NeURO Fellowship 2021-22
Scientific laboratories can feel like a foreign world, with their own language of specialized vocabulary and cutting-edge techniques — but they are exciting opportunities for discovery for anybody with dedication, curiosity and creativity. The NeURO fellowship program supports you as you join a research lab to help advance our understanding of how the brain works (and why it sometimes doesn't). No experience is necessary, just a spirit of exploration and a desire to work hard!!
Students who do not have previous laboratory experience and students from groups underrepresented in STEM fields are particularly encouraged to apply.
- Participate in a one-unit spring quarter research immersion course to learn research fundamentals, read scientific articles and practice science communication
- Participate in a one-unit summer quarter neuroscience foundations and journal club course
- Receive part-time mentorship in their host research lab during spring quarter
- Receive a 10-week experiential learning fellowship for full-time research in summer quarter.
Stanford freshman, sophomore and junior undergraduate students are welcome to apply, and students who do not have previous laboratory experience and or are from groups underrepresented in STEM fields are particularly encouraged to do so.
Students must apply in collaboration with a faculty member who welcomes the applicant to join their lab; prospective applicants who have not yet found a lab are encouraged to explore our directory of undergraduate neuroscience research opportunities, and to contact labs of interest to them.
NeURO fellows must agree to participate in all program elements, including:
- One-unit spring quarter research immersion course to learn research fundamentals, read scientific articles and practice science communication
- One-unit summer quarter neuroscience foundations and journal club course
- One quarter (10 weeks) of part-time mentorship and research in the student's host research lab, 8-10 hours/week, during spring quarter
- One quarter (10 weeks) of full-time (40 hrs/week) research in the student's host lab during summer quarter
- Poster session
Applicants must be currently enrolled (not on Leave of Absence).
For more information, visit the NeURO program Application & Eligibility webpage.
