Connectionists: Call for Applications & Help Promote: Gatsby Bridging Programme (Maths Summer School)

[Lin, I-Chun]

Programme dates: 23 Jun - 8 Aug 2025 (London, UK; in-person attendance only)
Programme details: www.ucl.ac.uk/gatsby/study-and-work/gatsby-bridging-programme 
Application deadline: 7 Feb 2025, 23:59 GMT (We may need to stop accepting applications before this date if the number received exceeds our capacity to review.)

The Gatsby Computational Neuroscience Unit at UCL is running the Gatsby Bridging Programme - an intensive, 7-week mathematics summer school. The programme is designed for penultimate- or final-year undergraduates and Master’s students (incl. recent graduates) who aspire to pursue a postgraduate research degree in Theoretical Neuroscience (TN) or Machine Learning (ML) but whose degree course does not have a strong mathematical focus. 

Participants will attend interactive lectures and tutorials and participate in problem-solving sessions to develop mathematics skills and intuition necessary to enter the TN/ML field.

We aim to be inclusive and to increase the diversity of students entering both fields. Thus, we strongly encourage applications from students in underrepresented groups in Science, Engineering, Technology and Mathematics. 

A limited number of bursaries are available to students who may find it difficult to participate for financial reasons.

In addition, we would really appreciate it if you could help us reach students who may benefit from this programme. Here are some ways in which you can help us spread the word:
- Distributing the Call for Applications email among colleagues and relevant students.
- Sharing our posts on social media:
   * Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/gatsbyucl.bsky.social/post/3lf2vqhepck2s
   * Mastodon: https://neuromatch.social/@GatsbyUCL/113780922743372983
   * X/Twitter: https://x.com/GatsbyUCL/status/1876212734976762058 
Thank you for any support you are willing to give us.
 
If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to get in touch. 
 
Best,
I-Chun (Scientific Programme Manager, Gatsby Unit)