Broadly speaking ‘science policy’ can be divided into two main categories: ‘science for policy’ and ‘policy for science’. There are opportunities for practicing scientists to be involved with both types; check out the list of opportunities below.
Opportunity | Details | Edibility | Reviewed by |
Royal Society Pairing Scheme | Paired with a civil servant | 2 years postdoc min. | Gi Fay (Geoffrey) Mok |
Academy of Medical Sciences internship | 3 months paid | Wellcome Trust or MRC funded PhD students | |
SET for Britain | Poster competition: presenting your work to civil servants | PhD students, postdocs, recently appointed lecturers | |
Nuffield Foundation Flowers fellowship | 3 month paid internship at POST (parliamentary office for science and technology) | PhD students | |
World health organisation internship scheme | 6-24 weeks unpaid | PhD students |