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: 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.
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Study of ultrafine particles in Granada urban area | Granada | Reserved |
Radiative effect of atmospheric aerosols: an intercomparison of measurement techniques | Granada | Reserved |
Long-term study of atmospheric air masses affecting southern Spain | Granada | Reserved |
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Atmospheric particles influence on clouds: Why are those clouds there? | Granada | Reserved |
What aerosols do we have in Granada and how are they changing with time? | Granada | Reserved |
Atmosphere thermodynamics state studies using satellite and ground-based microwave radiometry | Granada | Reserved |
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In silico prediction of novel antimicrobial resistance factors in Klebsiella pneumoniae | Limerick | Reserved |
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Role of Meninges in Concussion: Mechanical and Structural Characterisation of Porcine Meninges Membrane | Limerick | Reserved |
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Depicting Personality Traits in Fallow Deer (Dama Dama) Fawns at Capture | Dublin | Reserved |
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Analysis of Biostimulants for Barley Growth and Development | Dublin | Reserved |
Does the Smoothness of Concrete on Vertical Seawalls Influence Their Biodiversity | Dublin | Reserved |
Exploring the Spectrum of Activity of Antibiotic Compounds Produced by Fungal Endophytes of Wild Barley Relatives | Dublin | Reserved |
The Microbiome of Fungi: How Often are Bacteria Found in Close Association with Fungal Endophytes? | Dublin | Reserved |
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Flower Development in Cannabis Sativa | Dublin | Reserved |
Establishing Hemp (Cannabis Sativa) as a Crop for the Future | Dublin | Reserved |
Biotechnology and Gene Editing for Cannabis Sativa | Dublin | Reserved |
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Computational and experimental characterisation of a potential antimicrobial resistance factor | Limerick | Reserved |
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Development of biobased quantum dots – Materials development and biocompatibility | Limerick | Reserved |
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Antimicrobial susceptibility testing of genetically engineered Escherichia coli knockout cells | Limerick | Reserved |
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Analysis of biofilm formation by the human pathogen Campylobacter jejuni | Dublin | Reserved |
Association of Gut Barrier Dysfunction in Inflammatory Bowel Disease development | Dublin | Reserved |
Investigating the Role of Disease-Causing Proteins in Motor Neurons | Dublin | Reserved |
Development and Characterisation of Aligned Collagen Matrices to Model Pancreatic Cancer | Dublin | Reserved |
Beta-Amyloid Induced Regulation of UT-B Urea Transporters in an Astrocyte Cell Line | Dublin | Reserved |
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Understanding the Role of Rab33B in Smith McCort Dysplasia | Dublin | Reserved |
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Energy properties of the products of hydrothermal carbonisation of digested sludge from wastewater treatment plant | Limerick | Reserved |
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Phosphor recovery from dairy factory waste products in form of fertiliser | Limerick | Reserved |
Production of biobased solvents from lignocellulosic biomass | Limerick | Reserved |
Recovery of phosphorus from meat and bone meal and its ashes samples regarding potential fertiliser production | Limerick | Reserved |
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Development of extraction, analytical and purification techniques of plant material to target phytopharmaceuticals | Limerick | Reserved |
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Impossible Crystallisation: An Assessment of Solvent Radiolysis in Undersaturated Pharmaceutical Crystallisation | Limerick | Reserved |
Phosphorus-Based Cations as Main Group Catalysts |
Dublin | Reserved |
Study of Molecular Probes of Non-Canonical DNA Towards New Therapeutics |
Dublin | Reserved |
Design, Synthesis and Characterization of Super Catalysts for Safe Hydrogen Storage |
Dublin | Reserved |
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Development of Nanoparticle-Based Therapies |
Dublin | Reserved |
Electrophilic Fluorination of Piperdeines and Their Use to Approach the Synthesis of Fluorofebrifugine | Dublin | Reserved |
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Secondary Bending in Curved Double-Layer Gridshell Assemblies | Limerick | Reserved |
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Automating Data Identification for more Forensic-Ready Smart Factories | Limerick | Reserved |
Kind Computing: A New Paradigm for Integrating Kindness into Software | Limerick | Reserved |
Trust and Security Provision for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles | Limerick | Reserved |
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Exploring Sense of Belonging in Undergraduate Computing Students | Dublin | Reserved |
Developing a prototyping XAI-enabled web interface for the classification of metabolic syndrome | Dublin | Reserved |
An XAI-enabled Web Interface for pediatric EEG Analysis | Dublin | Reserved |
Making Conversation to Make Better Decisions | Dublin | Reserved |
Implementing Ethical Preferences for Human-Centric AI | Dublin | Reserved |
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Data Privacy and Security in U.S.-EU data transfer | Limerick | Reserved |
Intrusion Detection and Prevention for Smart Home Networks | Limerick | Reserved |
Learn about cybersecurity using ‘Cyber Range’ | Limerick | Reserved |
Mitigating Cyber threats in healthcare using MITRE ATT&CK Framework | Limerick | Reserved |
Protecting Genomic data using Cyber Standards | Limerick | Reserved |
Security of legacy medical devices | Limerick | Reserved |
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Neural Network Model Selection | Limerick | Reserved |
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Investigating the interplay between cardiovascular risk factors (diabetes and disturbed flow) on endothelial cell dysfunction | London | Reserved |
New Roles of Metabolic Hormones in Inflammation |
London | Reserved |
Characterising vascular changes in the high-fat, high-sugar diet (HFSD) fed mouse model of pre-diabetes |
London | Reserved |
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New natural sweeteners' effects on microbial communication (quorum sensing) | Limerick | Reserved |
Purification of green extracts from food by-products to obtain bioactive-rich ingredients | Limerick | Reserved |
The anti-thrombotic properties of dairy lipids | Limerick | Reserved |
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The genetic contribution to fracture risk in Thoroughbreds | London | Reserved |
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Application of Deep Learning to detect potentially novel exons/transcript structures in genomic sequences | Limerick | Reserved |
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Bacteria in Freshwater: A Historical Record of Past Pollution? | Glasgow | Reserved |
Using Caenorhabditis elegans as a Model Organism for Genetic Screens | Glasgow | Reserved |
Genetic engineering for agriculture in a changing climate | Glasgow | Reserved |
Mesophiles and Thermophiles in the Urban Environment | Glasgow | Reserved |
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Design and development of motorcycle impact protection using 3D printing with controlled internal structures | Limerick | Reserved |
Development of a digital twin for a metal-bending manufacturing operation | Limerick | Reserved |
Real-time signal processing and feature extraction of robotic drilling process | Limerick | Reserved |
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Targeted RNA Extraction from Probiotic Bacteria | Dublin | Reserved |
Purification of Extracellular Vesicles from Probiotic Bacteria | Dublin | Reserved |
Preparation of RNA Nanoparticles | Dublin | Reserved |
Optimizing Primer Selection for Detecting Bacteria Associated with Diverse Fungal Isolates | Dublin | Reserved |
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Chemical Synthesis of Drug-Like Building Blocks Using Continuous Flow Reactors | Dublin | Reserved |
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Physics of Collective Behavior | Dublin | Reserved |
Biomedical Assays Using Green Technology |
Dublin | Reserved |
Advanced Models of Bio-Nano Interactions | Dublin | Reserved |
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Investigating a Novel Therapeutic Strategy for Alzheimer’s Disease | Dublin | Reserved |
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Exploring the Use of VR for Enhancing Learning | Glasgow | Reserved |
Disgust Sensitivity and Mental Health Stigma |
Glasgow | Reserved |
Sensory Perception and Neurodiversity |
Glasgow | Reserved |