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UCLA Brain Research Institute (BRI) presents

S Y N O P S I S NeuroCamp is a FREE BRI outreach program that brings together a group of 15-20 highly motivated high school students in a centralized lab setting. Students learn the fundamentals of neuroscience and basic lab techniques in Molecular Neurobiology, Neurophysiology, and Neuroanatomy.

NeuroCamp 2020 will be held at UCLA over a two-week period (on the Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday of each week):

Week 1 July 8, 9, 10 1:30pm-4:30pm

Week 2 July 15, 16, 17 1:30pm-4:30pm

The overall goal of the program is to provide an exciting and rewarding introduction to research in neuroscience to a broad range of high school students from the Los Angeles area. NeuroCamp intends to stimulate an interest in college as well as an educational path leading to a career in science.

Program Inquiries (please, no applications):

William Grisham, Ph.D., NeuroCamp Director, grisham@lifesci.ucla.edu

Application Inquiries:

NeuroCamp Coordinator, bri@mednet.ucla.edu

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A P P L I C A T I O N R E Q U I R E M E N T S

In addition to the questions that you will be asked on the application, you will also need to include:

(1) Resume

(2) Letter of Recommendation: Please provide a letter of recommendation from a teacher ormentor. Please note that the letter of recommendation must have a header and should be at least1-2 paragraphs.

Application Due Date:

The application, along with your resume and letter of recommendation, are due by Sunday, May 31, 2020.

Please navigate to the following link to begin the official application process:

https://forms.gle/RXQBfn5Uwn6zN8ut8