National Institute of Genetics (NIG)/ Department of Genetics, SOKENDAI offers a research internship program for undergraduate and postgraduate students who wish to gain research experience in genetics and related fields in life sciences. Interns will conduct independent research under the mentorship of a host investigator at NIG.
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The program includes training on scientific research, scientific communication, and lab visits to discuss with individual principal investigators. At the end of the program, interns will give a presentation on their experience at the “NIGINTERN Reports Symposium”. NIG will issue a certificate to those who have successfully completed the program. Interns can also participate in various activities such as graduate program lectures, journal clubs, and seminars by outstanding researchers from inside and outside NIG. Japanese language classes are also provided.
Location:
AsiaBenefits
- NIG covers expenses for the designated period only. Requests for shorter or longer periods will not be considered.
- NIG will cover a round-trip airfare between the intern’s place of residence and Japan, a round-trip transportation fare between the airport in Japan and NIG, accommodation fees at the institute’s guesthouse. Living and miscellaneous expenses other than the above will not be provided by NIG and the interns must pay these costs by themselves.
Eligibilities
- Applicants must be interested in life sciences and be in the prefinal-year at the time of application, i.e. in the 3rd year of a 4-year bachelor’s program, in the 2nd year of a 3-year bachelor’s program, in the 4th year of a 5-year program, in the 1st year of a 2-year master’s program, or in the 5th year of a 6-year program. Students who are interested in enrolling in our PhD program at NIG are encouraged to apply.
- Because of a highly competitive selection process, applications from non-prefinal students and students in a PhD course are not considered.
- The selection is highly competitive. 9 highly-qualified students out of over 750 applications were selected for 2022. The number of successful applicants varies from year to year.
Eligible Regions: Open For All.
Application Process
- Letter of Motivation / Self advertisement
Within 500 English words - Curriculum Vitae
In English. Includes education records starting from high school. Be sure to indicate your current academic year. - Scanned Academic Transcript
Submit a latest undergraduate or postgraduate transcript that you can obtain. Please scan it and then upload. In case your Academic Transcript is prepared in languages other than English, attach an English or a Japanese translation to each document. Please combine them into a single file when you upload multiple documents on the online application system.
In case an official academic transcript is not available due to the COVID-19 outbreak, as an alternative, documents like grade records can also be submitted. - Two recommendation letters of your teachers
Must be entered by your recommenders through the recommender page of the online application system. - All the required materials including recommendation letters must be submitted through the online system. Materials submitted by e-mail will not be accepted.
- Only applications completed before the deadline will be considered.
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Application Deadline: January 6, 2023
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