Training Opportunities From Undergraduate to Postdoctoral Programs
Explore UF training programs led by MBI researchers.
Postdoctoral Training & Groups
Gator NeuroScholars program offers standout opportunities to postdocs
The McKnight Brain Institute's postdoctoral fellowship program, Gator NeuroScholars, features a highly competitive stipend and opportunities to work side-by-side with some of the nation’s top neuroscientists.
Neuro(PD)²: A Community for Postdocs in Neuroscience
Neuro(PD)² is a postdoc-led organization supported by the McKnight Brain Institute, dedicated to empowering postdoctoral researchers in neuroscience and related fields. Through professional development, service opportunities, and community-building events, Neuro(PD)² creates space for connection, learning, and leadership.
Graduate programs
DEPARTMENT OF NEUROSCIENCE
Ph.D. in Neuroscience
This program focuses on interdisciplinary training in brain health and neurological diseases. Through rigorous coursework, specialized seminars, and unique professional development opportunities available at UF, students gain the expertise needed for neuroscience careers.
In Person
Master's Program in Neuroscience
Students gain foundational knowledge in neuroscience and engage in rigorous, mentored research training with opportunities to work in a variety of labs across campus.
Online
Online Master’s in Neuroscience
Offered completely online, students can complete this 30-credit program while maintaining their current residence through creative, interactive, and challenging online courses.
ONLINE
Graduate Biomedical Neuroscience Online Certificate Program
Postgraduate students and working professionals gain an understanding of normal brain function and the clinical expression and underlying pathogenesis of neurological disorders.
Undergraduate & Pathway Programs
NIH-Funded R25
UF Undergraduate Research Program
Undergraduates in their first or second year of enrollment at UF can apply to receive up to two years of paid support through NEURON-Aging (see above) for mentored research training in the laboratory of a primary investigator studying the neurobiology of aging and Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias.
NIH-Funded R25
Summer Neuroscience Internship Program (SNIP)
Interns join active research labs in various fields related to neuroscience, while also receiving highly personalized guidance on graduate school admissions, professional development, and career planning. Trainees interested in all areas of neuroscience, including aging, are encouraged to apply.
NIH-Funded R25
Gators Advancing Through Opportunities in Research For Aging and Alzheimer’s Disease Education (GATORAADE)
This post-baccalaureate program aims to expand the pool of researchers and health care workers interested in cognitive aging and Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias.
T32 Training Programs
NIA-Funded t32
Alzheimer’s Disease & Related Dementias (ADRD)
This program is aimed at understanding connections between Alzheimer's and other dementias, and the risk factors and comorbidities associated with them, to offer insights into the disease and afford novel targets for patient care.
NIH-funded T32
Breathing Research and Therapeutics (BREATHE)
This program features state-of-the-art research methodologies and an integrative bench-to-bedside perspective to develop a greater understanding of and treatments for neuromuscular disorders that compromise breathing and airway defense.
NIDCD-funded T32
Chemosensory Science (TCPS)
This pre-doctoral training program prepares trainees for careers focused on the science of smell, taste, and flavor in academia, industry, and the public sector.
NIH NRSA-funded T32
Clinical & Translational Science
This program uses a team-science approach and provides mentoring and didactic training for predoctoral students performing clinical and/or translational research in health-related fields at UF.
NIA-Funded t32
Integrative and Multidisciplinary Pain and Aging Research Training (IMPART)
The NIA-funded IMPART Program provides research training for postdoctoral fellows interested in pain and aging research.
NInDS-funded T32
Movement Disorders & Neurorestoration
This training program capitalizes on existing clinical and research strengths of faculty at UF's Center for Movement Disorders and Neurorestoration and affiliated Centers of Excellence for Parkinson’s disease, dystonia, ataxia, and Huntington’s disease.
NCMRR-funded T32
Neuromuscular Plasticity Training Program (NMPT)
This pre-doctoral T32 training program emphasizes the interaction and joint training of rehabilitation clinicians and basic scientists with a common interest in translational research in neuromuscular plasticity.
NIA-Funded t32
Research Training in Aging
This program supports advanced graduate students pursuing a PhD who are seeking research training in non-pharmacological cognitive interventions in aging, mild cognitive impairment, and Alzheimer’s disease.
NEI-Funded t32
Research Training in Vision Science
The program is designed for training students in the areas of molecular/cellular biology, genetics, biochemistry, and immunology with particular focus on training in vision research.
NIDS-funded T32
Substance Abuse Training Center in Public Health
This program focuses on studying and preventing substance use, its related health issues, and the role of social factors in health inequalities, while developing interventions to reduce substance use.
NIA-Funded t32
Translational Research in Aging and Mobility (TRAM)
This program creates a career pathway for conducting mechanistic and clinically relevant translational research in mobility and aging.
