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2009/2010 Summer Studentships with Plant & Food Research

Why not launch your career with us - New Zealand's newest Crown Research Institute!

We will create a special "career experience" for high calibre candidates. Our unique programme includes a full induction training day, a career planning session identifying potential pathways, a specific research project - designed for you, as well as a final farewell and awards function.

If you want to get a taste of research and gain hands-on work experience over the summer period, a studentship with Plant & Food Research will give you the opportunity to undertake research that benefits New Zealand whilst working alongside world-recognised scientists. Your time as a summer student with Plant & Food Research will give you that first key step in starting your research career.

Remuneration

You can earn up to $139.73 gross per day (depending on experience and year of study).

Who should apply?

Applications are open now to all Science focused undergraduates, graduates and Masters or PHD students. All applicants must be eligible to work in New Zealand (citizens, residents, work permit holders). All our Studentship Programmes will be officially launched at University of Auckland, Massey University and Canterbury University over the coming weeks - please come and say hello!

Programme dates

Your summer will begin Monday 16 November 2009 through to Friday February 19 2010. You will be employed full time during this period working Monday to Friday (except public holidays)

Keen to join us?

To spend the summer with us view our studentship projects below to register and apply.

(During the registration process please remember to choose the work type of "Studentship" within your profile details, and select "Yes" to receiving job alerts via email).

Launch Events

The Bio-Protection Research Centre based at Lincoln University is running a similar scheme in the field of bioprotection, although their application requirements and closing dates are different. For details on their scholarships, click here.

Studentship Roles

Title	Close date	Post date
2740 Summer Studentship (030) - Biotransformation of glucosinolates - Palmerston North	Aug 27, 2010	Jul 29, 2010
Aim Plant and Food Research works provides the scientific knowledge behind NZ's unique plant-derived functional foods and other natural products.  Diets ...
2699 Summer Studentship (032) - Landscape ecology of kiwifruit pests - Te Puke	Aug 27, 2010	Jul 27, 2010
Project aim:  To understand intrinsic pest risk factors associated with landscape parameters around kiwifruit orchardsThe incidence of pests and diseases ...
2586 Summer Studentship (015) - Biochemical and chemical factors influencing the shelf life of kiwifruit, Mt Albert, Auckland	Aug 27, 2010	Jul 26, 2010
Aim of Project  & nature of duties/techniques:Shelf life is the length of time that fruit is considered edible by consumers - not too firm, and not ...
2582 Summer Studentship (011) - Deconstructing the fruit ripening process in apple and kiwifruit, Mt Albert, Auckland	Aug 27, 2010	Jul 26, 2010
Aim of Project  & nature of duties/techniques:Texture is a key attribute of fruit appeal to consumers. Kiwifruit cultivars are characterised by a soft ...
2581 Summer Studentship (010) - Isolation of flavour gene promoters and interacting transcriptional regulators, Mt Albert, Auckland	Aug 27, 2010	Jul 26, 2010
Aim of Project  Identifying transcriptional regulators of fruit flavour Prerequisites/criteria:Experience/training in molecular biology techniques. Plant ...
2600 Summer Studentship (018) - The control of fruit softening in apples by PG related proteins, Mt Albert, Auckland	Aug 27, 2010	Jul 26, 2010
Aim of Project  & nature of duties/techniques:List any  Pre-requisites/CriteriaTexture in apples is the primary factor for consumer acceptance.  Texture ...
2599 Summer Studentship (017) - Temperate fruit tree flowering networks, Mt Albert, Auckland	Aug 27, 2010	Jul 26, 2010
Aim of Project  & nature of duties/techniques:List any  Pre-requisites/Criteria In the past decades, a wealth of information about genes and genetic ...
2585 Summer Studentship (014) - Molecular mapping of genes governing egg cell division in the asexual plant Hieracium - Lincoln, Christchurch	Aug 27, 2010	Jul 26, 2010
Aim of Project  & nature of duties/techniques:Hieracium is one of a small number of plants that are known to form seeds by an asexual process called ...
2584 Summer Studentship (013) - Tracking pre-harvest to post-harvest apricot fruit quality, Clyde, Alexandra, Central Otago	Aug 27, 2010	Jul 26, 2010
Aim of Project  Currently apricots have a short storage life- normally around 3 weeks. We would like to extend this to 6 weeks, which would enable exporters ...
2560 Summer Studentship (003) - 'What are the mechanisms underlying trail pheromone disruption of Argentine ants?' - Lincoln, Christchurch	Aug 27, 2010	Jul 26, 2010
Argentine ants are one of the 100 most invasive species and a growing pest in New Zealand horticulture and natural ecosystems (Ward et al. 2010). Sensitive ...
2559 Summer Studentship (002) - 'Can sniffer bees be used to detect plant pathogens?' - Lincoln, Christchurch	Aug 27, 2010	Jul 26, 2010
Surveillance of exotic plant pathogens is a problem throughout the world, because pathogens are very hard to detect until established. An effective low ...