Zinc Innovation - Doctoral Innovation Placements

Varied

Closing Date 31 December 2026

The Doctoral Innovation Placements programme gives PhDs hands-on commercial and R&D experience, supported by coaching, mentorship, and monthly cohort learning days. No prior commercial experience is needed, and we welcome students from any discipline.

The programme is designed to help DTPs support their PhD students to explore credible non-academic career pathways, build transferable skills like commercial awareness and stakeholder engagement, and to demonstrate tangible impact from your doctoral training investment, without adding delivery burden to your team. Zinc manages recruitment, venture matching, skill development, and programme delivery end to end.

For further information, please see here ZIP Doctoral Innovation Placements Brochure.pdf

For more info or to start planning, contact laura@zinc.vc

Sense about Science - Policy and public engagement internship opportunity

London - flexible

Closing Date 31 July 2026

Policy and public engagement internship opportunity

Sense about Science is looking for interns! An internship at Sense about Science is a rewarding experience, as no two days are the same. It is a fulfilling way to get practical experience of communications, policy and public engagement, and issues of research quality; developing key professional skills and contacts that will serve you well in your future.

Please note we can only consider short-term internship applications as part of a funded opportunity or scheme, such as, but not limited to, the PIPS professional internship scheme, for PhD students. If you don’t have access to funding support for an internship, then please discuss funding opportunities with your institution or research funder, as we are unable to offer funding at this time. We cannot offer unfunded/self-funded internships.

To apply, send your CV and a cover letter outlining how your skills match the requirements to internships@senseaboutscience.org with the subject line “Student Internship.” If you have any questions about our internship vacancies, then please don’t hesitate to contact us on the same email.

About Sense about Science 

Sense about Science promotes the public interest in sound science and evidence. It is a unique campaigning charity that has turned the case for sound science and evidence into a popular cause. It has launched important initiatives to expand and protect open discussions of evidence, including Transparency of Evidence to secure openness for the public about the evidence behind decisions, AllTrials, an effective global campaign for the reporting of clinical trials; and, with Nature, it runs the international Maddox prize for standing up for science. It encourages the public to 'Ask for Evidence’ and leads initiatives to make subjects such as risk, uncertainty, data science and AI accessible.

Sepsis Research FEAT

Remote

Closing Date 30 June 2026

As the leading charity in the UK funding sepsis research, it is crucial that we communicate effectively about the research we fund – particularly its impact to date – to our audiences including the public, policymakers, donors, and the wider UK media. 

The PIPS Intern would take a key role in planning and delivering a suite of high-quality research content for the charity’s website, which would be then published and pushed out across the charity’s communication channels. 

This is a fast-paced role with the opportunity to rapidly earn responsibility quickly. The Intern would take the lead on planning and creating up to 50 website articles, and drive delivery in co-ordination with our Chief Medical Officer, colleagues from communications, fundraising and marketing, ensuring the content was fit-for-purpose. This therefore provides project management experience in addition to the other editorial skills. The charity is rapidly growing with a team of around 20+ staff and trustees plus nearly 200 active volunteers. Therefore, a PIPS Intern would quickly become a well-known and valued member of the growing team, able to make a significant and measurable difference quite quickly. Indicators of success would be in terms of articles published, audience numbers reached, and engagement on the content. 

Alongside the editorial work we can offer additional opportunities to help get involved in the charity’s inperson events which include community fundraising efforts, conferences, and donor networking events. The goals of the project are: 

• To raise awareness of Sepsis Research FEAT and the research it funds among target audiences through content creation, communications, and by working with external partners to amplify the reach of this content 

• To increase the charity’s engagement on social media channels and dedicated web pages 

• To achieve media coverage 

• To support the charity’s participation in external events.

If you are interested in applying, please email Communications Lead Abi Dawson at: abi@sepsisresearch.org.uk. 

Please include:

• A CV

• A brief supporting statement outlining your motivation for applying, what you believe you can offer, and when you are available to start

Celluol PIPS placement

Toulouse, France

Closing Date 31 May 2026

Celluol - PIP placement.pdfPlease see attached for the full details of this placement. The placement is suitable for a PhD student in biotechnology, microbiology, biochemical engineering or related field with focus on microbial systems or enzyme engineering. 

Academy of Medical Sciences - Policy Internship Scheme 2026/27

London/Hybrid

Closing Date 11 May 2026

The Academy of Medical Sciences have recently re-opened recruitment for their policy internship scheme.

They are considering applications as they come in for following three-month intervals: July - September 2026, October - December 2026 and January-March 2027.

All details are provided here:  Policy Internship Scheme 2026/27 - Academy of Medical Sciences

Please direct all questions to the Academy of Medical Sciences.