INTERNATIONAL SUMMER RESEARCH PROGRAMME IN LIFE SCIENCES 2009

School of Life Sciences - Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne EPFL 2009

Belgrade, 3 February 2009 – This is the third year that the Crown Prince Alexander II Foundation for Education continues cooperation with L’ Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland on promoting its educational programmes and offering access in its research projects to top students from Serbia.

The Summer Research Programme will give to the participating student hands-on research experience on projects in its four institute’s research labs and special seminars and activities during the programme.

The programme will run from 6 July - 28 August 2009 although earlier arrivals and later departures can be envisaged.

Application process for research programmes is now open. The target group of applicants are students with minimum of 2 years of university training in the life sciences in their largest sense. Financial compensation will be provided to cover successful candidates’ living and travel expenses.
Selection Criteria: Up to 25/30 summer research fellowships will be awarded on a competitive basis, taking into consideration several criteria including the student's academic record, personal statement and letters of recommendation.

Additional information and the application are available online: http://ssv.epfl.ch/summer-research

The application deadline is 1 March 2009.

In last few years several students from Serbia had an opportunity to participate in the EPFL Summer Research Programme.

Biomedical research increasingly relies on quantitative approaches and cutting edge technology. Many would agree that the future of the life sciences lies at the crossroads of biology, hard sciences (chemistry, mathematics, computer science) and engineering. The School of Life Sciences at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Lausanne, Switzerland - was created on this premise.

For additional information and assistance in the application process, students can contact the Crown Prince Alexander II Foundation for Education at phone number 011/3064010 and e-mail address: edufond@dvor.rs. The contact email of the EPFL summer programme is: summer.sv@epfl.ch.