Trinity College Research Forum in Neuroscience
2009-2010 The Trinity College Research Forum for Undergraduate Independent Research in Neuroscience
2009-2010 Trinity Research Forum application instructions
Applications due October 27th
The primary goal of the Trinity College Research Forum in Neuroscience is to encourage undergraduate students to participate in independent neuroscience research. Students selected to be Trinity College Fellows participate in a seminar course (NEUROSCI 195S Topics in Neuroscience) and a poster session in the spring semester, in which they present and discuss their research projects. Portions of the seminar will be devoted to preparing and defending a written research proposal on either the work the student is doing or on future directions the work could take.
The Trinity College Research Forum in Neuroscience will award 15 grants of up to $500 each to support independent research projects. These grants will be awarded to Third- and Fourth-year students for their projects on the basis of applications they prepare and submit, as described below.
The research must be carried out in connection with a formal independent study for which the student is enrolled in Fall 2009 and/or Spring 2010, and is supervised by a Duke faculty member. Faculty are welcome to sponsor more than one applicant in any given year. Prior Forum participants are not eligible to participate again. Students need not major in Biology, Neuroscience, or Psychology; nor must the research be conducted in the corresponding departments in order to be eligible. However, the research should be designed to advance knowledge and understanding in the field of neuroscience. Thus, the study of nervous systems, their cells, the molecules that modulate their functions, the behaviors they produce and/or computational models of nervous system behavior are all examples of eligible domains of inquiry.
Download and print the PDF application found above. The deadline for receipt of proposals is 5:00 p.m., October 27, 2009. A panel of Undergraduate Neuroscience Faculty will select the Trinity College Fellows. Applicants will be notified by e-mail no later than November 2. If you have any questions regarding this program or proposal preparation, please e-mail Dr. Warren Meck (meck@psych.duke.edu).
