Information about UROP opportunities is available at the MIT UROP Program and at the Simons Center UROP announcement page. Predoctoral Fellowships will be announced soon.
The review process is underway for Simons Center for the Social Brain (SCSB) Seed Grant and Postdoctoral Fellowship applications.
Mission and goals:
The mission of the Simons Center for the Social Brain is to understand the neural mechanisms underlying social cognition and behavior, and to translate this knowledge into better diagnosis and treatment of autism spectrum disorders.
Neural correlates of social cognition and behavior exist in diverse species, and the underlying mechanisms will be studied in both humans and relevant model organisms and systems. We expect that experimental approaches will take advantage of strengths at MIT in genetics and genomics, molecular and cell biology, analyses of neural circuits and systems, cognitive psychology, mathematics and engineering.
The center’s goals are to develop MIT-wide programs on genetics and gene discovery, mechanisms and models, cognitive neuroscience, and translation and therapeutics. MIT researchers can contribute uniquely to understanding autism and related brain disorders, through the development of novel tools and technologies and advancing new computational and theoretical approaches.
The center will support these programs and themes through seed funds for investigators proposing novel collaborative research, a postdoctoral fellows program, and support for graduate students and undergraduate researchers. See links for details of Seed Grants and Postdoctoral Fellowships.
Deadline:
The deadline for the first round of applications for 2012 has now passed. Deadlines for future funding opportunities will be announced here and on the SCSB homepage.
