# Neuroscience Training Program

> **NIH NIH T32** · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · 2020 · $292,150

## Abstract

The long-standing Neuroscience Training Program (NTP) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison provides pre-
doctoral graduate training in neuroscience. The overall goal of the program is to train the next generation of
leading integrative neuroscientists for future careers in academic research, education, industry, and public
service. Students engage in research training with faculty whose research interests span the breadth of
modern neuroscience. Students receive training in a broad range of neuroscience areas, including behavior,
cognition and emotion; development, plasticity and repair; membrane excitability and synaptic transmission;
molecular neuroscience; neural circuits; neurobiology of disease; perception and movement. Our proposed
training program includes a combination of hands-on research work, coursework, and our unique seminar
course. Training in experimental design, statistical methodology and quantitative skills will be integrated into
coursework and seminar subgroups, and will occur throughout student training. The 79 members of the training
faculty draw from 23 departments across campus and bring an array of scientific interests and state of the art
methodologies to student training, ranging from molecular genetics to whole brain imaging. The NTP's goal is
to train students with intellectual breadth necessary for them to become leaders in the field and make
contributions and advances to biomedical research in neuroscience. Our program has been very successful in
achieving its training goals. The median time to complete the Ph.D. degree has been 5.0 years over the past
10 years, and 94% of our graduates have remained in research-related careers. We anticipate appointing 12
trainees per year, with half of those appointments made to students in their first year and half to students in the
second year of Ph.D. training. Selection of trainees will be based principally upon prior research
accomplishments and demonstrated potential for an independent research career. Graduates will be well
equipped to carry out research aimed at understanding fundamental neurobiological processes and
mechanisms underlying diseases and disorders of the nervous system, and to help train the next generation of
physicians and scientists.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9974577
- **Project number:** 5T32NS105602-02
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON
- **Principal Investigator:** MARY C HALLORAN
- **Activity code:** T32 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $292,150
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2019-07-15 → 2024-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9974577

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9974577, Neuroscience Training Program (5T32NS105602-02). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-22 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9974577. Licensed CC0.

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