Rising Stars in Neuroscience Symposium

Neuroscience gradstudents,

You are invited to apply to the 4th annual Rising Stars in Neuroscience Symposium, hosted by the Department of Neurobiology at the University of Utah. The primary mission of this symposium is to provide career development and mentorship for graduate-level neuroscience trainees, with a strong focus on spotlighting scientists from under-represented groups.   

This competitive symposium will provide senior graduate students the opportunity to present their research to a large, engaged audience and spend a day meeting one-on-one with faculty to discuss their work. A key training feature of the Rising Stars Symposium is a multi-stage science-communication workshop focusing on elevator pitches, academic lectures, poster presentations and figure design. The Rising Stars in Neuroscience symposium will also provide mentorship by developing partnerships between invited speakers and specific University of Utah Neurobiology Department faculty. Invited speakers who commit to joining a lab for their postdoctoral research in the Department of Neurobiology at the University of Utah will also receive the Rising Stars in Neuroscience Postdoctoral award of $5000.   

University of Utah is tremendously excited to offer a rigorous, multi-faceted training opportunity, focused on under-represented graduate students.

Further details on the Rising Stars in Neuroscience program application and a list of previously selected Rising Stars in Neuroscience can be seen here.   

Applications for the 2024 Rising Stars Symposium are due December 15, 2023.  

For questions please contact:

Dr.Jim Heys

Email: jim.heys@neuro.utah.edu