Connectionists: Apply to the Behavioral & Neural Sciences Ph.D. Program at Rutgers University-Newark (Deadline: December 15th, 2014)

[Mark Gluck]

Re: 	Apply to the Behavioral & Neural Sciences Ph.D. Program at Rutgers University-Newark 
	(Deadline: December 15th, 2014)

Dear Colleagues:
	If you know of bright and highly motivated graduating seniors or research assistants at your institution who are interested in pursuing a Ph.D. in neuroscience, we would be obliged if you would pass this email on to them.
	The Graduate Program in Behavioral and Neural Sciences (BNS) at Rutgers University-Newark prepares students for neuroscience careers in academia, industry, public administration, and scientific publishing by providing both general instruction across all areas of neuroscience as well as focused training within one area of specialization. BNS Students are supported financially by the graduate program (not by individual faculty) for five years; they receive full tuition remission and benefit from a comprehensive health insurance. A NIH Minority Biomedical Research Support (MBRS) training grant provides additional support services for students from under-represented minority groups or from disadvantaged backgrounds.
	The BNS curriculum offers a wide range of courses that provide a broad and in depth knowledge in neuroscience, including an intensive neuroscience “Bootcamp” in the fall of their first year, and a comprehensive series of four core courses taught by all our faculty. Students in our graduate program are trained primarily to conduct independent research and to present and discuss their results orally and in written form. Students also gain experience in undergraduate and graduate teaching and mentoring. The recent integration into Rutgers University of the former University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ) provides our students with additional clinically-relevant training and research opportunities.
	The research interests of BNS faculty are diverse and span all levels of analysis in the neurosciences, from genes and molecules to microcircuits and complex systems.  Their research methods are similarly varied as they combine electrophysiological, neurochemical, anatomical, imaging, behavioral, and neuropsychological methods to analyze how the brain works, develops, interacts with the environment, and is modified by experience in health and disease.
	The campus of the BNS program is located in Newark, New Jersey, 13 miles from Manhattan, New York City, with extensive public transportation links between the two (many faculty, postdoctoral fellows, and students live in New York City). Key web links are:

Faculty profiles and Rutgers-Newark info: http://www.neuroscience.newark.rutgers.edu
Rutgers University Brain Imaging Center: http://rubic.rutgers.edu
BNS Admissions (to apply online): http://www.bns.rutgers.edu
	The deadline for applications is December 15, 2014.  Interviews and visits by the top US candidates will take place at Rutgers-Newark from February 5 to 7th, 2015 (international candidates may be interviewed via Skype or phone). Late applications may be considered on a case-by-case basis.
Regards,
Mark Gluck & Pierre-Olivier Polack, BNS Admissions Committee
Joan Morrell, Director, Behavioral and Neural Sciences Ph.D Program
Denis Pare, Director, Center for Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience
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