Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP)

The Center for Neural Science hosts a Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP) for undergraduates with a strong interest in neuroscience. This program is designed to foster entry into a neuroscience research-centered career. Students apply for positions in a 10-week summer program during which they actively participate in research projects in the laboratories of New York University science faculty. We match students to laboratories primarily on the basis of their background preparation and areas of interest. Participants work either directly with faculty or with graduate students or postdoctoral fellows. Each student conducts a research project under the direction of his or her mentor. The students are involved in all phases of the research process from experimental design to data analysis and communication of results. At the end of the program, the students each give a presentation of their own work at a summer research conference. The first week of SURP includes a "bootcamp" to accelerate the learning of lab skills specific to neural science.

To obtain additonal information regarding SURP, please click here.

Applying for SURP

To apply for SURP, please fill out the application form below. Additionally, your application must include the submission of the following supplementary materials

-- a personal statement
-- your curriculum vitae
-- an electronic copy of your official transcript
-- 2 letters of reference

Please send the supplemental materials to: surpinfo@cns.nyu.edu with subject line "SURP2022_LastName_FirstName".

Decisions was made on a rolling basis starting February 15. Final decisions will be sent to all applicants by May 1.

Contact for SURP: surpinfo@cns.nyu.edu

Past Syllabi

Click here for a PDF of the 2021 syllabus.

Click here for a PDF of the 2018 syllabus.

Click here for a PDF of the 2017 syllabus.

Click here for a PDF of the 2016 syllabus.

Click here for the 2014 Symposium of summer undergraduate research program.

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