UKRI policy internships 2026
Three-month policy internships for eligible UKRI-funded doctoral students.
This scheme offers existing UKRI-funded doctoral students a three-month internship with one of 16 host partners. The internship is undertaken as part of the existing doctoral studentship.
The scheme is only open to doctoral students funded by the research councils of UKRI: AHRC, BBSRC, ESRC, EPSRC, MRC, NERC and STFC. Students funded through UKRI Centres for Doctoral Training in Artificial Intell…
Internships are available with 16 host partners, including government departments, public bodies and parliamentary organisations. The scheme is for students to gain training and experience in a policymaking environment; it is not open to undergraduate or masters level students, students not currently undertaking doctoral-level study in the UK, or students who are not funded at least 50% by a UKRI doctoral studentship.
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