Neuroscience Research Intern

Join us and celebrate the beauty of human experience. Create for happier, healthier lives, with love for nature. Together, with passion and creativity, we deliver food innovations, craft inspired fragrances and develop beauty and wellbeing solutions. There’s much to learn and many to learn from, with more than 17,000 employees around the world to explore ideas and ambitions with. Every day, your talent, your innovative spirit, and your determination will shape our future, making a positive difference on billions of people. Every essence of you enriches our world. We are Givaudan. Human by nature.  
 

The Company

Givaudan. Our name is an invitation to engage your senses. As the world’s leading Flavours and Fragrance company, we unveil the tastes and scents that touch people’s emotions, from prestige perfumes to laundry care, from your favourite drink to your daily meal. Our flavours and fragrances serve our customers in the food, beverage, consumer goods and fine fragrance industries to create brands that delight customers. This means we create perfume for brands which require support from a range of teams in the Science & Technology (S&T). The company owns 25% of market share in the industry. Last year alone, Givaudan invested almost half a billion CHF to Research and Development, more than any of our competitors.

The Role

Fragrance plays an important role in influencing our thoughts and feelings, often without us realizing. In order to develop fragrances which positively modulate emotional and perceptual responses in the mind of a consumer, it is important to be able to measure and understand the effects that fragrance has on the human brain and on consumers’ behavior and well-being.

We have a one-year internship opportunity, commencing anytime in Summer 2026, within the Fragrance S&T Department based within the Health & Well-Being Centre of Excellence in Ashford, Kent.

The Candidate

Givaudan is seeking a dynamic individual to join its Neuroscience Research team at the Health & Well-Being Centre of Excellence in Ashford, Kent. In this collaborative role, the successful candidate will play a key part in transforming research requirements into technological solutions while providing neuroscientific expertise throughout the project lifecycle.

Their work will focus on exploring the relationships between odours, olfactory perception, emotions, and overall well-being. They will engage in research projects that involve investigating consumer responses and behaviours utilising psychophysical, cognitive, behavioural, and state-of-the-art physiological and neuroimaging methodologies. This position offers a unique opportunity to contribute to innovative research in the fields of odours, emotion, and behaviour.

• Required BSc/MSc in Neuroscience/Psychology/Cognitive Science/Consumer Science or related disciplines

• Project management skills ability to lead a project with guidance
• Ability to work independently is essential
• Ability to problem-solve, learn quickly
• Ability to proficiently extract and summarize information from scientific papers
• Ability to report clearly, quickly and accurately
• Ability to build and maintain interpersonal and professional relationships
• Contribute to ideas to on-going projects
• Have excellent team working and (written/spoken) communication skills
• Be numerate and computer literate (knowledge of/exposure to Matlab and/or Python software would be advantageous)
• Be self-motivated
• Experience with fragrance industry is desirable but not essential

Givaudan offers a competitive salary and a supportive, friendly working environment.

This is a 12 month, temporary contract.

For more information on Givaudan – visit our website at www.givaudan.com

At Givaudan, you contribute to delightful taste and scent experiences that touch people’s lives.

We value the different perspectives that come from diverse cultures, backgrounds, and experiences.

Everyone — regardless of race, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, disability, culture, religion, or any personal circumstances — is warmly welcomed at Givaudan, a place where we all love to be and grow.

Every essence of you enriches our world. Join us in making a difference together.