Institute News
IBACS Spring 2025 Seed Grant Applications Due 4/1
The Institute for the Brain and Cognitive Sciences (IBACS) spring 2025 seed grant application is now open. Seed Grants provide funding to eligible affiliates for interdisciplinary projects and research initiatives consistent with the IBACS mission. Successful applications typically involve collaborations that require expertise across laboratories and traditional disciplinary boundaries. IBACS prioritizes projects that will provide pilot data in support of […]
[Read More]LangFest 2025 – Save the Date!
We are excited to announce that Language Fest 2025 will be held on the late afternoon and early evening of Wednesday, April 16th in Konover Auditorium (spoken program) and Bousfield Psychology Building Atrium (poster sessions). Language Fest is a university-wide research conference that welcomes the full cross-disciplinary community of language researchers at UConn for a day of sharing results, […]
[Read More]Welcome Back IBACS Affiliates – Important Spring Reminders
IBACS is pleased to welcome our affiliates back to the Spring 2025 semester! If you haven’t already, please save the date for our annual event on Wednesday, May 7th. Details to come. Please find below some very important Spring 2025 reminders about our services: DEI Survey Reminder: Members of the IBACS DEI Committee would like to hear from you! Please […]
[Read More]IBRAiN Research Assistantship Application Now Open!
The Institute for the Brain and Cognitive Sciences (IBACS) is inviting graduate students to apply for the IBACS-BIRC Research Assistantships in Neuroimaging (IBRAiN) Program. These graduate assistantships are for 10 hours per week during the Fall (2025) and Spring (2026) semesters at the Brain Imaging Research Center Core (BIRC). During the first year, assistants will be […]
[Read More]Graduate Course Announcements
The University will offer several relevant graduate courses on the Storrs campus in psychological sciences,; philosophy; and speech, language, and hearing sciences.
[Read More]IBACS & BIRC Speaker Series: Dr. Arielle Bambini on 12/6
Reminder: IBACS Undergraduate Research Supply Awards
IBACS is happy to announce another year of the undergraduate research supply awards! Please share with the undergraduate students in your labs. This award provides funding for undergraduate students conducting an independent research project consistent with the Institute’s mission. Students can apply for awards of up to $1,000. Open to: Undergraduate students working with an IBACS-affiliated faculty member . Recipients cannot apply for another grant within the same […]
[Read More]Seed Grant Recipients 2023-2024
The Institute awarded seed grants to affiliated faculty in linguistics, physiology and neurobiology, psychological sciences, and statistics.
[Read More]COGS/ECOM Talk on 4/19: Dr. Psyche Loui
COGS and ECOM are excited to announce a joint talk on 4/19 by Dr. Psyche Loui from Northeastern University. Psyche Loui, PhD, is a psychology and neuroscience researcher, a musician, Associate Professor of Creativity and Creative Practice at Northeastern University, and Director of the Music, Imaging, and Neural Dynamics Laboratory (MIND Lab).
[Read More]IBACS Large Seed Grant Applications Due 4/1
The Institute for the Brain and Cognitive Sciences (IBACS) has two large seed grant cycles per year. Our next deadline is 4/1/24 and we are currently accepting letters of intent and full applications.
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