MPHP Program Overview
Commencing in fall 2018, the honors program will support several opportunities in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) and will attract high-performing and talented students such as National Merit Scholars like those who are dual-enrolled at FAU High School and FAU. The FAU Max Planck Honors Program (FAU MPHP) provides honors students with exclusive enrichment opportunities, including courses taught or co-taught with Max Planck scientists. The Program empowers students to work with world-class faculty researchers through a summer research program, and will include the possibility of directed independent research and an honors thesis with program faculty. Cutting-edge neuroscience training courses will include technologies such as 2-photon imaging, super resolution microscopy, electron microscopy, electrophysiology and optogenetic technology.
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Participating Institutions
The FAU Max Planck Honors Program is a joint initiative between FAU’s Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, FAU’s Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College and Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience. Designed to recruit and serve the “best of the best,” this latest honors program with the only Max Planck Institute in North America will focus specifically on neuroscience and be offered on FAU’s John D. MacArthur Jupiter campus.
Florida Atlantic University
Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience
FAU MPHP Faculty
Core Faculty for the FAU MPHP come from two institutions, two colleges, across 7 disciplines.
Two Institutions
Charles E. Schmidt College of Science
Biological Sciences
Psychology
Neuroscience and Behavior