flowing Bubbly Streams | Limerick | Open |
| PROJECT NAME | LOCATION | PROJECT STATUS: OPEN/RESERVED* |
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| Characterization of bioactive components from human breast milk | Brisbane | Reserved |
| Structure activity relationship studies of trefoil factor peptides | Brisbane | Reserved |
| Building a novel system for peptide delivery | Brisbane | Reserved |
| Characterisation of peptides encoded by short open reading frames | Brisbane | Open |
| PROJECT NAME | LOCATION | PROJECT STATUS: OPEN/RESERVED* |
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| An Experimental Investigation of Composite Action in Double Layer Bending Active Gridshells Made from Engineered Timber | Limerick | Open |
| PROJECT NAME | LOCATION | PROJECT STATUS: OPEN/RESERVED* |
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| The Underlying Mathematical Framework in the Architectural Process of Christopher Alexander | Limerick | Open |
| PROJECT NAME | LOCATION | PROJECT STATUS: OPEN/RESERVED* |
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| Artificially Intelligent Human Age Estimation | Dublin | Open |
| Approximate Matching Techniques for Digital Forensics Investigation | Dublin | Reserved |
| Machine learning and human agency | Dublin | Reserved |
| Automating Digital Forensic Evidence Analysis through Deep Learning | Dublin | Reserved |
| Why Would I Drink That? Personalising the Explanation of Beer Recommendations | Dublin | Reserved |
| Detecting Emergence in a Heterogenous Adaptive System | Dublin | Open |
| PROJECT NAME | LOCATION | PROJECT STATUS: OPEN/RESERVED* |
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| Are paleoclimate reconstruction reliable | Dublin | Open |
| How does magma chamber shape influence caldera collapse? | Dublin | Open |
| PROJECT NAME | LOCATION | PROJECT STATUS: OPEN/RESERVED* |
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| Characterising barriers to connectivity in Irish rivers | Dublin | Open |
| PROJECT NAME | LOCATION | PROJECT STATUS: OPEN/RESERVED* |
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| Evolutionary genomics of coral reef symbionts | Brisbane | Open |
| PROJECT NAME | LOCATION | PROJECT STATUS: OPEN/RESERVED* |
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| Late Quaternary Environments of South East Queensland | Brisbane | Open |
| PROJECT NAME | LOCATION | PROJECT STATUS: OPEN/RESERVED* |
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| Efficacy of drug treatment on zoonotic schistosomes in livestock | London | Reserved |
| Are Diabetic Dogs Hypercoagulable? Assessment of thrombotic risk via thromboelastography | London | Open |
| Subtle changes in equine behaviour and their relation with chronic disease | London | Reserved |
| Characterising microvesicles from equine mesenchymal stem cells as a novel therapeutic strategy | London | Reserved |
| PROJECT NAME | LOCATION | PROJECT STATUS: OPEN/RESERVED* |
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| Zoonotic transmission of schistosomiasis in West Africa | London | Reserved |
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| Mesophiles and Thermophiles in the Urban Environment | Glasgow | Reserved |
| Using Caenorhabditis elegans as a Model Organism for Genetic Screens | Glasgow | Reserved |
| Viruses and Bacteria in Freshwater: A Historical Record of Past Pollution? | Glasgow | Reserved |
| PROJECT NAME | LOCATION | PROJECT STATUS: OPEN/RESERVED* |
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| Impacts of human activities on marine ecosystems in Dublin Bay | Dublin | Reserved |
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| Finite Element Modelling of Contour Technique for Residual Stress Determination | Limerick | Open |
| PROJECT NAME | LOCATION | PROJECT STATUS: OPEN/RESERVED* |
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| Twist Morphing of Kayak Paddles Using Lightweight Composite Materials | Limerick | Open |
| PROJECT NAME | LOCATION | PROJECT STATUS: OPEN/RESERVED* |
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| Paper Folding Axiomatics | Limerick | Open |
| PROJECT NAME | LOCATION | PROJECT STATUS: OPEN/RESERVED* |
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| Computational Modelling of Mechanical Behaviour of Lightweight Carbon Fibre Materials | Limerick | Open |
| PROJECT NAME | LOCATION | PROJECT STATUS: OPEN/RESERVED* |
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| Co-cultivation Inspired Microbial Biodiscovery | Brisbane | Reserved |
| PROJECT NAME | LOCATION | PROJECT STATUS: OPEN/RESERVED* |
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| Montelukast as a therapy for perinatal brain injury | London | Open |
| Breaching the blood-brain-barrier: protecting astrocytes from liver disease | London | Reserved |
| How do endocrine disrupting chemicals contribute to pituitary tumour development? | London | Reserved |
| PROJECT NAME | LOCATION | PROJECT STATUS: OPEN/RESERVED* |
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| Genetic & Pharmacological Determinants of Vision | Dublin | Reserved |
| PROJECT NAME | LOCATION | PROJECT STATUS: OPEN/RESERVED* |
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| Measuring soft-dropped b-jet structure at the LHC | Glasgow | Reserved |
| PROJECT NAME | LOCATION | PROJECT STATUS: OPEN/RESERVED* |
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| Million Degree Fireballs - Understanding the Limits of Laser Plasmas | Dublin | Open |
| Coarse master equation modeling of protein-protein interactions applications to self-aggregating amyloid peptides | Dublin | Open |
| Use of polymer substrates for tuneable plasmonics | Dublin | Open |
| Plasmonic substrates as optical sensors | Dublin | Open |
| PROJECT NAME | LOCATION | PROJECT STATUS: OPEN/RESERVED* |
|---|---|---|
| Prospects for constraining the spatial distribution of gravitational wave sources in the local universe | Glasgow | Reserved |
| Imaging around corners using single photon sensitive cameras | Glasgow | Open |
| Plasma diagnostics and dynamics of solar prominences | Glasgow | Open |
| The "Beta pen": a hand-held device for detecting beta radiation | Glasgow | Reserved |
| Advanced imaging concepts for miniaturisation of optical systems | Glasgow | Open |
| PROJECT NAME | LOCATION | PROJECT STATUS: OPEN/RESERVED* |
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| Autism and intersubject correlation of brain activity while watching dance | Glasgow | Reserved |
| Impression management with Selfies | Glasgow | Open |
| Drivers for development of gender stereotypes | Glasgow | Open |
| PROJECT NAME | LOCATION | PROJECT STATUS: OPEN/RESERVED* |
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| The role of FSTL3 during male reproductive ageing | London | Reserved |
| PROJECT NAME | LOCATION | PROJECT STATUS: OPEN/RESERVED* |
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| Playground Science for School Teachers | Limerick | Open |