You're back from the Christmas holidays, slowly getting back to work. While you're at it, you may want to note some of these summer schools down in your calendar (particularly if you have a knack for finding out about interesting summer schools 1-2 days before the deadline). Below are some of the neuroscience summer schools taking place this year, and importantly, the key dates not to miss. Note that some applications already close in January.

FENS Summer School

Neural stem cells, brain organoids and brain repair

• When: 3 - 9 June
• Where: Bertinoro, Italy
• Deadline: 5 February

 

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The Cajal Advanced Neuroscience Training Programme (Technical Skills)

Behaviour of Neural Systems

• When: 15 July - 4 August
• Where: Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown, Lisbon, Portugal
• Deadline: Applications open in January

Computational Neuroscience

• When: 12 August - 1 September
• Where: Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown, Lisbon, Portugal
• Deadline: Applications open in January

Neuroinflammation and how to study it

• When: 25 June - 7 July
• Where: Bordeaux Neurocampus, France
• Deadline: 26 February

Advanced Imaging Methods for Cellular Neuroscience

• When: 10 - 28 September
• Where: Bordeaux Neurocampus, France
• Deadline: Applications will open in April

Linking Neural Circuits and Behaviour

• When: 8 - 26 October
• Where: Bordeaux Neurocampus, France
• Deadline: Applications will open in May

 

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Marine Biological Laboratory

Neurobiology

• When: 31 May - 28 July
• Where: Woods Hole, USA
• Deadline: 1 February

For an account of my experience at the Neurobiology course in Woods Hole, see here

Neural Systems & Behavior

• When: 3 June - 29 July
• Where: Woods Hole, USA
• Deadline: 1 February

Summer Program in Neuroscience, Excellence and Success (SPINES)

• When: 14 June - 5 July
• Where: Woods Hole, USA
• Deadline: 23 February

Methods in Computational Neuroscience

• When: 29 July - 24 August
• Where: Woods Hole, USA
• Deadline: 20 March

Brains, Minds & Machines

• When: 9 - 30 August
• Where: Woods Hole, USA
• Deadline: 9 April

For more MBL courses, see here

 

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Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL)

Ion Channels in Synaptic and Neural Circuit Physiology

• When: 5 - 25 June
• Where: CSHL, USA
• Deadline: 15 March

Workshop on Schizophrenia and related disorders

• When: 6 - 13 June
• Where: CSHL, USA
• Deadline: 15 March

Advanced Techniques in Molecular Neuroscience

• When: 29 June - 14 July
• Where: CSHL, USA
• Deadline: 31 March

Single Cell Analysis

• When: 29 June - 14 July
• Where: CSHL, USA
• Deadline: 31 March

Drosophila Neurobiology: Genes, Circuits & Behavior

• When: 29 June - 19 July
• Where: CSHL, USA
• Deadline: 31 March

Computational Neuroscience: Vision

• When: 9 - 22 July
• Where: CSHL, USA
• Deadline: 31 March

Imaging Structure & Function in the Nervous System

• When: 24 July - 13 August
• Where: CHSL, USA
• Deadline: 15 April

For more courses at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, see here

 

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A Focus on Imaging & Electrophysiological Techniques

Transylvanian Experimental Neuroscience Summer School

• When: 1 - 21 June
• Where: The Pike Lake, Transylvania, Romania
• Deadline: 15 March

Microelectrode Techniques for Cell Physiology

• When: 29 August - 12 September
• Where: Plymouth, UK
• Deadline: 31 March

Frontiers in Neurophotonics (Advanced Optical Imaging & Photoactivation Techniques)

• When: 10 - 20 June
• Where: Neurophotonics Centre, Québec, Canada
• Deadline: 1 March

Optical Imaging and Electrophysiological Recording in Neuroscience

• When: 14 - 25 May
• Where: Paris, France
• Deadline: 11 February

Neuropixels Course

• When: 23 - 25 April
• Where: UCL, UK
• Deadline: 26 February

 

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Computational Neuroscience

Computational Neuroscience Course (Okinawa Institute of Science & Technology, OIST)

• When: 25 June - 12 July
• Where: OIST, Japan
• Deadline: 3 February

Computational and Cognitive Neuroscience Summer School

• When: 26 June - 19 July
• Where: in 2017 the summer school took place on the campus of NYU-Shanghai in Shanghai, China
• Deadline: Applications open in January

Summer Workshop on the Dynamic Brain

• When: 19 August - 2 September
• Where: Friday Harbor Laboratories, Washington State, USA
• Deadline: 1 April

Cellular, Computational and Cognitive Neuroscience

• When: 10 June - 6 July
• Where: Princeton University, USA
• Deadline: 1 March

 

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This is obviously not an exhaustive list, but it points to some of the main neuroscience summer schools and courses. Feel free to add any courses you have attended or recommend in comments. Good luck!