The Connecticut Institute for the Brain and Cognitive Sciences (CT IBACS), funded by the University’s Academic Plan, is inviting graduate students to apply to the IBACS-BIRC Research Assistantships in Neuroimaging (IBRAiN) Program.
Assistantships will be funded for between 10 and 20 hours per week (to be determined) during the Fall (2017) and Spring (2018) semesters at the Brain Imaging Research Center (BIRC). These assistantships will start during summer 2017 (paying the same summer stipend as the IBACS Graduate Summer Fellowships) when the successful recipients will be trained on cognitive neuroscience methods including one or more of MRI, EEG, tDCS, and TMS. During the subsequent Fall (2017) and Spring (2018) semesters, the assistants will spend the allocated hours at BIRC, supporting users of BIRC facilities. This could involve developing and implementing experimental protocols for fMRI, EEG, etc., recruitment and prepping of participants, data analysis, or overseeing use of equipment by others. Applicants will be expected to commit to the full duration of the assistantship (Summer, Fall, Spring), and may have the opportunity to pursue their own research projects at BIRC. Subject to funding, these assistantships could be renewed for a second year.
Deadline for receipt of applications is midnight (EST) on Friday February 3rd, 2017.
Priority may be given to applicants who have experience in one or more of the methods in use at BIRC, or whose research might use such methods. Please refer to the full details here.
Students can apply both to this program and to the IBACS Graduate Fellowship program (details here).
For more information, contact: Brandy Ciraldo at ibacs@uconn.edu