Students wanted for work experience program

The bursaries are worth €2,200 each for an eight week placement based in various locations including the Institute’s headquarters, Oranmore, Co. Galway, Newport in Co. Mayo, Harcourt Street Dublin, and field stations and ports around the country.  The Marine Institute’s Bursary Programme provides valuable practical experience for budding marine scientists in areas of research such as marine fisheries, salmon management, aquaculture, environment, chemistry, oceanography, IT and the library. The Bursary Programme is aimed at undergraduates of Universities, Institutes of Technology and National Institutes for Higher Education.  The Scheme is strictly limited to undergraduates who have completed two years study in a relevant discipline.  Previous bursars have gone on to work in the Marine Institute (including two Directors of the Institute), BIM, Regional Fisheries Boards, county councils, pharmaceutical companies, State Laboratories, with some going as far afield as the EPA in Sydney Australia and some now running their own companies, the Institute wrote.