The Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute is deeply committed to cultivating the next generation of neuroscientists through our graduate fellowships and interdisciplinary scholar awards for postdocs.
Through everything we do, we are bringing together brilliant people from diverse disciplines to tackle the unanswered questions in neuroscience.
Current programs for trainees
Neurosciences Postdoctoral Scholar Awards
The Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Postdoctoral Scholar Awards provide funding to extraordinary postdoctoral scientists working at the intersection of multiple fields to advance our understanding of the mind and brain in health and disease (Interdisciplinary Track), or with a special focus on the science of brain aging and neurodegeneration (Brain Resilience Track).
Interdisciplinary Graduate Fellowships (SIGFs)
Stanford Interdisciplinary Graduate Fellowships affiliated with Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute provide current graduate students, whose research interests are in the interdisciplinary neurosciences, with three years of funding support.
Mind, Brain, Computation and Technology Student Membership Program
The Center for Mind, Brain, Computation and Technology’s Student Membership Program supports young scientists from empirical, technical, or theoretical backgrounds as they stretch beyond their primary discipline to learn complementary approaches from another field, advancing their research and developing them into leaders and innovators in neuroscience.
Pathways to Neurosciences
The Pathways to Neurosciences progam serves late-stage graduate students and early-stage postdoctoral fellows who identify as being from an underrepresented group in neuroscience, with the aim of fostering belonging, excellence, and leadership.
Neuroscience Undergratuate Research Opportunity (NeURO) Program
The Neuroscience Undergraduate Research Opportunity (NeURO) fellowship program immerses Stanford undergraduates into the world of neuroscience research. Fellows will learn research skills, explore neuroscience topics and conduct summer neuroscience research in a Stanford lab.
NeURO Community College Program (and mentorship opportunity)
Community college students from the local DeAnza, Foothill, and Mission Colleges delve into the world of neuroscience research through our Neuroscience Undergraduate Research Opportunity-Community College (NeURO-CC) fellowship.
We seek mentors from our Stanford community to share their expertise and inspire the next generation of scientists.
Past programs for trainees
NeuroTech Training Program
The NeuroTech graduate training program immerses PhD students from technical departments into neuroscience. The trainees bring emerging technologies to advance neuroscience discovery and human health.