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The Student Summer Research

The Student Summer Research Committee is pleased to invite the submission of project proposals for SSRA 2023, from November 2022. Proposals are sought for eight-week laboratory, clinical, patient-centred or educational research projects, to be undertaken by our undergraduate students within the College of Health and Agricultural Sciences during Summer 2023.

For the most part, we expect that SSRA projects will be exempt from full ethical review in UCD. Various types of projects will fall into this category. As some projects will require full ethical review by the UCD School of Medicine REC, please allow enough time for this to take place in advance of the project start date. 

Further information and relevant Ethics compliance forms for the UCD School of Medicine REC can be found at this address.

Please note that SSRA students may not be insured unless UCD can verify that the proper ethics protocols have been followed.

We thank you for your cooperation on this important matter.

Supervisor Project Submission

Supervisors who wish to submit projects will be able to do so from late November though an online form which will be made available on this webpage.

Supervisors may submit no more than 3 projects each year

Student / Supervisor Matching

After reviewing the projects, students fill out an application form detailing the project they would like to undertake and then meet the supervisor in question. As part of this application the student will be asked to write a 100 word summary detailing why they would like to be considered for this project.

If more than one student has applied for a project, it is up to the supervisor to select - based on GPA or interview - the student and then make his or her own selection as to their candidate of choice.


SSRA Forms

 
SSRA Student Project Application Form (2023)

Form

Due Date

Description

SSRA Induction Book (2023) No due date - For information only This booklet is for student information
SSRA Key Dates (2023) No due date - For information only Key Dates for student information
SSRA Module Registration Form (2023) Friday 26th May 2023 This form can be submitted as a PDF email
Alfred Myles Bursary Application Form (2023) n/a This form will only be sent to students with projects that are within the Bursary remit
Abstract Submission Form (2023) 9th August 2023 This form is to be submitted as a portion of your abstract submission
Initial Meeting Form (2023) n/a This form should be completed by you and your supervisor at the START of your project. It should be included within your research report/lab book (credit students)
SSRA Ethics Conformation Form (2023) 9th August 2023 To be submitted electronically as one PDF with your research report/lab book (credit students)
SSRA Lab Notebook Checklist (2023) 9th August 2023 To be submitted electronically as one PDF with your research report/lab book (credit students)
SSRA Supervisor Review Form For Laboratory Notebook (2023) Monday 28th August 2023 For Supervisors Only. Following the completion of your students SSRA project, can you please complete and sign the following assessment form and forward in PDF format to ssra@ucd.ie
Student Testimonial Form (2023) Due on return from your SSRA international Project This form is to be completed and sent as PDF to ssra.international@ucd.ie, must cc ssra@ucd.ie in email
SSRA Module Descriptor MDSA 30280 (2023) No due date - For information only This form is for student information
SSRA Module Requirements for 5 Credit and Audit (2023) No due date - For information only This form is for student information
SSRA Laboratory Notebook Reflective Journal Grading Rubric (2023) No due date - For information only This document highlights all necessary requirements for the Laboratory/Reflective Journal
Clare O'Connor Scholarship Application Form (2023) 1st September 2023 Application for Clare O’Connor Summer Student Scholarship in Respiratory Research 
Kathleen Lynn Scholarship Application Form (2023)  Friday, March 3rd 2023  Application for the Lynn Summer Student Scholarship in the History of Medicine/Humanities in Medicine. 
SSRA Student Project Application Form (2023) No due date for this document This form should be completed and sent to potential Supervisors when applying for projects