As a student, participation in a research project can make a significant contribution to your transferable skills, add to your CV and help gain understanding of the research environment – and perhaps help determine whether this career direction is or isn’t for you. The King's Summer Research Programmes are aimed at students in the early and middle years of their degree, and you must be based in Cambridge for the duration of the project, even if the project can be completed remotely.
There are two parallel Summer Research Programmes, the Gatsby Summer Research Programme for the Sciences and the King’s Summer Research Programme for the Arts and Humanities, but a single application process. For both programmes, you may apply to work on a project which has been devised by a supervisor, or you can work with a supervisor to devise your own project.
Only students currently studying at King's College, Cambridge are eligible to apply for this.
There will be three start dates for projects in 2025, either 30 June ,7 July or 14 July. ALL projects have to start one of those days and run for a minimum of 6 weeks and a maximum of 10 weeks. There can be break in between, but this should not be longer than 2 weeks, either consecutive or in total.
In 2025 we are also planning a number of personal and professional development sessions to run once every week during the summer, either on a Monday or Wednesday from 9am - 10.15am. Attendance at a number of these will be mandatory and you have to commit to this as part of the Summer Research Programme. Supervisors have been asked to design their projects with this in mind and students devised projects should consider this as well.
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Applications for the 2025 King’s Summer Research Programmes are now being received.
