Hello,

I am looking for summer research/seminar programs for graduate
students in neuroscience, cognitive science, evolutionary biology, or
artifical intelligence.
I am most interested in:
Programs at universities/institutions known for research
Programs which award a stipend, or do not require tuition
Programs shorter than 2 months, during the summer months
Programs with a research component

A good example of something I would be interested in is the Santa Fe
Institute's "Complexity Summer School"

Location is not an issue, either within the United States or outside
of the country.  Also, being female, I would be eligible for any type
of "Women in Science" program.  Thank you.

ANSWER

Hello beckin-ga,

This was a fun project to try to identify summer programs for you but
I was very disappointed to find that most of the summer research
seminars and programs are designated for undergraduates. I was able to
find some programs in your specified fields at the graduate level, but
not nearly as many as there are for undergraduates. I hope that one of
them will fit your needs and interests.

Wishing you well in your summer learning adventures.

czh

http://www.ninds.nih.gov/jobs_and_training/summer/#about
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke 
The Summer Program in the Neurological Sciences offers a unique
opportunity for academically talented high-school, undergraduate,
graduate, and medical students to receive first-rate training in
neuroscience research.

http://www.care.ucla.edu/html/ucla_sem.html
UCLA Science, Engineering and Mathematics Summer Research Program

http://www.ahrq.gov/fund/summerint.htm
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) employs high
school, undergraduate, and graduate college students in support staff
and entry level professional positions each summer.
The 2003 Summer Internship announcements will be posted in January
2003.

http://cuinfo.cornell.edu/Student/GRFN/record.phtml?code=A0186
Grass Foundation: Grass Fellowships in Neuroscience at the Marine
Biological Laboratory (MBL)
FIELD OF STUDY: 
Neurophysiology, membrane biophysics, integrative neurobiology and
neuroethology, neuroanatomy, neuropharmacology, cellular and
developmental neurobiology, cognitive neuroscience, and computational
approaches to neural systems. 14 weeks (May 25 to August 30 in 2003).

http://www.cedarcreek.umn.edu/interns/research.html
University of Minnesota, Cedar Creek
We encourage interns to develop independent research projects as part
of their summer Cedar Creek experience

http://www.rand.org/edu_op/fellowships/gsap/
RAND Graduate Student Summer Associate Program
Summer associates typically work at RAND for a 12-week period.
Students are given the opportunity to conduct independent research
that can be completed during the three months they are at RAND. RAND
projects are typically interdisciplinary. Some research projects bring
together economists, psychologists, statisticians, and health
professionals, for example, whereas others bring together engineers,
operations researchers, and students of organizational behavior.

http://www.pitt.edu/~biohome/Dept/Frame/graduateee.htm
The Pymatuning Laboratory of Ecology. In the summer months, the
vibrant community of Ecologists and Evolutionary biologists from our
university is joined by faulty and students from many other
institutions. Scientists conducting research and/or teaching at PLE
come from both regional and national universities and colleges.
Finally, PLE’s Summer Seminar Series and Summer Courses attract high
caliber scientists and students from other institutions, thus
providing a large network of intellectual resources for our graduate
students.

http://medschool.umaryland.edu/OSR/Links.html
Office of Student Research
Long list of links to summer programs – most of them for
undergraduates.

http://cuinfo.cornell.edu/Student/GRFN/list.phtml?category=SUMMER
Graduate Fellowships: Summer
Long list of graduate summer programs from all fields of specialty.



SEARCH STRATEGY
neuroscience "graduate research" +summer
"cognitive science" "graduate research" +summer
"evolutionary biology" "graduate research" +summer
"artificial intelligence" "graduate research" +summer
+graduate student +summer seminar

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Request for Answer Clarification by beckin-ga on 04 Dec 2002 21:15 PST

Thank you for the search...were you able to find any programs outside
of the United States?

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Clarification of Answer by czh-ga on 04 Dec 2002 21:30 PST

No, I didn't come up with any. I did notice that some of the schools
that had undergraduate research programs but didn't list graduate
programs sometimes offered special seminars only for their own
students. I think your university's career center should be able to
help with your search. I definitely recommend that you visit them to
see what they have to offer.

Good luck for an interesting summer.
czh