Summer Studentships
About the Studentships
Each year the University of Otago, Christchurch campus hosts a Summer Studentship programme that is made up of a number of research projects.
- Participating students can get an introduction to research methods in a field of interest to them, such as Public Health, clinical or laboratory-based research
- The studentships are of 10 weeks' duration
- Participating students are paid an educational grant of $5000
- Our aim is to encourage the most promising students to take up a research career
- Our programme is open to staff and students of any tertiary academic institution in New Zealand
Sponsors
Each individual project in the Summer Studentship programme is generously sponsored by a charitable or business organisation. Sponsors' contributions are paid direct to students as an educational grant.
Student involvement
Before making enquiries download and read the Summer Studentship Programme Handbook.
Forms may be downloaded as separate files (see bottom of this page).
The available projects with contact details of supervisors are sent to the following in late August:
- 4th year medical students at the University of Otago, Christchurch
- Students (other than 4th year medical students at UOC) who have requested the Research Office to waitlist them for Summer Studentship information
- University of Canterbury, Lincoln University, University of Otago campuses
Information for prospective supervisors 2012
Prospective Supervisors are invited to submit projects for the 2012/2013 programme to the Research Committee of the University of Otago, Christchurch. Projects must be in a health-related field.
Deadline for project applications: 6 July 2012
(Projects not submitted will NOT be accepted into the programme at a later date.)
NOTE: It is requested that supervisors seek ethical approval when they submit their project application. Full ethical approval must be obtained before the project is advertised to students and a copy of the current letter of ethical approval must be provided to the Research Office.
Project applications from potential supervisors who are external to the University of Otago, Christchurch (UOC) and Canterbury District Health Board (CDHB) will only be accepted where they represent a genuine collaboration in a joint supervisor capacity between external staff and staff of the UOC or CDHB.
Supervisors are expected to read the programme handbook to ascertain the rules of the studentship programme and their obligations under the scheme.
Applications are to be submitted electronically on the appropriate form to research.uoc@otago.ac.nz, with a signed hard copy sent to:
Research Office
University of Otago, Christchurch
PO Box 4345
Christchurch Mail Centre
Christchurch 8140
Studentship Handbook and Forms
NB: Save the (.doc) forms to your files before trying to open them.
- Summer Studentship Programme Handbook 2012
- Project Application Form (.doc)
- Student Appointment Form (.doc)
- Cardax Access Card Request Form (.pdf)
- Final Payment Authorisation (.pdf)
- Student's Feedback Form (.pdf)
- Supervisors Feedback Form (.pdf)
- Lay Report Template (.doc)
- Scientific Abstract Template (.doc)
Queries
Research Office
* 36 Cashel Street, Ground Floor (Temporary Office)
University of Otago, Christchurch
PO Box 4345
Christchurch Mail Centre
Christchurch 8140
Telephone: +64 3 364 3630
Email: research.uoc@otago.ac.nz