The goal of this training program is to provide rigorous training in neuroscience research together with development of associated survival skills such that our graduates are effective stewards of Neuroscience. This will be accomplished by a combination of didactic course work, advanced courses that emphasize training in effective communication and evaluation, basic science research, community outreach, opportunities for clinical research, undergraduate teaching, local neuroscience retreats and meetings, and attendance at national meetings.

The objectives of our program are:

• To establish a core knowledge in all students of the areas of molecular, cellular, developmental, systems and biobehavioral neuroscience.
• To train individuals who can understand, create and undertake hypothesis-based approaches to research.
• To train individuals in a variety of techniques and approaches to studying the nervous system.
• To develop a keen sense of analytical thinking and logic in the evaluation of one's own work as well as that of others.
• To create effective teachers and communicators of neuroscience.
• To foster independence in thinking, laboratory work, teaching, and communicating

View the UVM Neuroscience Graduate Program Guidelines (58 KB PDF) here. (coming soon!)