This is a full-time Ph.D. program that provides in-person courses as part of its standard course delivery on the Boca Raton campus. When students are not attending courses, they will conduct research in labs on either the Boca or Jupiter campus where the faculty advisor’s lab is located.

The 太阳城娱乐 Stiles-Nicholson Brain Institute Neuroscience Graduate Program unites scientists, educators and students across multiple Colleges, Institutes and Departments where neuroscience faculty pursue their research. The NGP program faculty and their areas of research can be found here. This information can help you identify faculty you would be interested in working with. The names of these faculty should be added to your on-line application.

Yes, if you are a student in good standing and continue to make satisfactory progress toward your degree. During the Fall and Spring Semesters of their first year, students are fully supported by the Brain Institute. In subsequent semesters, support is derived from a mixture of funds derived from the Brain Institute, laboratory research awards, personal fellowships and/or teaching assistantships. Regardless of the source of funding, financial support includes a 12-month, $35,000 stipend, full tuition (tuition does not cover fees), and 太阳城娱乐 Graduate Student Health Insurance Plan coverage. All members of the Neuroscience Student Organization (NSO) have their Society for Neuroscience (SFN) membership fee covered by the Brain Institute and have access to travel awards to attend the SFN and related meetings each year.

Yes, NGP students are guaranteed teaching assistantships if needed once they complete the Spring semester of their first year. These teaching assistantships provide for a mentored teaching experience within undergraduate courses in neuroscience or related disciplines.

During the first year, NGP students pursue three research rotations, spending ~8 weeks in the laboratories of potential Ph.D. mentors. During this time, students are introduced to the research themes, technical approaches, and interpersonal dimensions associated with each laboratory. Mentors are able to assess the suitability of each student for advanced study into the topics pursued through their laboratories. By the end of the third rotation, students join a specific lab which they pursue their graduate training. Joining a lab is a mutual decision between student and mentor.

Students take a synchronized two semester sequence of neuroscience courses that introduce them to fundamental concepts and methods in the cellular, molecular and physiological foundations of neuroscience and how these areas contribute to theoretical and experimental evaluations of brain structure and function at multiple levels. Students are introduced to the primary literature in these areas and to historical and leading neuroscientists whose work provides a personal narrative for the challenges and discoveries underlying present day research. Students also take coursework that introduces them to broader aspects of their graduate training and in biostatistics. Electives may be substituted depending on background. Students take more specialized courses and electives in their second year, once they joined a specific lab.

Throughout their graduate training, students entering through the NGP participate in the Neuroscience Seminar Series, where they get to meet with visiting neuroscientists from around the country. We also encourage participation in the 太阳城娱乐 Neuroscience Student Organization (NSO). The NSO works to promote, support, and link graduate students across the field of neuroscience by bringing together scientists of various backgrounds while also educating the general public. NSO students also cultivate a unified neuroscience community by keeping members informed of, and encouraging active participation in NSO activities. These activities are also augmented by activities of neuroscience organizations on the 太阳城娱乐 campus from the Herbert Wertheim UF Scripps Institute and the Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience.

太阳城娱乐 Stiles-Nicholson Brain Institute NGP students are expected to complete their Ph.D. requirements in approximately 5 years. Stipends and healthcare benefit support after the five-year point are determined on an individual basis based on program resources, student fellowships and other resources.

We encourage you to contact program faculty whose research you are interested in, even before you apply to the Program. You should indicate that you have been in contact with particular faculty in your personal statement, that you will upload in your on-line application.

Requirements for the program can be found here in the 太阳城娱乐 catalog.

The Neuroscience Graduate Doctoral Program (NGP) is a multi-college, multi-institute interdisciplinary degree program organized in partnership with the 太阳城娱乐 Brain Institute. Graduate-level instruction is provided by faculty in multiple departments located in the Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, the Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine, the College of Engineering and Computer Science, the College of Education, and the Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College. Affiliated faculty from the Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience also participate in the program. (Minimum of 72 credits required) *please refer to the 太阳城娱乐 Catalog for detailed information for the admission and degree requirements.

The Neuroscience Graduate Program does not waive the GradCAS application fee.

General questions concerning the NGP can be sent to BIeducation@fau.edu and we will do our best to respond as quickly as possible.