Recruitment Initiatives

The Department of Neuroscience at Hopkins is committed to providing safe and supportive research training environments in neuroscience at all levels.

We recognize the need for diligent, continuous efforts to create and support a broad community of neuroscientists in order to generate the most creative and innovative science.

More than a decade ago, the department spearheaded efforts to encourage people of a broad range of backgrounds to come to Hopkins for graduate school, postdoctoral fellowships, staff and faculty positions. These initial efforts have evolved and grown. Today, Hopkins Neuroscience hosts two engaged committees, the Department of Neuroscience Committee on Trainee Affairs (CTA) and the Student Trainee Committee (STC). The CTA consists of faculty members, postdoctoral fellows and graduate students and meets approximately every two months to plan and coordinate various initiatives. The STC, which consists entirely of graduate students, was founded in 2017 to organize the large number of students committed to recruitment and outreach. The STC works jointly with the CTA as well as independently on its own initiatives, all with the common goal of improving recruitment and outreach in Hopkins Neuroscience as well as in the broader scientific community. The committees also coordinate outreach efforts to the broader community around Baltimore and to area schools.

We believe that the most creative communities include representatives from a broad range of perspectives who actively support and learn from one another. We welcome you to join our program and further our commitment to the recruitment of trainees from a range of backgrounds.   

  • Neuroscience CTA committee participation for graduate students
  • Summer Internship Program (SIP)
  • Post-baccalaureate Research Education Program (PREP)
  • Johns Hopkins Internship in Brain Sciences Program (JHIBS)
  • Accepted Students’ Second Look Visit
  • Conference Outreach
  • Graduate Life Advisor
  • Cientifico Latino Application Preparation Initiative
  • Other Recruitment Efforts