The program offers a unique combination of hands-on neuroscience experiences, career development workshops, and long-term mentorship from university faculty and students, specifically targeting underrepresented high school students.
The University of Minnesota's Go4Brains program is a week-long neuroscience summer camp designed for high school students in 9th, 10th, and 11th grades, particularly those from backgrounds underrepresented in science and medicine. The program aims to increase awareness of neuroscience careers and provide engaging learning activities and fundamental career and experimental skills. Participants will engage in hands-on activities such as holding a human brain, touring research labs, conducting experiments, and observing brain scanning demonstrations like EEG. The curriculum includes short lectures on topics such as memory formation, brain plasticity, brain regions controlling movement and balance, and the brain's reward system. Students also benefit from career skills workshops covering CV writing, college applications, scholarship opportunities, and financial aid. A key feature is the long-term mentoring support, where each student is matched with a professor, graduate student, and undergraduate student for guidance during and after the program. The program also involves students in outreach activities to teach younger children about the brain.
A typical day includes breakfast, a 30-minute lecture with hands-on activities on a neuroscience topic, a break, a career skills session, lunch with mentors, and research lab tours or shadowing mentors.
The program is ideal for talented, motivated high school students in 9th-11th grade from the Twin Cities metropolitan region who are curious about neuroscience and have faced barriers to accessing science and medicine-related opportunities.
University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Minneapolis, MN
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