https://md.rcm.upr.edu/prneuroscience/itinerary/ About

The Annual Puerto Rico Neuroscience Conference is the most important neuroscience event in Puerto Rico. A one-day meeting that supports neuroscience research and training in Puerto Rico and beyond. This year, the University of Puerto Rico, Medical Science Campus will host the event at the Jaime Benitez Rexach Amphitheater within the UPR MSC Campus at the School of Pharmacy.

This conference consists of four plenary talks by leading neuroscience researchers. The event also includes poster/oral presentations from: undergraduate, graduate students, postdocs, clinicians, and faculty interested in a broad spectrum of topics within the neurosciences.

History

The Puerto Rico Neuroscience Conference originated 33 years ago (1992). It has since been a space for academics, researchers, clinicians, and students alike to be able to meet and collaborate on sharing information regarding the fascinating scientific field of neuroscience. Every year, the Puerto Rico Neuroscience Conference invites distinguished speakers who present plenary talks on cutting-edge research topics and share inspiring narratives about their professional journeys. This is a student- focused event that encourages future neuroscientists to share their personal research projects and provide updates. More than 80 posters are presented each year with the majority given by graduate and undergraduate students from different academic institutions.

Each year, the event is hosted in rotation by five institutions: Universidad Central del Caribe, Ponce Health Sciences University, University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus, University of Puerto Rico-Medical Sciences Campus (which includes the Institute of Neurobiology), and Pontificia Universidad Católica, Ponce Campus.

Activities

Poster Session: Opportunity to present and share your research

Network: Meet students and neuroscientists from different institutions in Puerto Rico

Scientific Lectures: Special lectures by leading neuroscience researchers

Poster competition: Prizes for selected posters

Participation certificates

Key Details

Date: Saturday, December 6, 2025

Location: Jaime Benítez Amphitheater, Medical Sciences Campus, UPR

Time: 8:00 AM 5:00 PM

CANCER RESEARCH OPPORTUNITY - SUMMER 2026

Application Deadline: January 23, 2026

We invite master's and health professions students to apply for our NCI-funded Cancer Prevention and Control (CAPAC) Research Training Program  (award # 5R25CA240120-07), hosted by the University of Puerto Rico Comprehensive Cancer Center from May 26 to July 31, 2026, in San Juan, Puerto Rico, USA. For its 6th consecutive year, the program will offer a hands-on cancer prevention and control research experience.

A primary goal of CAPAC is to increase the number of master’s degree graduates and other health professionals who pursue a doctoral degree and/or a career as cancer researchers. Each year, CAPAC recruits 25 graduate/health professional students and recent graduates from all academic backgrounds to participate in a 10-week hands-on full-time research experience in Puerto Rico under the supervision of an assigned research mentor. Upon application and evaluation, the program will support a maximum of 6 trainees to extend their research experience for up to 15 weeks. The program also provides educational and professional seminars and workshops for trainees. 

For more information, visit our website: https://www.cccupr.org/capac/

✍Application period: October 31, 2025 - January 23, 2026 (11:59 PM AST)

🔗Application link: https://crcweb.rcm.upr.edu/redcap/surveys/?s=H7F3RHYELL

Early application and submission of materials is highly recommended. 

If you have any questions, please contact Mariela Bournigal-Feliciano, CAPAC Coordinator, at capac@cccupr.org or 787-772-8300 ext. 1421.

College students at Minority Serving Institutions! Are you looking for a program that supports your education, gives you hands-on experience, and sets you up for an amazing career? Check out the EM STARS program!

This isn't just any scholarship; it's a launchpad! EM STARS provides up to two years of financial support while you work toward your undergraduate degree - and if you decide to pursue a master’s degree, we’ll support you for up to two more years. While you're studying, you'll get hands-on experience through awesome internships with our Environmental Management (EM) team at one of our sites. You'll get to see how we tackle big challenges, learn what we do, and gain real-world skills that connect directly to your studies.

Why should I apply?

You will receive:

• Financial support for the pursuit of an undergraduate degree for up to two years and two additional years for students choosing to pursue a master’s degree
• Paid summer internships under the guidance of an accomplished mentor at EM headquarter offices, field offices, and DOE national laboratories
• Opportunities to engage with the EM community (e.g., EM field sites, contractors, stakeholders) and other STARS Scholars
• Academic and career guidance
• Continued engagement with EM after graduation through employment opportunities or postgraduate appointments 

Financial Support

• Tuition: $36,000/academic year (Amount is based on expected average cost. The tuition allowance may be higher based on student’s actual tuition costs.)
• Stipend: $32,000/academic year
• Education Allowance: $5,000/scholarship year
• Summer Internship: 10-week internship
  • Stipend: $750/week
  • Housing Allowance: up to $700/week based on assigned location (If relocating more than 50 miles from assigned location)
  • Local Transportation: $50/week   
  • Inbound/Outbound: $1,000 to be paid as a lump-sum with the first stipend payment (If relocating more than 50 miles from assigned location.

Application Deadline

12/12/2025 11:59:00 PM Eastern Time Zone

Additional information and the application can be found at: Zintellect - U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) - DOE EM Success Through Academic Research Scholarship (STARS) - DOE-EM-STARS-2026

Information Session:

• Friday, November 7 from 12-1pm ET (register here)

Application Workshops:

• Thursday, November 13 from 2-3pm ET (register here)
• Friday, December 5 from 2-3pm ET (register here)

Questions

Please email the EM STARS team at EM_STARS@orise.orau.gov or visit our website at: https://orise.orau.gov/em-stars/.

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/academic-program/microsoft-research-fellowship/ Key dates:

• Call for proposals: Tuesday, November 4, 2025
• Proposal submission deadline: Tuesday, December 2, 2025, at 11:59 PM ET
• Proposal notifications sent by: Tuesday, February 10, 2026

About the program

The Microsoft Research Fellowship creates opportunities for academic scholars (faculty, PhD students, and postdocs) to collaborate with Microsoft Research on open research challenges that advance scientific understanding, drive innovation, and deliver societal benefit.

In an era of rapid innovation, this fellowship brings together academia and industrial researchers across disciplines to shape the future through open research collaborations. Academic collaboration is foundational to advancing scientific discovery, and today, it’s more critical than ever. Academic institutions contribute deep domain expertise, novel perspectives, and a culture of exploration. Microsoft Research’s global labs offer deep technical expertise, cutting-edge academic inquiry, and real-world application. By working together, we believe we can accelerate innovation, promote responsible development, and address complex challenges that can best be solved through interdisciplinary exploration.

• General eligibility

  Microsoft is seeking scholars in academia who are pursuing research and instruction in academic venues across a range of disciplines.

  Eligibility guidelines vary by research challenge. Some challenges accept proposals from students, others from faculty, and some from both. Please refer to the “Research Challenges” tab and the eligibility details below to understand the criteria for each challenge.

  This program accepts proposals from individuals based in the following regions: Africa, Australia & New Zealand, Canada, Europe, India, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Taiwan, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Puerto Rico, and the United States.

  Microsoft actively seeks to foster greater levels of diversity in our workforce and in our pipeline of future researchers and collaborators. We are always looking for the best and brightest talent and celebrating individuality. We invite candidates to come as they are and do what they love.

  Fellows selected to be a part of the Microsoft Research Fellowship program are subject to disciplinary proceedings for inappropriate behavior, including but not limited to discrimination, harassment (including sexual harassment), or plagiarism will forfeit their funding. If accepted, a standard background screen will be conducted. Though Microsoft is not hiring you for employment, a successful screen is required as a stipulation to transfer funds under this fellowship.

• Provisions of the award

• The Microsoft Research Fellowship is designed to create meaningful opportunities for collaboration between academic researchers and Microsoft Research. These opportunities will vary by research challenge and may include working sessions, regular check-ins, asynchronous collaboration, workshops, and other formats tailored to the nature of the research.

  All funds are distributed as unrestricted gifts as a one-time payment made directly to the institution/university and disbursed according to the institution/ university policies. Direct payments to individuals are not made by the program.

  Funding amounts vary by the region a fellows’ organization/institution of employment is located in.

  • Africa – $17,000 (USD)
  • Australia & New Zealand – $17,000 (USD)
  • Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Puerto Rico – $17,000 (USD)
  • Canada – $47,000 (USD)
  • Europe – $27,000 (USD)
  • India – $17,000 (USD)
  • Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Singapore, and Taiwan – $17,000 (USD)
  • United States – $47,000 (USD)

  These stipend amounts include travel funding to support in-person collaboration. Fellows may use this funding to visit Microsoft Research principal investigators and collaborators at a Microsoft Research lab or office. 

  All payments will be distributed in March/April 2026. If selected, Microsoft will work with respective departmental finance liaisons to transfer funds.

  *Stipend rates are reviewed annually and benchmarked against comparable fellowship programs in each geography to ensure competitive alignment. 

Research challenges

Research objectives and eligibility requirements vary by challenge. Some challenges accept proposals from PhD students, others from faculty, and some from both. Review the descriptions below to understand each challenge’s research goals and specific eligibility criteria.

AI for global and societal impact

• Equitable interactive AI tools for creatives 

• Global employment, hiring, and performance outcomes based on AI adoption

• Grounding AI in global majority languages, cultures, and contexts

• Tackling disinformation and misinformation through the design, implementation and evaluation of provenance tools for end users

AI fundamentals: scalable reasoning, model adaption and evaluation

• Advancing generative AI evaluation through psychometrics and measurement

• Efficient and accurate post-training of retrieval models 

• Steering reasoning models with test-time verification

Biological and scientific modeling

• Generative models for regulatory genomics

Foundational systems & infrastructure for AI

• AI for clean electricity planning and deployment

• Systems, Algorithms, and Rigorous Applications of Reinforcement Learning Post-Training

Human-AI collaboration and interaction

• AI Models and Creativity

• AI-powered Collaborative Dynamic Experiences

• Beyond Assistance: AI as teammate for collaboration, alignment, and collective intelligence

• Toward socially intelligent AI agents

Multimodal & Embodied Intelligence

• Beyond tokenization: foundational approaches to multimodal LLMs

• General-purpose robotic foundation models for embodied AI

• Robot learning from alternative data sources 

 

JUMP START YOUR FUTURE WITH DHS!!!

• Want to learn more about the US Department of Homeland Security and the research the agency and component agencies do to enhance your research interests and career goals?
• Interested in learning from top scientists and subject matter experts in homeland security related areas?
• Seeking to network with your peers and members of the academic and scientific communities in government facilities conducting research in DHS relevant areas?

If you answered “Yes”, to the above questions, the HS-POWER program is for you!

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate Office of University Programs sponsors the Professional Opportunities for Student Workforce to Experience Research (HS-POWER) Program for undergraduate and graduate students. HS-POWER is open to students majoring in a broad spectrum of homeland security related science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) disciplines as well as DHS mission-relevant research areas which includes social sciences. As a participant in the HS-POWER Program, you will participate in quality research experiences with federal research facilities and other DHS-STEM focused entities nationwide. You will establish connections with DHS professionals that facilitate long-term relationships between yourself, researchers, DHS personnel and research facilities, giving you a competitive edge as you move forward toward your career.

Benefits

• Stipend: Undergraduate students receive $750 per week and graduate students will receive $950 per week.
• Travel: A total of $1,000 travel reimbursement for inbound and outbound expenses for participants who live more than fifty miles, one-way, from the assigned hosting site, and who are paying for housing onsite is available.
• Housing Allowance: A housing allowance of $400/week is provided to participants whose home of record is more than fifty miles, one-way, from their assigned hosting facility, move onsite for the duration of their appointment, and are paying for housing while onsite.

Appointment Details

• Appointments will be for 10 consecutive weeks during the months of May-July. Factors such as class schedules, housing availability and facility schedules may be taken into consideration when determining appointment start and end dates.
• Interns will be assigned to research projects and/or other technical activities under the guidance of a DHS mentor.
• An appointment involves a daily, on-site commitment as defined by the assigned mentor at the host facility with the HS-POWER participant in residence at the specified location. 
• HS-POWER participants are required to have health insurance coverage during the appointment period and to provide proof of this coverage prior to the start of the appointment.

Application Deadline

1/5/2026 11:59:59 PM Eastern Time Zone

Application: Zintellect - DHS-POWER-2026-SUMMER

Program Website: U.S. Department of Homeland Security Education Programs

If you have any questions, please email us at dhsed@orau.org. 

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