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Useful opportunity resources for neuroscientists 🧠 📚

Similar to my neuro_resources list, I found myself consistently saving loads of tabs associated with the various opportunities I came across. This primarily included summer schools, conferences, outreach programs, public events; essentially anything a cognitive neuroscientist PhD student in Birmingham could get involved with.

So, following my neuro_resources list I felt the need to collate together another list, one with opportunities for neuroscientists (mainly within the UK). 😊

I aim to update it frequently, but as with my other list (and lists in general) it is not intended to be comprehensive. Feel free to suggest your own resources for me to add!

Existing lists of resources

Here are some useful current 'meta-lists' which already cover resources in the various sub-domains.

General Opportunities

  • Scholarships Corner A website covering scholarships, bursaries, competitions, exchange programs, and a lot more. It covers a varied selection of topics, including Psychology/Cognitive Neuroscience. -Psych Research List A website with various lists for Psychology students including: grad school resources, conferences jobs/internships and guest lecturers.
  • Simply Neuroscience 'an international, student-led nonprofit organization dedicated to fostering students' interdisciplinary interests in the brain, specifically through neuroscience and psychology education, outreach, and awareness.'

Conferences

Summer schools

Outreach and Science Communication

  • JISCMail 'A list to provide a forum for discussion of any matter relating to public communication of science and public engagement with science. In addition, details of relevant events, meetings, jobs, conferences and workshops.'

Conferences

I am deciding to focus specifically on those with a major focus on cognitive and computational neuroscience.

Topic-general

Earth 🌎

Europe 🇪🇺

United Kingdom 🇬🇧

More specified

Mentorship

General

Writing/editing

Outreach/mentoring

Mentoring school.college students

  • STEM Ambassadors A volunteering program where individuals offer to speak at local events including schools, colleges, higher education institutions, and youth group organisations to 'deliver requests from teachers and youth group leaders who want to link STEM subjects to the real world of work.'
  • The Brilliant Club 'The Brilliant Club works with schools and universities across the UK, mobilising the PhD community to support students who are less advantaged to access the most competitive universities and succeed when they get there.'
  • Project Access A world-wide program aiming to 'help mentor and tutor students from less privileged backgrounds in applying to top universities'. (I think it helps to have attended one of the highlighted universities on their website).
  • in2Science A scheme where universities can sign-up to host college students for summer placements.

Public engagement

Bursaries and Placements