Applications are open for a new program offered by the UF McKnight Brain Institute: Gator NeuroScholars. Four postdoctoral associates will be awarded a highly competitive stipend ($60,000-65,000) for up to 3 years, with additional funds for travel and computing needs. In Year 2, Gator NeuroScholars will be allocated $25,000 in research support to collect preliminary data for a career development application (e.g., K99/R00). Candidates choose mentors from among ~200 MBI members. MBI members who are members of UF CARE include:
- Jennifer Bizon, Professor & Chair, Co-Director Cognitive Aging And Memory Center, Department of Neuroscience
- Linda Cottler, Dean’s Professor And Associate Dean For Research, Department of Epidemiology
- Natalie Ebner, Professor, Department of Psychology
- Marcelo Febo, Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry
- Habibeh Khoshbouei, Professor, Department of Neuroscience
- Lori Knackstedt, Associate Professor, Department of Psychology
- Erica Levitt, Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics
- Ben Lewis, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry
- Christopher McCurdy, Professor And The Frank A. Duckworth Eminent Scholar Chair; Director Of The UF Translational Drug Development Core, Department of Medicinal Chemistry
- Jeremy McIntyre, Assistant Professor, Director Summer Neuroscience Internship Program, Department of Neuroscience
- Lisa Merlo, Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry
- Sara Jo Nixon, Professor & Co-Vice Chair, Department of Psychiatry
- Joanna Peris, Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacodynamics
- Marek Schwendt, Associate Professor, Department of Psychology
- Barry Setlow, Professor, Department of Psychiatry
- Nikhil Urs, Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics
- Brandon Warren, Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacodynamics
Learn more at https://bit.ly/Neuro-Scholar. Contact the Gator NeuroScholars Program at neuro-scholars@ufl.edu if you have any questions. Applications are due by July 31, 2022.