NRPA Visiting Professors Application NRPA Visiting Technical Expert Application
NRPA Visitor Programs
Visiting Professor Program
This program supports Visiting Professorships for prominent neuroscience-focused basic, translational, and clinical scientists to visit campus, meet with faculty, trainees, and staff, and deliver one or more didactic presentations. The program aims to foster communication, stimulate innovation, improve practice, inspire novel clinical, research, and quality initiatives, and raise the prestige of UK neuroscience-related research outside of the university.
While on campus, Visiting Professors do not have any direct patient contact or provide clinical care.
How to Nominate a Visiting Professor
An invitation to serve as an NRPA Visiting Professor must be reviewed and approved by the NRPA’s IAC. The requirements include:
Sponsor
Each candidate must be sponsored by a UK NRPA faculty member who proposes the Visiting Professor, provides contact information, tentative lecture title, CV (NIH format acceptable), and proposed visit dates for review. If approved, the sponsor can then invite the proposed Visiting Professor. NRPA support can be used for costs related to travel, hotel, and meals for the Visiting Professor and dinner with faculty in accordance with university regulations up to $5000. An application form including the following information is available above.
- Name of Nominated Visiting Professor
- Nominated Visiting Professor Position
- Nominated Visiting Professor Institution
- Name of Sponsor
- Sponsor E-mail Address
- Sponsor Department
- Nominated Visiting Professor Research Focus
- CV (attach; NIH Format acceptable)
- Proposed Date for the Visiting Professor's visit
- (an approximate date can be listed if a specific visit time is not known)
- Proposed Budget for the Visiting Professor's visit, including expected expenses for the NRPA
- Visiting Professor Co-Sponsor(s), if applicable
- Other Comments
Compliance
Visiting Professors must comply with all relevant UK Policies.
Application Deadline
Rolling (Reviewed Quarterly: July-Sept., Oct.-Dec., Jan.-Mar., Apr-June)
Visiting Technical Expert Program
This program supports Visiting Technical Experts to visit campus and meet with faculty, trainees, and staff to provide guidance related to technical aspects of research programs. The technical experts can provide a training program, workshops, and/or hands-on training. The program aims to foster communication, stimulate innovation, improve practice, inspire novel clinical, research, and quality initiatives, and raise the profile of UK neuroscience-related research outside of the university. The technical experts broaden the technical expertise of UK researchers.
While on campus, visiting Technical Experts do not have any direct patient contact or provide clinical care.
How to Nominate a Visiting Technical Expert
An invitation to serve as an NRPA Visiting Technical Expert must be reviewed and approved by the NRPA’s IAC. The requirements include:
Sponsor
Each candidate must be sponsored by a UK NRPA faculty member who proposes the Technical Expert, provides contact information, tentative program and need for the expert’s expertise, CV (NIH format acceptable), and proposed visit dates for review. If approved, the sponsor can then invite the proposed Technical Expert. NRPA support can be used for costs related to travel, hotel, and meals for the Technical Expert and dinner with the sponsor in accordance with university regulations up to $5000. An application form including the following information is available above.
- Name of Nominated Technical Expert
- Nominated Technical Expert Position
- Nominated Technical Expert Institution
- Name of Sponsor
- Sponsor E-mail Address
- Sponsor Department
- Nominated Technical Expert’s expertise
- CV (attach; NIH Format acceptable)
- Objectives to be achieved by the proposed training program
- Explain how the Technical Expert’s visit will achieve the above objectives
- Proposed Date for the Nominated Technical Expert’s visit (an approximate date can be listed if a specific visit time is not known)
- Proposed Budget for the Technical Expert’s visit, including expected expenses for the NRPA
- Technical Expert Co-Sponsor(s), if applicable
- Other Comments
Compliance
Visiting Technical Experts must comply with all relevant UK Policies.
Application Deadline
Rolling (Reviewed Quarterly: July-Sept., Oct.-Dec., Jan.-Mar., Apr-June)