Rutgers University-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School has assembled an outstanding group of scientists from several departments and institutes (including the new and rapidly-growing Brain Health Institute) who work with students to explore the genomic, cellular, and systems bases of brain function. The Neuroscience Graduate Program maximizes student-faculty interactions and fosters collaborative scientific relationships with recent graduates highly successful in career advancement. In addition, Rutgers is one of 17 universities to receive an NIH BEST grant designed to expose students to careers complementary to academia. PhD students receive financial support from individual fellowships, training grants, and research/teaching assistantships.