Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge Young Researchers 2027
Create a free account to applyChoose from five research themes, from medieval manuscripts to social media and thinking, and join a group of up to ten led by a Masters or PhD student. Eight online sessions build towards presenting your project at an in-person day.
Young Researchers 2027 is an online super-curricular programme for Year 10 students at UK state schools. Applicants choose from one of five small research projects, and each group has no more than ten students.
Every project is led by an experienced Masters or PhD student who acts as Group Leader and supports students throughout the programme.
Across eight online sessions running between January and March, students explore their chosen research theme, share ideas with their group, and complete independent activities between sessions to prepare for the next meeting. The programme is designed to develop confidence in academic discussion, independent thinking, and collaborative research.
Towards the end of the programme, students prepare a presentation based on the project and the work they have completed independently. They then deliver this presentation at an in-person day at Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge.
The available projects include themes on social media and thinking, humans and wildlife sharing space, medieval manuscripts, hospital environments and patient experience, and education and social mobility.
3 January 2027
Apply by 5pm on Sunday 3 January 2027.
11 January 2027 – 11 April 2027
Online sessions January to March, in-person day 11 April 2027
Location
- Must be in Year 10.
- Must currently attend a state school in the UK.
- Priority is given to students who are care experienced.
- Priority is given to students who have been eligible for Free School Meals at any point in the last six years.
- Priority is given to students who are, or have been, an asylum seeker or refugee.
- Priority is given to students with significant caring responsibilities.
- Priority is given to students who are estranged from close family members.
- Priority is given to students who live in Cheshire, Cumbira, or Hammersmith & Fulham.
- Priority is given to students living in an area of low progression to higher education (POLAR4).
- Priority is given to students living in an area of high deprivation (IMD).
- Priority is given to students who attend a low-performing sixth form.
- Priority is given to students who attend or have attended a low-performing GCSE school.
- Priority is given to students from under-represented ethnic groups, including Black African and Black Caribbean; Mixed White and Black African or Black Caribbean; Pakistani and Bangladeshi; and Gypsy, Roma and Traveller backgrounds.
- Priority is given to students whose education has been disrupted by other personal circumstances.
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