Our Vision
An integral goal of the Center is to increase interest among undergraduate students from public universities, small colleges, and other institutions with limited research capabilities to the growing field of computational neuroscience and the science of intelligence. The Center has a variety of related programs, workshops, and opportunities for research training and collaborations. These programs include a 6-day workshop on research methods, a Undergraduate Summer Research Internships in Neuroscience, a summer sabbatical for faculty, and a lecture series. In addition, materials from several undergraduate and graduate courses offered by CBMM faculty are accessible online. Priority will be given to students receiving financial support from their home institution.
Undergraduate Summer Research Internships in Neuroscience
Application deadline: January 30, 2025
Program dates: May 26-Aug 1, 2025
CBMM offers an intensive 10-week summer research internship in collaboration with the department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences (BCS) for advanced undergraduates students from public universities, small colleges, and other institutions with limited research opportunities to the growing field of computational neuroscience and the science of intelligence.
Quantitative Methods Workshop: Introduction to Computational Tools Used in Neuroscience Research
This is an intensive seven-day workshop offered in early January. The workshop is limited to 75 undergraduate participants from a selected number of partner institutions. *Registration is by invitation only.
Summer Lecture Series
The Center offers a weekly summer lecture series for visiting students – featuring CBMM faculty. These interactive lectures provide an introduction to general topics related to computational neuroscience, human intelligence, and artificial intelligence. Sessions are held weekly; attendance is by invitation only.
Summer Sabbatical for Faculty
CBMM offers an 8-10 week summer sabbatical for faculty from our partner institutions to conduct research in a CBMM faculty lab. The center will also fund one student (graduate or undergraduate) from the visiting sabbatical faculty member’s home institution to participate in the CBMM summer research internship (as described above). Under the visiting sabbatical faculty member’s supervision, the student will participate in research with a CBMM lab.
Partner Institutions for Broadening Participation in Computational Neuroscience
The goal of our outreach activities-based at MIT- is to attract more female undergraduate students, among others, into the complex, interdisciplinary field of cognitive neuroscience and artificial intelligence.
