Projects

Applications are open for select projects for 2026–2027!

Please browse the open projects below. When you are ready, please fill out this . The deadline for applications is 9am, Monday 11th of May.

Open for applications

The following projects are accepting student applications for 2026–2027. Applications close at 9am, Monday 11th of May.

Artificial Intelligence for Decision Making

Developing an AI software toolkit to solve optimisation and decision-making problems.
Bacteriophage Discovery

Isolating novel bacteriophage viruses and examining their diversity to understand applications to phage therapy.
Beauty and the Biz

Studying female beauty (micro)influencers, their media and representations, and understanding their impact.
Biodiversity Literacy

Monitoring biodiversity on the University of St Andrews estate to promote engagement and positive decisions with respect to biodiversity.
The Beautiful Game

Researching major questions relating to professional football using quantitative data.
Dolphin Acoustics at the Interface of Biology and Computer Science

Evaluating, improving, developing and applying detection and classification methods for passive acoustic data collected from dolphins.
The French Digital Library

Designing and managing a real-world digital platform, an online repository of multimedia resources in French, to make languages more diverse and accessible for learners and teachers.
History, Mathematics, and the Public

Exploring ways of engaging the public with history and maths.
History of the University

Using archives to explore the history of the University of 黑料吃瓜网
Mathematical Software

Developing features for integrated software systems.
Mutual Aid Clinic

Researching, documenting, and examining the history and contemporary politics of marginalised communities within the international system.
PeaceHub: Global Mediation Database

Researching international peace processes through building a novel mediation dataset.
Rethinking Disability in Medieval Europe

How physical disability was understood, represented, and experienced in premodern Europe through historical and bioarchaeological methods, and community engagement with disabled people today.
STARMAST: creating accessible online maths and stats resources

Creating and curating bespoke and accessible online learning resources for mathematics and statistics.
Teaching War and Peace, Ancient and Modern

Interested in ancient history? Or in contemporary education practices? Do you remember studying war at school? Have you ever had any kind of peace education?
The Science of Race and Racism

Studying the science underlying race and racism and producing antiracist resources.
Work-Life Balance for All

We will explore what work-life balance is and isn't, what could it be, and how individuals and organisations (e.g., through policies and practices) support (or not) work-life balance.

Forthcoming

The following projects will be running in the future.

Contact

Vertically Integrated Projects

Email: viprojects@st-andrews.ac.uk