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Learning and Memory Processes Centre
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Opportunities to work with us

If you are interested in joining the LAMP Centre as a student, postdoc or research assistant, feel free to contact our members directly. Alternatively, you can email lamp.centre@durham.ac.uk and we will point you in the right direction. 

See below a list common funding opportunities for different career stages.

 

Postdoctoral researchers/fellows

There are a number of fellowship opportunities to join LAMP as a postdoc.

Durham: IAS Fellowship, Addison Wheeler Fellowship

National: Wellcome Trust Early Career Awards, Newton International Fellowship

International: EMBO, HFSP, Branco Weiss, L’Oréal-UNESCO, Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral fellowship

 

PhD students

Local PhD studentships can be obtained both at the departmental and at the Faculty level (Durham SCOPE Studentships)

Deadlines are usually in January, thus it is best to get in touch by November or December.

​External opportunities for PhD funding include:

 

Masters students

You can carry out a 1-year research project in one of our labs by applying to MRes programmes (e.g. the one in the Psychology department). There are a number of scholarships that could fund this programme.

​You could also carry out a Master's dissertation project in one of the labs as part of the Psychology taught Masters programmes (for instance, the MSc in Cognitive Neuroscience). See also our Postgraduate taught programmes in Biosciences and Computer Science.

 

Research assistant placements

It is possible to carry out 6-10 week summer research placements in one of our labs. Possible sources of funding for this include:

Durham Psychology undergraduates can also also carry out a placement through the Department’s Research Assistant Scheme.