Getting Here

• Directions: Burlington is close to Montreal (100 miles), Boston (200 miles) and New York City (300 miles).
• Interactive campus maps to help you find your way around.

Academic

• Neuroscience Graduate Program Guidelines (PDF) (coming soon)
  • NGP Timelines (PDF)
  • NGP Student Vacation Policy (PDF)
  • NGP Qualifying Examination guidelines (PDF)
  • NGP Dissertation Proposal guidelines (for students PDF and committees PDF)
• Pawbook: The Unofficial UVM Graduate Student Guide (PDF) written for graduate students by graduate students--your very own Graduate Student Senate.
• University of Vermont Graduate College with links to graduate support personnel, the registrar, and academic policies, procedures and forms that you will use throughout your graduate career. Looking for Dissertation guidelines and timelines? Scroll down to "Dissertation/Thesis Information on the Graduate College Policies and Procedures page.
• GRADNET, a listserv where graduate students, faculty, and staff post announcements.
• The indispensable Dana Medical Library with PubMed access and other UVM libraries.
• The UVM Center for Teaching & Learning offers great workshops for GTAs.
• HHMI lab managment guide: Making the Right Moves: A practical guide for scientific management for postdocs and new faculty.
• Writing Resources:
  • Purdue University Online Writing Lab (OWL) - a formidable assortment of writing resources
  • University of Houston Victoria Academic Center - great handouts and practice exercises for grammar, punctuation, and style
  • A Writer's Reference by Diana Hacker - a companion to the book we have in the grad office
  • UVM Writing Center
  • Grant proposal writing workshop (PPT - 883 KB), presented by Dr. Rae Nishi, June 20, 2008
  • Writing Workshop conducted by Rae Nishi - ppt coming soon!

Community

Neuroscience

• News and events in UVM Neuroscience and all-campus news and events.
• The Society for Neuroscience
• The Vermont Chapter of the Society for Neuroscience

UVM

• Student and Community Relations, committed to creating a safe and socially just environment for off-campus students and neighbors, providing resources and education to our students so that they have successful experiences living off campus.
• Apartments and Family Housing and a UVM off-campus housing search resource.
• Student Health/Medical Clinic, which offers a host of health and wellbeing resources on campus and administers your student health insurance. Here you can find your plan brochure and resources via the Chickering Group.
• Our amazing Recreation Facilities.

Burlington

• Seven Days, Burlington's hip local newspaper, with the lowdown on community resources, classifieds, live music, art, film, food and fun.
• City Market/Onion River Coop, selling wholesome food while building a vibrant, empowered community, all in a sustainable manner. Check out their "Eat Well on a Budget" events.
  
• Craigslist - Burlington

Grants and Fellowships

• NIH resource page on writing, publishing, and presenting.
• US Dept Health & Human Services - Public Health Service Grant Application (PHS 398) (PDF - 2MB)
• Report on enhancing peer review at NIH - Implementation plan (PDF - 534 KB)
• Grant proposal writing workshop (PPT - 883 KB), presented by Dr. Rae Nishi, June 20, 2008

Predoctoral Fellowships in the Neurosciences

Please visit the funding web pages for more information and to confirm application due dates. Deadlines updated as of 10/14/09.

Aging Research Dissertation Awards to Increase Diversity - U.S. citizens, non-citizen nationals that have completed all non-dissertation requirements for your Ph.D. degree by the anticipated start date of the award. Application Deadline: Various - see http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/funding/submissionschedule.htm

American Cancer Association - Various open applications and deadlines.

American Heart Association Award (New England affiliate and National affiliate) - To help students initiate careers in cardiovascular research by providing research assistance and training. Research broadly related to cardiovascular function and disease, stroke or to related clinical, basic science, bioengineering or biotechnology, and public health problems. Full-time students working towards their degrees.
New England affiliate - Application Deadline: No New England affiliate program funds are available at this time.
National affiliate - Application Deadline: February 2, 2010.

American Parkinson Disease Association - Medical Students Summer Fellowships Provides a stipend to enable medical students to perform supervised laboratory or clinical research designed to clarify our understanding of Parkinson’s disease, its nature, manifestations, etiology or treatment. It is hoped this experience will stimulate a student’s interest in future research in the field of Parkinson’s disease and related disorders. This is a Fellowship of $4,000 for a three(3) month summer commitment. Application Deadline: December 31, 2009.

American Physiological Society Awards Program - Demonstrates the Society’s dedication to its members and biomedical research by recognizing the research efforts of outstanding APS members. Awards are offered by the Society and the various APS Sections. Application Deadline: Various award opportunities and corresponding deadlines.

Cancer Education and Career Development Program (R25T) - Institutional award for predoctoral or postdoctoral candidates or mentored junior faculty who are pursuing careers in cancer prevention, control, behavioral, and population sciences or transdisciplinary sciences. Application Deadlines: Jan 25, May 25, and Sept 25 annually.

Epilepsy Foundation Predoctoral Research Training Fellowship - Supports pre-doctoral students with dissertation research related to epilepsy. Graduate students pursuing a Ph.D. degree in neuroscience, physiology, pharmacology, psychology, biochemistry, genetics, nursing, or pharmacy may apply. Application Deadline: August 31, 2009.

Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowships for Minorities - Fellowships for minorities who are US citizens or nationals. Fellowships are open to college seniors as well as PhD students who have at least three years remaining in their course of study. Application Deadline: November 2, 2009.

GEM Fellowships - The National GEM Consortium's primary focus is to administer and award full fellowships with paid internships to highly qualified under-represented students who wish to pursue graduate studies in engineering or science. Application Deadline: Submission is open between July 15 - November 15 annually.

Grass Foundation Fellowship - The Grass Foundation seeks to encourage independent research at the Marine Biological Laboratory by investigators early in their career and to increase research opportunities for persons trained for careers in neurobiological investigation. The normal tenure is fourteen weeks. The number of fellowships awarded varies annually. Application Deadline: December 10, 2009.

Hertz Foundation Fellowships - Fellowships for graduate students pursuing a PhD in the physical sciences. Fellowships may be continued for up to five years total. Biological fields supported include bioengineering, biophysics/bio-imaging, computational neuroscience, structure analysis and synthesis, advanced instrumentation, biostatistics, and biotechnology. Application Deadline: October, 30 2009.

Howard Hughes Medical Institute - Graduate Science Education and Medical Research Training Program - Through its Graduate Science Education and Medical Research Training Program, HHMI seeks to expand the nation's pool of medically trained researchers; promote interdisciplinary, graduate-level research training; and integrate medicine into biomedical research training. The program also seeks to provide graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and newly independent scientists with courses and other resources that will help them succeed in their research careers. Application Deadline: Various award opportunities and corresponding deadlines.

Huntington’s Disease Society of America - Don King Student Fellowship - The objective of the Donald A. King Student Research Fellowships is to sponsor HD investigations that can be conducted over a 10-week period. Fellowship recipients, working under the supervision of senior HD scientists, will undertake a project that will be helpful in future HD research and also nurture a continuing interest in HD research. The student fellowships are designed to attract the brightest future scientists into a career in brain disorder research, especially Huntington’s Disease. Application deadline: The deadline for Grants and Fellowships has been postponed. Please watch website for new application deadline.

National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression Young Investigator Award Program - Offers up to $30,000 a year for up to two (2) years to enable promising investigators to either extend their research fellowship training or to begin careers as independent research faculty. The program is intended to facilitate innovative research opportunities and supports basic and/or clinical investigators, however, research must be relevant to our understanding, treatment and prevention of serious psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia, mood disorders, anxiety disorders, or child and adolescent psychiatric disorders. Application Deadline: Janurary 25, 2010.

National Defense Science and Engineering Predoctoral Fellowship - As a means of increasing the number of U.S. citizens and nationals trained in science and engineering disciplines of military importance, the Department of Defense (DoD) offers fellowships to individuals who have demonstrated ability and special aptitude for advanced training in science and engineering. National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellowships are awarded to applicants who will pursue a graduate degree in, or closely related to, an area of DoD interest within a variety of disciplines, including Biosciences, Cognitive, Neural, and Behavioral Sciences. Application Deadline: January 4, 2010.

National Institute of General Medical Sciences - NRSA Institutional Predoctoral Training Grants - NIGMS accepts predoctoral research training grant applications from eligible institutions for support of promising students who seek research training in the basic biomedical sciences and related behavioral and clinical fields. The overall goal of these programs is to promote interdisciplinary, collaborative, and innovative research training in areas relevant to the mission of NIGMS. Application Deadline: September 25, 2009 and January 25, 2010.

National Institutes of Health - Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Research Training Grants and Fellowships - Lists NRSA fellowships. Application Deadlines: Various award opportunities and corresponding deadlines.
-- SF424 (R&R) Application and Electronic Submission Information
-- SF424 (R&R) Individual Fellowship Application Guide for NIH and AHRQ
--9/16/09 - Restructured Application Forms and Instructions for Submissions for FY2011 Funding - Announcement of a change of forms. Last date for current Individual NRSA Fellowship forms: 12/8/2009; First due date for new forms: 4/8/2010.

National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke– Offers predoctoral training grants: F30 - NINDS Medical Student Dual -Degree MD/PhD Fellowships; F31 - National Research Service Awards for Individual Predoctoral Fellows; F31 - NIH Predoctoral Fellowship Awards to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research. Application Deadlines: Various award opportunities and corresponding deadlines.

National Science Foundation - Graduate Research Fellowships - Application Deadlines: Various award opportunities and corresponding deadlines.

Pharmaceutical Research Manuf. Of America Foundation - Fellowships for Advanced Predoctoral Training in Pharmaceutics/toxicology - Application Deadlines: Various awards, September 1, 2009.

Society for Neuroscience – National Scholars Program fellowship and International Fellowships to Marine Biological/Cold Spring Harbor Laboratories. Application Deadlines: Various award opportunities and corresponding deadlines.