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Program Timeline

Year One Year Two Year Three Year Four and Beyond
  Advisory Structure  IGERT Faculty Adv. Committee (all IGERT faculty)  IGERT Faculty Adv. Committee along with Primary and Secondary Mentors  Dissertation Committee  Dissertation Committee 
Biomedical Engineering Majors  Research Training and Dissertation 

● Three laboratory rotations with preferably with IGERT faculty including one rotation with a neurobiology focused faculty member and one with an Engineering focused faculty member

● Write an NSF/ NIH predoctoral fellowship proposal

● Oral Qualifying Examination 

● Year 2 HNM Project being coadvised by 2 IGERT faculty

● Write an NSF/ NIH predoctoral fellowship proposal

● Presentation of Doctoral Proposal 

● Dissertation Research 

● Writing and submit research manuscripts

● Dissertation research

● Written and Oral Defense 

Coursework & Training  ● Standard BMED core curriculum 

● Hybrid Neural Microsystems Course

● 2 Emory Neuroscience Courses one to include IBS 526 Neuroanatomy and Systems Neuroscience 

   
BIOE Majors Research Training and Dissertation

● Three laboratory rotations with preferably with IGERT faculty including one rotation with a neurobiology focused faculty member and one with an Engineering focused faculty member 

● Write an NSF/ NIH predoctoral fellowship proposal 

● Year 2 HNM Project being coadvised by 2 IGERT faculty

● BIOE Oral Qualifying Exam

● Write an NSF/ NIH predoctoral fellowship proposal 

● Dissertation Research 

● Dissertation Research

● Writing and submitting research manuscripts

● Written and Oral Defense 

Coursework & Training 

● Hybrid Neural Microsystems Course    

● Complete BIOE Program of Study     

● 2 Emory Neuroscience Courses one to include IBS 526 Neuroanatomy and Systems Neuroscience 

● Hybrid Neural Microsystems Course (TA and participant)

●  BIOE Curriculum 

   
 ECE Majors  Research Training and Dissertation 

● Three laboratory rotations with preferably with IGERT faculty including one rotation with a neurobiology focused faculty member and one with an Engineering focused faculty member

● ECE Written Qualifying Exam

● Write an NSF/ NIH predoctoral fellowship proposal 

● Year 2 HNM Project being coadvised by 2 IGERT faculty

● ECE Written Qualifying Exam 

● Write an NSF/ NIH predoctoral fellowship proposal 

● Dissertation Research 

● Dissertation Research

● Writing and submitting research manuscripts

● Written and Oral Defense 

Coursework & Training 

● Hybrid Neural Microsystems Course    

● ECE Curriculum

● 2 Emory Neuroscience Courses one to include IBS 526 Neuroanatomy and Systems Neuroscience 

● Hybrid Neural Microsystems Course (TA and participant)

●  ECE Curriculum 

   
Neuroscience Majors  Research Training and Dissertation 

● Three laboratory rotations with preferably with IGERT faculty including one rotation with a neurobiology focused faculty member and one with an Engineering focused faculty member

● Write an NSF/ NIH predoctoral fellowship proposal 

● Year 2 HNM Project being coadvised by 2 IGERT faculty

● Write an NSF/ NIH predoctoral fellowship proposal

● Written Qualifying Exam

● Begin Thesis Work 

● Oral Qualifying Exam

● Dissertation Research 

● Dissertation Research

● Writing and submitting research manuscripts

● Written and Oral Defense 

Coursework & Training 

● Hybrid Neural Microsystems

● Neuroscience Core Curriculum 

● Hybrid Neural Microsystems Course (TA and participant)

● Neuroscience Core Curriculum ● 2 GT Engineering Courses such as: BMED 6041 Analytical Methods, BMED 6797 – Quantitative Electrophysiology 

   
All Students  Student Financial Support 

● IGERT Fellowship

● Submit NSF/ NIH predoctoral fellowship proposal 

● IGERT Fellowship

● Submit NSF/ NIH predoctoral fellowship proposal 

● Possible funding sources:

● NSF/ NIH predoc fellowship

● RA on grant of primary and/or secondary mentor 

● Possible funding sources:

● NSF/ NIH predoc fellowship ● RA on grant of primary and/or secondary mentor