HOW TO APPLY TO THE PROGRAM IN NEUROSCIENCE
Information, deadlines, and Graduate Student Funding

Applications for Fall 2010 admission should be submitted by
December 15, 2009 for full consideration. Applications should be complete at that time and should include all supporting documents.

Apply online or request materials. from the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences:

Full financial support is available to all incoming PhD students; no financial aid application is necessary. Women and minorities who are U.S. citizens are encouraged to apply.

Prospective students are expected to have strong undergraduate backgrounds in mathematics, biology, computer science, psychology and/or the physical sciences. Applicants are required to submit official scores of the general GRE, three letters of recommendation, official transcripts, and a statement of purpose. Applicants whose native language is not English are also required to submit official results of the TOEFL.

Submitted applications should be clearly labeled "Program in Neuroscience" in the department line. Applicants are encouraged to list their research/faculty interests in their statement of purpose.

Please contact us with any questions.


Graduate Student Funding

All students who are accepted into the Program in Neuroscience PhD program will receive tuition waivers and stipends.

There is an externally funded training grant for the Program in Neuroscience from the National Institutes of Health.

In addition, there are a variety of Research and Teaching Fellowships offered through the University as well as Graduate Research Fellowships on faculty grants.

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