Training and Resources
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Training Opportunities and Resources
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SfN provides members with numerous training opportunities, as well as access to resources both within the Society and beyond.
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Learn about training opportunities and resources provided through SfN and its partners:
Workshops and Courses
The Neurobiology of Disease Workshop provides students and early-career scientists with in-depth overviews of diseases of the nervous system. The workshop:
- Lasts all day.
- Consists of slide presentations by leading experts, panel discussions, patient presentations, and small discussion groups.
- Is offered each year the Friday before SfN's annual meeting.
- Requires registration and the payment of a $35 fee; Register online.
For information, see the Neuroscience 2009 Final Program.
Short Courses offer an in-depth look at specific topics and techniques in neuroscience research. Short Courses:
- Last all day.
- Consist of lectures and slide presentations by leading experts followed by breakout groups.
- Are offered each year the Friday before SfN's annual meeting.
- Include a bound course syllabus for the attendees.
- Require registration and the payment of a $90 to $255 fee (depending on member status); Register online.
For information, see the Neuroscience 2009 Final Program.
The Meet-the-Expert Series at SfN's annual meeting invites experts to discuss research techniques, accomplishments, and other factors influencing their work. The series:
- Consists of eight concurrent 75-minute sessions
- Is free of charge and registration is not available (space is limited and is on a first-come, first-served basis)
For information, see the Neuroscience 2009 Final Program.
Other Sponsored Workshops at the SfN Annual Meeting
Each SfN annual meeting features professional development workshops. Topics include: selecting careers, finding employment, managing conflict in a lab, teaching neuroscience, and more. If you are interested in organizing a professional development workshop at an annual meeting, submit the proposal form to Claire MacDonald, cmacdonald@sfn.org.
Learn more about other workshops at the annual meeting.
International Courses
The Ricardo Miledi Program for Neuroscience Training offers several weeks of intensive courses and professional development for 15 neuroscience students from Latin America and the Caribbean. Expenses are paid and students also receive a fellowship including SfN membership and registration and travel to the Society's annual meeting.
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Resources
NeuroJobs
NeuroJobs is SfN's online neuroscience career center. NeuroJobs connects our members with employment opportunities and employers with the best professionals within our membership. Employment opportunities range from post-doc positions, faculty positions, neuroscience jobs in industry and alternative careers.
Faculty for Undergraduate Neuroscience
FUN is an international organization that is focused on neuroscience education and research at the undergraduate level. FUN’s members and supporters include businesses and organizations; private liberal arts colleges, state and research university departments and programs; and individual faculty and students, all sharing a common interest in undergraduate neuroscience. FUN publishes an online peer-reviewed journal.
Neuroscience Research Funding Contacts in the Federal Government
An informal compendium (PDF) of names and contact information for nearly 300 research grant and scientific review administrators in 21 organizational units of the federal government
Support Of Mentors And their Students from Underrepresented Minority Groups in the Neurosciences (SOMAS-URM)
SOMAS-URM is a summer fellowship program designed to support junior faculty in the neurosciences seeking to launch research programs with undergraduate student collaborators. Faculty from predominantly undergraduate institutions will be eligible for awards of up to $8,000 to cover a supply budget, summer student housing, faculty and student stipends, and travel expenses to the joint Annual Meetings of the Society for Neuroscience and Faculty for Undergraduate Neuroscience.
The National Center for Institutional Diversity (NCID) at the University of Michigan
NCID is accepting applications for the Institutional Diversity Postdoctoral Fellowship Program for the 2010-2011 academic year. Visit NCID for more information.
Advancing Biomedical Research Workforce Diversity: NIGMS Workshop for Postdocs Transitioning to Independent Positions
This workshop will emphasize special aspects of the transition process as they apply to postdocs with diverse backgrounds, especially those from groups underrepresented in biomedical and behavioral sciences. The meeting will be held on March 11-12, 2010 at the NIH campus in Bethesda, Maryland.
Responsible Conduct in Research
The book On Being a Scientist: A Guide to Responsible Conduct in Research offers researchers guidance on how to conduct research responsibly and avoid misconduct such as fabrication and plagiarism. The guide, issued by the National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, and Institute of Medicine, includes new case studies and has been updated to reflect the emergence of electronic publishing and globalization of research.
Graduate Student Survival Kit
View a professor's take on graduate projects and a policy for graduate students. This Web site is a good start to understanding what a top advisor or chair expects from graduate students.
Preparing Future Faculty in Math and Science
This guide by Preparing Future Faculty (PDF) offers a new vision for the preparation of college and university faculty in the sciences and mathematics. This volume describes the benefits and challenges of creating programs in the sciences and mathematics, as well as the structure and content of the programs.
What Colleges Want In New Faculty
This guide published by the Association of American Colleges and Universities, highlights what colleges and universities look for in new faculty.
Best Places to Work 2009: Academia
2009 Survey results published by The Scientist. Scientists at the top-ranked institutions in this year’s survey celebrated their organization’s strong focus on collaboration, team building and unique funding opportunities.
Rapid Response Innovation Awards (RRIA)
These are one-year, $75,000 awards open to both principle investigators and postdoctoral fellows (in conjunction with an administrative PI) that support high-risk, high-reward ideas geared towards developing novel therapy for Parkinson’s disease. This program, sponsored by the Michael J. Fox Foundation, is open to proposals focused on basic science, pre-clinical and clinical research.
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