Conducting Research
with Chester Zoo

Chester Zoo welcomes external researchers, including students, who wish to conduct research projects on or off the zoo's site, that are consistent with our Research Policy.

Every year a large number of students conduct projects at the zoo as part of their BSc, Master’s or PhD course. We also facilitate research projects conducted by Post-Doctorates, Research Fellows and researchers from other zoos and institutions.

We encourage and support zoo employees and external researchers when applying to conduct a research project with the zoo and we hope you find these pages useful during the application process. This applies to those wishing to carry out projects on North of England Zoological Society (NEZS) premises, or to carry out collaborative research projects, between NEZS employees and external researchers, conducted at another site.

As part of the NEZS Research Policy every research project has to be registered with, reviewed and approved by the NEZS before the project can begin or before biological samples are collected. Researchers must fill out the appropriate application documents according to the nature of their research.

If you have conducted a research project with NEZS recently and you are familiar with the NEZS review process you can go ahead and download our research application pack. Please be sure to download the latest version of the application pack from the website each time you apply, in case it has been updated.

If you have not recently applied to conduct a research project with NEZS, please read the before you apply section to find out more.

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  Before You Apply

  If you have not applied for research at Chester Zoo before, please read this section first.

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  Application Procedure

  Information on how to apply to conduct research at Chester Zoo.

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  Research FAQs

  Frequently asked questions about conducting research at Chester Zoo.

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