Opportunities for Undergraduate Students

This section describes all of the opportunities that FUN provides for undergraduate neuroscientists!

FUN Travel Awards

 

 

FUN Travel Award Call For Applications

Since 1992 the Faculty for Undergraduate Neuroscience has provided travel awards to help our top undergraduate neuroscientists present their original research at the annual Society for Neuroscience meeting.  The winners are enrolled at a variety of academic institutions - from small liberal arts colleges to large research intensive universities.  What ties them together is a dedication to the pursuit of high quality research in the neurosciences.  FUN has kept in contact with our winners and an amazing 68 percent of them have gone on to enter PhD or MD/PhD programs.  These students are truly our next generation of neuroscientists.
 
Our awards are sponsored by FUN member dues and generous contributions from our sponsors: The Grass Foundation, Sinauer Associates, Kinder Scientific, ADInstruments, Noldus, ThorLabs, Campden Instruments, Coulbourn Instruments, Med Associates, Fine Science Tools, Wellesley College, Nu Rho Psi, Leica Microsystems, SimBiotic Software, Brandeis University, Macalester Cognitive Neurosciences, and MicroBrightField
 
Any dues-paying members of the Faculty for Undergraduate Neuroscience (FUN) can sponsor nominees for a FUN Undergraduate Student Travel Award. 
 
Download the current application by going to the Travel Application link in the For Members section on the Navigation menu on the upper left of the page.  Only dues-paying members who have logged-in to their account have access to the link.
 

Past FUN Travel Award Winners

2009 FUN Travel Award Winners - Chicago, IL

2008 FUN Travel Award Winners - Washington DC

2007 FUN Travel Award Winners - San Diego, CA


2006 FUN Travel Award Winners - Atlanta, GA


2005 FUN Travel Award Winners - Washington, DC


2004 FUN Travel Award Winners - San Diego, CA


2003 FUN Travel Award Winners - New Orleans, LA

     
2002 FUN Travel Award Winners - Orlando, FL


2001 FUN Travel Award Winners - San Diego, CA


2000 FUN Travel Award Winners - New Orleans, LA

 
1999 FUN Travel Award Winners - Miami Beach, FL

1998 FUN Travel Award Winners - Los Angeles, CA


1997 FUN Travel Award Winners - New Orleans, LA

 
1996 FUN Travel Award Winner - Washington, DC


1995 FUN Travel Award Winners - San Diego, CA


1994 FUN Travel Award Winners - Miami Beach, FL

 
1993 FUN Travel Award Winners - Washington, DC


1992 FUN Travel Award Winner - San Diego, CA

     

 

Internship Opportunties

Albany Medical College, Center for Neuropharmacology and Neuroscience

Albert Einstein College of Medicine: Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP)

Amherst College

Baylor College of Medicine - Application due Jan. 10

Carnegie Mellon University

Case Western Reserve University - Pharmacology

Center for Behavioral Neuroscience (Atlanta)

Christian Brothers University: Summer Program - Application due Jan. 29

Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Undergraduate Summer Internship - Search "internship"

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Summer Undergraduate Research Program

Colorado State University:Undergraduate Research in Molecular Biosciences

Eastern Illinois University

Emory University SURE – Atlanta

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle

Frontier Nursing Service Courier Program, Wendover, KY

Georgia State U., Center for Behavioral Neuroscience

Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology

Howard Hughes Medical Institute - Janelia Farm

Hunter College

Indiana University: REU in Animal Behavior

Indiana University School of Medicine Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship

Iowa State University: Undergraduate Internship Program for Women in Science and Engineering

Irene and Eric Simon Foundation summer fellowship

Jackson Labs (Bar Harbor, Maine)

Jefferson Medical College

Joslin Diabetes Center, Harvard

Louisiana State U. Biological Sciences

LSU Health Sciences Center

Marquette University

Mayo Clinic Summer Undergraduate Research Program

Medical College of Wisconsin Summer Undergraduate Research Program

Medical University of South Carolina

MetroHealth Summer Scholars Program

National Institutes of Health Summer Internship Program in Biomedical Research

New York University Center for Neural Science

New York University, Sackler Institute

New York University School of Medicine SURP

NIH – National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke

NIH Research Supplements for Underrepresented Minorities

NIH/NINDS: Summer Program in the Neurological Sciences

North Carolina State U., Summer Institute in Biostatistics

Northern Arizona University

Northwestern University Institute for Neuroscience

Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship

Oklahoma State University

Oregon Health & Sciences University - Neurological Sciences Institute

Pasteur Foundation

Pepperdine University – Summer Undergraduate Research in Biology

Research Experience in Neuroscience for Undergraduate from Rural and Tribal Colleges

Rockefeller University Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship

Rutgers / UMDNJ Neuroscience Undergraduate Summer Research Program for NJ Students

Santa Fe Institute REU summer program

Sloan-Kettering Summer Undergraduate Research Program

SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse

SUNY Stony Brook HHMI National Research Scholars Program

Tufts Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Studies

UCLA

University of Alabama at Birmingham

University of California at San Francisco

University of Cincinnati School of Medicine- several programs including neuroscience

University of Colorado

University of Connecticut Health Center

University of Connecticut Study Abroad

University of Georgia, Microbiology dept.

University of Illinois – Research in Brain, Sensory Systems and Behavior

University of Iowa

University of Iowa MSTP summer program

University of Louisville Neuroscience Program

University of Minnesota

University of Mississippi

University of Nevada - Las Vegas

University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill

University of Notre Dame

University of Oregon, Neurological Sciences Institute

University of Pennsylvania Gene Therapy Program

University of Pittsburgh, Center for Neurosciences

University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Interdisciplinary Biomedical Sciences

University of Rochester: Biomedical and Biological Science

University of Rochester Center for Visual Science

University of Rochester Schmitt Center for Integrative Brain Research

University of Rochester Strong Children’s Research Center Summer-Training Program

University of South Carolina:Summer Research in Experimental Psychology

University of Texas Houston Summer Research Program

University of Texas Medical Branch - Galveston

Univeristy of Texas Southwestern Undergraduate Research Fellowship Program

University of Toledo Medical College of Ohio

University of Vermont Dept. of Anatomy and Neurobiology

University of Virginia Health System

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Wake Forest University

Washington University, St. Louis

Weizmann Institute of Science Summer Work for Foreign Science Students (Israel)

Wesleyan University

Woods Hole Marine Biological Laboratory REU - Applications received by April 1, 2010 get priority

Wright State University

Labs seeking student researchers

Dr. Chris Reich at Ramapo College of New Jersey is looking for research assistants this summer (2010). Dr. Reich's lab studies the effects of chronic stress and depression on learning and memory and synaptic plasticity. If interested, email him at creich@ramapo.edu.

Brain Awareness Week Travel Award

 

2010 Brain Awareness Week Travel Award

Sponsored by the Society for Neuroscience

 

We welcome dues-paying members of the Faculty for Undergraduate Neuroscience (FUN) to sponsor nominees for the second annual Brain Awareness Week (BAW) Travel Award Program.  This joint initiative betwee FUN and the Society for Neuroscience offers aid for expenses ($750 + complimentary registration for the meeting) associated with attending the Society for Neuroscience 2010 meeting for an undergraduate student who is presenting a poster in Theme H: History, Teaching, Public Awareness, and Societal Impacts in Neuroscience.  All undergraduates who have made a significant contribution to the development of an outreach activity for SfN's Brain Awareness Week are eligible to apply.
 

More information on eligibility and the application itself can be downloaded below.

Past Travel Award Winners

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FUN Undergraduate Research Poster Session

 

The FUN Undergraduate Research Poster Session
 

Every fall at the Society for Neuroscience meeting, the Faculty for Undergraduate Neuroscience sponsors a poster session and social that showcases top undergraduate neuroscientists from around the country.  At the 2009 meeting we had over one hundred posters!  So submit an abstract and join faculty and students at this exciting night of undergraduate research.

2010 FUN Undergraduate Research Poster Session & Social
Monday, November 15, 2010 from 6:45 to 8:45pm in the San Diego Marriot Hotel and Marina Marriott Hall Salon 3 and 4

Abstract Submission: Due No later than October 1, 2010 (on a space available basis)

Abstracts for posters to be presented at the 20010 FUN Undergraduate Poster Session should be submitted as soon as possible but absolutely no later than October 1, 2010. Each poster must be sponsored by a dues-paying individual FUN member or organizational FUN member designee and should represent research conducted by undergraduate scientists. Due to space limitations and the increasing popularity of this event, poster space will be assigned on a first-come, first-serve basis and each dues-paying individual or organizational member may sponsor only one poster board. If desired, more than one "poster-style" presentation may be displayed at each poster board. As in the past, posters must be presented by students who will be attending the SfN meeting. Abstracts accepted for presentation at the SfN poster sessions, as well as those not submitted for presentation as part of the larger SfN program, are welcome and encouraged for presentation at this session.

Application procedure: To apply for poster space, undergraduate students must send:

 

Please consider also nominating your student for the German Graduate Schools of Neuroscience Poster Award

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German Graduate Schools of Neuroscience Poster Award

 

2009 FUN/German Graduate Schools of Neuroscience Poster Award Winner

 

 

The first prize is a one week trip to Germany, visiting selected neuroscience hot spots. This year, yet another undergrad from Bates College, Maine, of Nancy Kleckner’s lab carried away the trophy: Miranda Gallo. She is pictured above , with Lutz Steiner of Medical Neurosciences, Berlin awarding the winning certificate.

Miranda’s complex and thorough research project on the central pattern generator of the pond snail (Helisoma trivolvis) and her professional presentation convinced the jurors unanimously. On the jury sat Prof. Dr. Horst Herbert of Tübingen, Prof. Dr. Josef Priller of Berlin, Dr. Erich Schneider of Munich and Dr. Felipe Opazo of Göttingen.

Runners-up were Adam Bledsoe of the University of South Dakota and Natasha Meyer of Davidson College. The prizes were awarded the same evening. A large and lively audience of undergrads and faculty watched the award ceremony during the FUN Social in Chicago on 19 October, hosted by FUN president Jennifer Yates and past president Christopher Korey.

 

Previous Winners


The Annual German Graduate Schools of Neuroscience Poster Award Application

To be eligible for this award, the nominee must currently be an undergraduate student. Each nominee must be sponsored by a FUN Member whose dues are current. Each sponsor may nominate only one student. For a poster to be considered, it must have been accepted for presentation by the nominee at the FUN Social and Poster Session at the Society for Neuroscience Meeting. The posters are judged on methodological approach, degree of difficulty, solidity/verifiability of data, contribution to "new knowledge", design and layout of the poster, and the ability of the student to answer questions regarding the project

A yearly call for nominations occurs with the announcemnet of the abstract submission deadline for the annual FUN Poster Session and Social at SfN.  Nominations are usually due about two weeks prior to the start of the annual SfN meeting.  This is an exciting opportunity for undergraduates so watch for the announcment of next year's competition.

Please e-mail Chris Korey (koreyc@cofc.edu) with any questions.