26 Nov
2024
26 Nov
'24
2:24 p.m.
Dear all,
I am emailing you this afternoon regarding a different piece of work I am involved in
which is the Sanger Prize. An annual competition which is aimed at undergraduate students
from low and middle income countries. The winner of the prize receives a fully supported
three month, all expenses paid trip to Sanger to work within a programme of their choice.
The prize was established by John Sulston (the founding Sanger Director) and funded using
the money from his Nobel Prize. It has been running for over 15 years now and has gained
in popularity during this time, last year we received over 500 applications for the first
stage.
The Sanger Prize offers a brilliant opportunity for aspiring young researchers to come to
the Institute, and many who have won in the past have gone on to complete PhD's, some
in Cambridge and one very recent winner is currently a PhD student at Sanger.
For an insight into how amazing an opportunity the Sanger Prize is for the winners, please
check out this recent blog post written about our most recent winner, Dami who spent the
summer working in Ewan Harrisons team.
https://sangerinstitute.blog/2024/10/22/sanger-prize-the-power-of-persisten…
The Trustees are always keen for the Prize to reach as many eligible people as possible
and with your international contacts I would be very grateful if you can forward the
information in this email onto any you know who has contacts in low and middle income
countries, to encourage as many applications as possible.
Further details and a link to the application form can be found here:
https://www.sanger.ac.uk/about/the-sanger-prize-competition-2025/
If you have any queries at all regarding the prize please do not hesitate to contact me.
Kind regards
Nicky
Nicky Chilvers
Management Operations Team Administrator
Chief Operating Officers Office (Room B330)
Wellcome Sanger Institute
Wellcome Genome Campus
Hinxton, Cambridgeshire
CB10 1SA, UK
Tel: + 44 (0) 1223 494846
Working days - Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday