March 4, 2009
Scholarship deadline extended for quantitative physiology program
March 15 is the new deadline for undergraduate students to apply for NSF-funded scholarships for the Purdue Program in Quantitative Physiology.
These needs-based scholarships will assist qualified students to explore the dynamic interface between biology, medicine, mathematical analysis and computational analysis and modeling.
The Purdue Scholarship Program in Quantitative Physiology is a multi-departmental program that includes faculty members from agricultural and biological engineering, basic medical sciences, biological sciences, mechanical engineering, and the Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering.
Students will have opportunities to experience classroom, hands-on, and community outreach learning opportunities in quantitative and experimental aspects of physiology in areas such as cardiac modeling and electrophysiology, experimental models of spinal cord injury, neural coding strategies in the auditory system, neuronal models of learning-induced plasticity, and detection and control of epileptic seizure activity.
Graduate students are also eligible for the program.
Both graduate and undergraduate students in the program will serve as mentors for those that follow, and will serve as ambassadors to their former high schools and universities.
More information, including application procedures for the program and scholarships, can be found at http://quantphys.math.purdue.edu/.