Sanger Institute 2022 Prize Competition for Undergraduate Students

The Sanger Prize is an outreach competition aimed at undergraduate students who live and study in low or middle income countries.

The prize was set up in 2002 after John Sulston, Sydney Brenner and Robert Horvitz won a Nobel Prize for their work on C.elegans. John Sulston wanted to donate his part of the prize money to a charitable trust to be administered by the Sanger Institute and he appointed a Board of Trustees who decided that the money should be used to fund an annual essay competition to benefit students who would otherwise not have access to the facilities the institute has to offer.

The winner of the competition is invited to spend three months at the Institute working in a lab of their choice, hosted by a member of the Sanger Faculty. All of their essential travel, living and training expenses are paid for by the fund, and support and mentorship is given by the Institute, both from the scientific programme they work with and the team who administer the fund.

• Table of Content
• About Wellcome Sanger Institute
• Sanger Institute Prize Competition
• Aim and Benefits of Sanger Institute Prize Competition
• Requirements for Sanger Institute Prize Competition Qualification
• Application Deadline
• How to Apply

About Wellcome Sanger Institute

The Wellcome Sanger Institute is one of the premier centres of genomic discovery and understanding in the world. It leads ambitious collaborations across the globe to provide the foundations for further research and transformative healthcare innovations. Its success is founded on the expertise and knowledge of its people and the Institute seeks to share its discoveries and techniques with the next generation of genomics scientists and researchers worldwide. They use their expertise in all aspects of technology identification, assessment, IP protection, development and commercialisation, to ...... continue reading

Sanger Institute Prize Competition

Aim and Benefits of Sanger Institute Prize Competition

The winner of the Sanger Institute Prize will be offered a three-month internship with a research group at the Wellcome Sanger Institute. Travel, living and research expenses are all covered by the award.

Requirements for Sanger Institute Prize Competition Qualification

To be eligible to apply for the Sanger Prize applicants must meet all of the criteria below:

• Be from a low or middle income country .
• Be studying an undergraduate degree relevant to genomics at a University/Institute in a low/middle income country at the time of the first stage application. This could include any biological science degree, bioinformatics or any degree which includes genomics as a large part of the content.
• Demonstrate an active interest in research in the genomics field
• Have a good command of English (demonstrated by the clear writing within the application form, no certificate of English is required).
• Be over 18 at the time of applying

Application Deadline

How to Apply

For more details, visit Wellcome Sanger Institute website.