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Year in Industry Programme

Each academic year, Earlham Institute welcomes up to two undergraduate students to join our Year in Industry programme. 

The placement offers an excellent opportunity to gain valuable research experience, develop technical and transferable skills, and strengthen future career development, including PhD applications. 

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Applications are open from 1 - 31 October annually. 

Read on to discover more about how the Year in Industry programme works, and how to apply.

Why do your Year in Industry at Earlham Institute?

The Earlham Institute harnesses the power of data-driven biology to accelerate solutions for health, biodiversity, and food security. 

Based on the Norwich Research Park – sitting alongside our partners at John Innes Centre, Quadram Institute, and The Sainsbury Laboratory – we combine world-class technology, expertise, and interdisciplinary approach across genomics, engineering biology, and data science to drive scientific innovation, and economic and social impact. 

A Year In Industry placement provides you with the latest technology, ownership of your project, variety in your work, and an all-round perspective of modern data science research. You'll also be supported by experts in their field and have access to our range of training opportunities to further your knowledge base in data-intensive bioscience.

The breadth of opportunities at the Earlham Institute and across the Norwich Research Park has pushed me to grow in ways I never expected, from introducing me to new computational approaches to building confidence in communication.

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Year in Industry student Stella presenting her final work at an EI seminar