Training Opportunities From Undergraduate to Postdoctoral Programs

Explore UF training programs led by MBI researchers.

Postdoctoral Training

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.

Congrats to our Gator Neuroscholars!

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.

Habibeh Khoshbouei and colleagues

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.

SNIP student discussing her poster

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.

Doctor Gordon Mitchell works with a trainee in the lab

T32 Training Programs

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.

Photo collage of BREATHE Center researchers doing intermittent hypoxia

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. 

woman sniffing a container in a clinical setting

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.

students doing a gator chomp motion with their arms in front of a capital building

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.

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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.

Elderly woman working at a computer

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. 

researcher working in lab