Applications to our highly regarded internship programme are now open for the 2026/27 intake!
We are offering six 6-month internships which will run from October 2026 to March 2027 and are focused on a range of important topics in tree health and forest protection.
This is a great opportunity to gain knowledge, skills and experience, and contribute to innovative and impactful research within two of Britain’s leading research institutes: Forest Research and Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
The projects on offer this year are:
- Researching complex yew decline (Forest Research) – 1 position
- Grey squirrel bark stripping behaviour (Forest Research) – 1 position
- Farmers and trees (Forest Research) –1 position
- Predicting pest and disease risks to non-native trees (Kew) – 1 position
- Integrating genomics and dendrochronology to predict tree growth for resilient future forests (Kew) – 2 positions
Find out more about each project here: Apply for a CFP Internship!
Please note the application deadline for the internships based at Forest Research is Sunday 19 July 2026 at 23:55, and for those based at Kew Gardens, the deadline is Wednesday 22 July at 23:59.
You can hear from some of our previous interns by reading the diaries they wrote about their time with us here: Intern Blogs.
You can also find out about what several of our previous interns have been up to since completing the programme, and how their internship helped them get to where they are now: Former interns – where are they now?
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