The Interdepartmental Undergraduate Neuroscience Program of Johns Hopkins University

Writing is an integral part of scientific work; accordingly, one aim of the mentored research year is to train students in scientific writing. B.A./M.S. students prepare a research proposal for admission to the program, and a final report in scientific journal article format.

 

Students are required to write 4 brief (>10 double-spaced pages) review papers in the spring and summer terms of their research year. The paper topics are selected by the student and research mentor. The papers are to be related to the student's research and, upon receiving a satisfactory or unsatisfactory grade by the research mentor or designated supervisor, will be submitted to the Program Director, Takashi Yoshioka for additional review.

Option on the writing requirement: if the mentor wishes the review paper writing process to form the basis for two publishable review articles, select two topics. In this option, submit two installations of each article: 1) early version, and, 2) final version every two months, so taht the amount of the entire work will be equivalent to the four-paper option.