2025 Application

Personal Information

Undergraduate Education

Month/Year
Does your undergraduate college/university have doctoral degree programs in neuroscience-related biomedical sciences?
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Please provide a short paragraph description of any research experience you have had in the past.

Interests/Personal Statement

If applicable, please include how you have overcome personal or academic adversity on your career and educational path.
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Reference 1

Letters of reference should be sent from the letter writer to iowa-neuroscience-institute@uiowa.edu with the name of applicant in subject line.

Reference 2

Letters of reference should be sent from the letter writer to iowa-neuroscience-institute@uiowa.edu with the name of applicant in subject line.

Reference 3

Letters of reference should be sent from the letter writer to iowa-neuroscience-institute@uiowa.edu with the name of applicant in subject line.

NIH criteria for underrepresented status

(please check any that apply)
First generation to attend college
URM: Are you part of one of the following racial/ethnic groups described below?
Underrepresented Minorities (URM) - Individuals from racial and ethnic groups that have been shown by the National Science Foundation to be underrepresented in health-related sciences on a national basis (see data at https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/showpub.cfm?TopID=2&SubID=27) and the report Women, Minorities, and Persons with Disabilities in Science and Engineering). The following racial and ethnic groups have been shown to be underrepresented in biomedical research: Blacks or African Americans, Hispanics or Latinos, American Indians or Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders. 
Disadvantaged Background: Do you meet two or more of the following criteria?
Disadvantaged students must meet 2 or more of the following: homeless (past or present), foster care (past), Pell grant qualified, free and reduced lunch program, food stamps/WIC qualified (past or present), 1st Generation student, or grew up in a disadvantaged community (rural, low-income).
Disability: Do you meet one or more of the following criteria?
Individuals with disabilities, who are defined as those with a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities, as described in the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, as amended.  See NSF data at, https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/2017/nsf17310/static/data/tab7-5.pdf.
Citizenship: Are you citizen or a noncitizen national of the United States or have been lawfully admitted for permanent residence?
Other (please specify)
Applications are due by Sunday, Feb. 2, 2025.  Reviewing will begin on February 3. However, applications may still be accepted up until March 2, 2025.