Student Resources
Program Handbook 2025-2026
Forms & Documents
Entering the Program
Rotations
Laboratory Rotation Proposal Form
Laboratory Rotation Evaluation Form - Student
Laboratory Rotation Evaluation Form - Mentor
Committee Meetings
Advisory Committee Meeting Form
Dissertation Committee Approval Form
Dissertation Committee Meeting Form
Milestones
Application to Advance to Candidacy (SGS)
Nomination of the Members for Final Doctoral Examination Committee (SGS)
Certification of Completion of the Doctoral Dissertation (SGS)
Announcement of Defense (SGS)
Events
Keep an eye out for these and other program and campus events here and as announced on the weekly upcoming neuroscience events email!
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- Weekly PIN Journal Club
- Monthly Neuroscience Seminars (sponsored by UM-MIND)
- Regular PIN and UM-MIND social hours
- Annual PIN Retreat in the summer
Student Organizations
PIN-Specific Organizations
- PIN Student Advocates (PSA):
- PSA serves the PIN student community primarily by communicating programmatic issues & potential solutions from the student's perspective to program leadership (director and coordinator).
- Please reach out to President Chloe Schaefgen for more information.
- Neuroscience Outreach Volunteer Association (NOVA):
- NOVA conducts educational activities in the greater Baltimore community.
- Please contact Co-Presidents Kaliroi Engel & Christie Dionisos to get involved.
GPILS and Campus Organizations
- Neuro Networks Committee (UM-MIND)
- Baltimore Brain Series (local partnership)
- Student Advisory Committee (GPILS)
- Graduate Student Association (UMB Grad School)
- University Student Government Association (UMB)
- Begin or Join a Student Group
Grant Opportunities
PIN Students are required to apply for an NRSA, if eligible (see handbook). Additional opportunities and resources for identifying opportunities are listed here. Please note that this is a non-comprehensive list.
- NIH-funding
- Other opportunities
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- Grants Database: (1) Go to the HS/HSL webpage, (2) select "Find Resources," (3) then click "Databases." (4) Finally, search for "Pivot" and click the "Pivot" hyperlink
- List of opportunities curated by PIN alumnus Garrett Kartcher, PhD
- NSF GRFP (matriculating students or 1st year students)
GPILS and Campus Resources & Services
- Print for free in the GPILS office (available to GPILS students only)
- Access articles & books through the interlibrary loan system: (1) Go to the HS/HSL webpage, (2) select "Find Resources," (3) then click "Request Articles & Books."
- GPILS Career Development Office
- Sharron Graves, DBA, MS, Executive Director, Student Enrichment and Programmatic Initiatives, serves as an additional point of contact for student issues.
- Educational Support and Disability Services
- Student Health Center
- Student Counseling Center
Academic and Administrative Links
Neuroscience Organizations of Interest
- Society for Neuroscience
- Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology
- Alzheimer’s Association
- American Association for the Advancement of Science
- American Epilepsy Society
- American Pain Society
- American Society for Cell Biology
- Association for Chemoreception Sciences
- The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology
- Biophysical Society
- The Endocrine Society
- Federation of European Neuroscience Societies
- International Association for the Study of Pain
- International Behavioural and Neural Genetics Society
- International Society for Autism Research
- Molecular and Cellular Cognition Society
- The Organization for the Study of Sex Differences
- Schizophrenia International Research Society
- Society for Developmental Biology
- Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior
- JRNL Club
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Disclaimer: This website is not a contract and all information is subject to change at any time at the sole discretion of the Program.