Application process and documentation

If you are interested in applying to the internship scheme, information on the application process, application forms, narrative CV, eligibility and additional materials for making an application can be accessed below.

Key Dates: Cohort 2 (2026)

Application documents

These documents outline the key information, requirements, and guidance you need to complete your application.

Narrative CV

What is a narrative CV?

A narrative CV is a document where you can describe any relevant skills and experiences that will support your application for the internship scheme.

You may not have any experiences or outputs that we traditionally expect for a research opportunity; for example, grants or being an author on a paper.

But you may have skills and experiences that you have gained at work or outside of work that demonstrate transferrable skills that would be valuable in undertaking an internship.

For example:

• Being the chair or leader on a sports team
• Mentoring newly qualified staff
• Leading the departmental education programme
• Studied for additional qualifications
• Undertook a QI project

Remember to read the titles of the sections of the narrative CV and answer the question.

The University of Leeds has created a useful video that may be of help to understand what you could include in your narrative CV.

Gantt chart

What is a Gantt chart?

A Gantt chart is a simple visual tool that shows a project’s tasks and their timelines in a bar chart format. Each task appears as a horizontal bar, with the length representing how long the task will take. This helps you see which tasks need to be done, when they start and finish, and how they overlap with other tasks.

Here is an example of a Gantt Chart.