URM APPLICATION SUPPORT PROGRAM
In order to increase the diversity and equity efforts of the Neuroscience Graduate Group, NGG’s Action Against Bias (AAB) committee has implemented the URM Application Support Program! Underrepresented minority (URM) applicants may submit their CV and/or research statement to receive feedback from one faculty member and one graduate student.
The NIH has identified the following groups as underrepresented minorities in biomedical research: Black/African American, Hispanic/Latinx, American Indian/Alaska Native, Pacific Islanders. We are expanding this definition to include first generation, low-income, neurodivergent, and disabled applicants.
The purpose of this program is not to “pre-screen” applicants, but to provide URM applicants with the mentorship and resources that they may lack to prepare a competitive PhD application. Once responding to this form, applicants will be paired with a current NGG student or faculty member and have the opportunity to send them either their CV and/or research statement.