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Vision Training Grant for Graduate Students

A training grant from the National Eye Institute provides support for three graduate

students each year. Positions on the training grant are competitively awarded to students

in affiliated research labs.  Training grant support generally begins in the second

graduate year.

Current Training Grant Awardees:

Courtney Frederick

Sophie Lebrecht

Luke Woloszyn

Support for vision training also comes from departmental programs and fellowships from

Brown Institute for Brain Science.

Center for Vision Research Postdoctoral Fellowship

The Center for Vision Research confers 1 – 2 awards annually for the support of

postdoctoral fellows conducting research on vision. Support is awarded competitively

from faculty-nominated postdocs.

Current Postdoc Awardees:

Jian Chen

Octavio Ruiz

Postdoc Awardees for 2008-2009:

Hugo Bruggerman

Jordan Renna