Undergraduate Students

The objective of this program is to offer university students in the final years of their studies, the opportunity to gain experience in a competitive laboratory and helping them to define their professional careers. To this aim, two types of activities are organized annually:

Summer training Programme

For general information about student internships or short stays during the year, please contact Almudena del Codo (summertraining@cnio.es), from Education and Training Programmes Area.

2021 Call

The Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO) announces up to 4 vacancies for undergraduate students to work in a lab at the CNIO over the summer.

The programme runs from June 21 to August 13, 2021, and is open to undergraduate students of any nationality who have passed at least 2/3 of the total credit points (courses or exams) required for a Life Sciences or Biomedicine-related undergraduate degree (e.g. Biology, Biomedicine, Biochemistry, Pharmacology, Bioinformatics).

Travel expenses and meals at the CNIO cafeteria will be covered for summer training programme students during their stay at the centre. (Due to the pandemic situation the CNIO cafeteria is currently closed. This subsidy will be implemented as soon as the epidemiological situation improves and the canteen service is offered again). In addition, students without public health assistance benefits in Spain will be covered with a private health insurance provided by the CNIO for the same period of time (8 weeks).

Each student will be matched with a specific laboratory based on the student’s interest and background. The student will be working under the supervision of the group/unit leader or a member of the research group. The participants will attend a series of seminars given by faculty members and researchers from the CNIO. Students will be required to present the results of their summer projects at the end of the programme.

Fellowships will be awarded on a competitive basis taking into consideration the student’s academic record and letter of motivation.

Deadline for applications: March 31, 2021.

Call (PDF)
Application form

Past calls: 2020

Summer Training Programme for undergraduate students enrolled in Biomedicine-related or Life Sciences degrees.

The Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO; Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Oncológicas) awards 2 summer training positions to undergraduate university students in their final years of biomedicine-related studies in any country.

Practical training will take place from June 22nd to August 14th, 2020.

In light of the current COVID 19 situation, CNIO’s International Summer Internship Programme has undergone important changes. As a result, some of the proposed positions and stays of students have been cancelled and only students with residence in Spain will be able to make it.

The Training Department appreciates the understanding and support received in the face of these difficulties from participants who, in one way or another, have shown interest in this programme.

List of selected candidates

Candidate: María José Romero Lado
Group/Section/Unit: Telomeres and Telomerase Group
University: Autonomous University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
Candidate: Cristina San Vicente Untiveros
Group/Section/Unit: Brain Metastasis Group
University: Autonomous University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain

Past calls: 2019

Summer Training Programme for undergraduate students enrolled in Biomedicine-related or Life Sciences degrees

The Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO; Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Oncológicas) awards 6 summer training positions to undergraduate university students in their final years of biomedicine-related studies in any country.

Practical training will take place from June 24th to August 16th, 2019.

List of selected candidates

Candidate: María Carmen Barace Indurain
Group/Section/Unit: Confocal Microscopy Core Unit
University: Navarra University, Pamplona, Spain
Candidate: Viktoriia Belousova
Group/Section/Unit: Chromosome Dynamics Group Group
University: Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University, St. Petersburg, Russia
Candidate: Rosa María Gaudioso García
Group/Section/Unit: Human Genotyping-CEGEN Unit
University: Complutense University, Madrid, Spain
Candidate: Marina Gladkova
Group/Section/Unit: Metabolism and Cell Signaling Group
University: Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
Candidate: Carolina Hernández Oliver
Group/Section/Unit: Kinases, Protein Phosphorylation and Cancer Group
University: Catholic University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain
Candidate: Lucía Zanotti
Group/Section/Unit: Breast Cancer Clinical Research Unit
University: National University of Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina

Past calls: 2018

Summer Training Programme for undergraduate students enrolled in Biomedicine-related or Life Sciences degrees

The Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO; Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Oncológicas) awards 5 summer training positions to undergraduate university students in their final years of biomedicine-related studies in any country.

Practical training will take place from June 25th to August 17th, 2018.