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ʦapp Launches Graduate Neuroscience Training Program


By kelsie weekes | 10/20/2017

ʦapp’s is now accepting applications for its new , which will begin in fall 2018. The new umbrella program allows ʦapp to explore the research and training opportunities of three different ʦapp Ph.D. programs and also includes faculty from the and the .

During the first year, ʦapp will rotate between laboratories affiliated with integrative biology, experimental psychology and complex systems and brain sciences Ph.D. programs. Through shared courses, seminars and workshops, ʦapp will be exposed to the breadth of neuroscience research while forming connections with faculty and peers that can drive multi-discplinary science.

“Neuroscience is on the move at ʦapp, and this new program offers graduate ʦapp a terrific opportunity to take advantage of that momentum,” said , Ph.D., executive director of the ʦapp Brain Institute.

All ʦapp in the program will receive nationally-competitive stipends that include guaranteed research and teaching assistantships, health insurance coverage, relocation support and opportunities for research and travel grants. They also will receive free membership to the Society for Neuroscience to allow them to make connections nationally and internationally with peer trainees and more senior scientists from around the world.

For more information about the Graduate Neuroscience Training Program, visit http://ibrain.fau.edu/gradneuro/

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