What is a summer studentship?
A summer studentship is the opportunity to do a 10-week research project under the guidance of one of the supervisors at the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology over the summer period. To be eligible you should be an undergraduate student considering postgraduate study and/or a career in research.
Fastier Prestigious Summer Studentship
Applications are invited from undergraduate students for a 10-week summer research project in the subject of Pharmacology. This prestigious summer studentship is funded through the generosity of Emeritus Professor Fred Fastier, who taught pharmacology at Otago between 1949 and 1980.
Applicants must have the intention to further their Pharmacology and Toxicology or Pharmacy studies at the University of Otago next year.
The Fastier Summer Student Research Fund information sheet (PDF)
Sandy Stephens Rongoā Māori Summer Stundentship
A scholarship is offered for a 10-week summer research project. During the studentship you will explore the whakapapa (genealogy), mātauranga (knowledge), and tikanga (practices) relating to one or more taonga (treasured) native plants used in Rongoā Māori and apply ethnopharmacology techniques to investigate their mechanism of action.
This studentship is funded through the generosity of Sandy Stephens, MNZM, an alumni and rural sociologist and health expert.
Sandy Stephens Rongoā Māori Summer Studentship (PDF)
University of Otago Health Sciences Summer Studentship
The Division of Health Sciences hosts a large number of summer research scholars each year at its campuses in Christchurch, Dunedin, and Wellington.
A Health Sciences summer research scholarship involves a student completing a research project over the summer break in an area of interest, such as clinical or laboratory-based research, biomedical science, ethics, or public health.
University of Otago Health Sciences Summer Studentship
