CFP six-month paid internships
The internships will run from October 2025 to April 2026. These positions are open to both undergraduates and graduate students and focus on important topics in tree health and forest protection.
This is a great opportunity to gain knowledge, skills and experience within two of Britain’s leading research institutes. For more information on each of these exciting internships, please follow the links below:
Internships with Forest Research
Closing date: Thursday 24th July 2025
Assessment of genetic resources in the Scots pine breeding programme (one position)
Location: Forest Research – Northern Research Station, Midlothian, Scotland.
Scots pine resilience to abiotic stress (one position)
Location: Forest Research – Northern Research Station, Midlothian, Scotland.
Developing non-destructive testing methodologies to detect shake in oak (one position)
Location: Forest Research – Northern Research Station, Midlothian, Scotland.
Internships with Kew
Closing date: Tuesday 22nd July 2025
Combining genomics and tree rings to understand tree resilience to climate change (one position)
Location: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew – Richmond
How long will it take to produce resistant ash? Stimulating potential increases in ash dieback resistance using a new ash recombination map (two positions)
Location: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew – Richmond/Hybrid
Hear from some of our previous interns by reading their blog posts and watching the video below:
Internships at the Centre for Forest Protection
CFP Interns 2024-2025
Find out more:
Click on the links, watch the videos, and take a look at our interns’ blog posts.
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Our science programme will support the UK governments' forest and tree strategies and the successful delivery of tree planting programmes. Research outcomes will also directly contribute to the improved resilience of the UK’s forests, woodlands and trees and help promote enhanced capacity and capability in forest and tree health research.
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