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Internship programmeHALRIC Research Internship Programme
The HALRIC research internship programme offers Bachelor and Master students the opportunity to get insights into research done in the field of Life Science, involving Advanced Research Infrastructures, and to gain international experience. Interdisciplinary internship positions for students who want to explore infrastructures, such as MAX IV, ESS, DESY and European XFEL, as well as cutting-edge complementary infrastructures at the Universities and Hospitals in the ÖKS-Hamburg Region, in the context of Life Science are very welcome.
Hosts of the internship position are early-career researchers (e.g. PhD candidates, PostDocs) employed at one of the HALRIC partner institutions. Eligible internship candidates are students enrolled at one of the HALRIC partner universities. Students must apply for an internship in a different country to their registered institute.
The duration of the internship can be 2-6 months, starting at any time between now and March 2026.
Open internship positions:
01-HALRIC-internship-Exploring Molecular Flexibility-Lund University
Objectives of the HALRIC Research Internship programme are
- To provide promising students (interns) with the opportunity to gain research experience in an exciting project of their choice.
- To provide early career researchers (hosts) with additional skills (intercultural skills, language skills, personal management competencies) which are of prime importance in the global workplace.
- To raise awareness amongst the next generation of researchers of the value of international cooperation within the ÖKS-Hamburg Region.
- To support high quality research projects.
For hosts offering internship positions (e.g. PhD candidates, PostDocs)
As hosts we are looking in particular for researchers in the earlier stages of their career (e.g. PhD, Postdocs) employed at one of the following HALRIC partners:
Sweden: Lund University, Malmö University, MAX IV, ESS, Skåne University Hospital (SUS),
Denmark: University of Copenhagen, Technical University of Denmark, Aarhus University, University of Southern Denmark (SDU), Rigshospitalet / Region Hovedstaden,
Germany: University of Hamburg, DESY, European XFEL, EMBL, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE))
Norway: University of Oslo
What opportunities do you get as an internship provider?
- You get a qualified international intern to work on your research project
- You strengthen your intercultural and language skills as well as personal management competencies and expand your international network
Accelerate your research
- Acquire a co-worker to cooperate with you on a daily basis
- Free up your time
- Get more possibilities to discuss your research
Add new skills to your project
- Choose an intern with complementary skills that could help in your experiments and analysis
Promote your research project
- Increase awareness about your research project internationally
Get new competencies
- Boost your intercultural experience
- Gain experience in an “employer” role
- Expand your international research network
Your duties as an internship provider
- to supervise the research project
- to support the intern with search for accommodation and some administrative issues and to facilitate access to leisure activities
How does it work?
- As a host you submit your 1 page proposal and data protection declaration to host a promising MA/BA student to help your research project. The documents can be downloaded from the sidebar at the top of this webpage. Please submit to: julia.gottwald@bwfgb.hamburg.de
- The HALRIC team will disseminate your offer among students of the HALRIC universities.
- Students will apply to you directly for the internship position, you are free to select the most suitable student among the applicants and agree on time and length of the internship (2 – 6 months).
- The student will apply for ERASMUS+ internship grant at his/her home university
For interns (Bachelor and Master students)
- MA/BA students enrolled at any HALRIC partner university can apply for an internship (i.e. Lund University, Malmö University, University of Copenhagen, Technical University of Denmark, Aarhus University, University of Southern Denmark (SDU), University of Hamburg, Oslo University).
- Search the list of available internships published on this website, until you find the right internship for your research plans. New offers will be uploaded regularly. If you want to get informed about new offers, please send an email to julia.gottwald@bwfgb.hamburg.de.
- Please send your application directly to the contact person indicated in the offer. Please copy HALRIC team (julia.gottwald@bwfgb.hamburg.de) in your email.
- The application should include a cover letter, CV, certificate of enrolment, contact person for academic references.
- The internship provider (host) will inform you about the selection process.
- If you plan a mandatory internship as part of your study programme, please confirm with your department whether the internship will be recognized.
- For scholarships, please check with your home institution the availability of ERASMUS+ traineeship grant as well as the application procedures and deadlines.
- Lund University Erasmus+ | Lund University
- Malmö University https://student.mau.se/en/go-international/erasmus-grants/erasmus-grants-internships/
- University of Hamburg https://www.uni-hamburg.de/internationales/studierende/outgoing/auslandspraktikum/auslandspraktikum-erasmus.html#uhh-tabs-0_tab-3
- University of Oslo https://www.uio.no/english/studies/exchange/types-of-agreements/erasmus/traineeship.html
Information on Danish universities will follow shortly.