Assignments

Assignments folder in Google Drive

Week of May 31 - June 6

• Introductory reflection

  • Complete by June 3

Week of June 7 - June 13

• Getting Oriented to the Summer

  • Review by June 10 meeting

  • Complete by 9am (Eastern) on June 12

• Ethics and rigor and reproducibility case studies

  • Review by June 13 meeting

Week of June 14 - June 20

• Strengthening CV

  • Complete by 7pm (Eastern) on June 17

• GRFP - Brainstorm topics and questions for recent recipients

  • Complete by June 20 meeting

Week of June 21 - June 27

• What is your narrative?

  • Complete by June 24 meeting

  • A point of clarification that got buried in the "purpose" paragraph. There are many questions guiding you towards the creation of a personal mission statement. The ultimate goal is to create a 1-2 sentence personal mission.

  • We'll discuss in person on Wednesday how to approach incorporating this mission within your personal statement (which may not mean including the mission statement directly). Rather, how can we use this mission to guide our decisions (including academic and career choices) and how can the drive and purpose that we derive from that mission be conveyed in our statements?

• Journal Club preparation

  • Complete by June 27 meeting

Week of June 28 - July 4

• GRFP - Personal statement draft

  • Identify paragraph/section for review by July 1 meeting

Week of July 5 - July 11

• GRFP - Personal statement draft

  • Exchange for peer review Monday July 6

• GRFP - Defining the research question - Part 1

  • Complete by July 11 meeting

Week of July 12 - July 18

• Define educational and career goals

  • Complete by July 15 meeting

• GRFP - Defining the research question - Part 2

  • Complete by 1pm July 18

Weeks of July 19 - August 1

• GRFP - Personal, Relevant Background, and Future Goals Statement

  • Complete draft and exchange for peer review on Friday July 24 by 5p (Eastern)

  • Provide peer review comments by July 29 meeting

• Modern Techniques in Neuroscience post-reflection

  • Complete by July 29 meeting

• Journal Club preparation

  • Complete by August 1 meeting

Week of August 2 - August 8

• Concluding reflection

  • Complete by 1p (Eastern) August 8

• Edited draft of Personal, Relevant Background, and Future Goals statement

  • Complete by 1p (Eastern) August 8