Applications are now open for the new cohort of Centre for Forest Protection interns. With six six-month internships available, the successful applicants will be working on a range of projects based with either Forest Research at the Northern Research Station in Scotland, or with Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew in London.

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.

Internships with Forest Research

Closing date: Thursday 24 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 22 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