To be eligible to apply for the Sanger Prize, applicants must meet all of the criteria:
- Be from a low or middle income country (a full list of eligible countries is available).
- Be studying an undergraduate degree relevant to genomics at a University/Institute in a low/middle income country at the time of the first stage application. This could include any biological science degree, bioinformatics or any degree which includes genomics as a large part of the content.
- Demonstrate an active interest in research in the genomics field
- Have a good command of English (demonstrated by the clear writing within the application form, no certificate of English is required).
- Be over 18 at the time of applying.
Applicants who do not meet all of the above criteria will not be considered for the second stage of the competition.
Application process
Entries should be submitted online before 5pm UK GMT, Friday 11th December 2020.
The 2021 competition will be run as a two-stage process.