Student and Postdoc Programming

Chen Institute Graduate Fellowship
This is a one-year fellowship that provides support to outstanding incoming graduate students studying neuroscience at Caltech.

Chen Institute Director's Fellowship
This is a two-year fellowship which supports an exceptional incoming graduate student in either Computational Neural Systems or Neurobiology options in the Biology and Bioengineering division at Caltech.

Chen SDN Center Director's Fellowship
This is a two-year fellowship which supports an exceptional incoming graduate student studying in the Social and Decision Neuroscience option in the Humanities and Social Science division Caltech.

Chen Senior Postdoctoral Fellowship
This is a two-year fellowship which supports postdoctoral scholars so that they may advance their research goals and diversify their skills, helping them to kick start their professional career.

BrainWAVE Fellowship Program
This program provides support for non-Caltech undergraduates, who are intent on pursuing a Ph.D. in neuroscience, to conduct a 10-week summer research project at Caltech.

Chen Graduate and Postdoc Innovator Grants
Grants are awarded to projects which are conceived and driven by graduate students and postdocs and are not an obvious extension of other research in their lab. The program is meant to fund out-of-box ideas that would not otherwise be pursued. Graduate students and postdocs are awarded grants on alternate years.

The Chen Institute sponsors Chen Institute Women in Neuroscience (CWiN).
CWiN is an organization that aims to support the careers and education of women in neuroscience through invited talks, networking and career development opportunities, recruitment efforts, and advocacy for an improved campus climate. All are welcome to participate in CWiN programming.

The Chen Institute sponsors Neurotechers
Neurotechers is a student-led interdisciplinary organization that encompasses all things neuroscience. The organization hosts different events and activities and helps to foster the student neuroscience community at Caltech.