ONWAR organizes courses on several topics, which are listed below. You can click on the course to go to the course page where you can find more information. You can find an overview of which courses are scheduled when under Time Schedule. Make sure to have a look at the ONWAR Training Program, and the template Training and Supervision Plan when deciding what courses to take.
ONWAR PhDs can also follow courses organized by other institutes. as part of their ONWAR training program. Some resources are included at the bottom of this page. If you want to include non-ONWAR courses in your training program, contact the ONWAR coordinator (k.hubregtse@vu.nl).
ONWAR courses
- ONWAR Introductory Course (obligatory)
🕑 24 hrs / 0.9 ECTs - Cognitive Neuroscience
🕑 32 hrs / 1.1 ECTs - Experimental Neurophysiology: theory and practice
🕑 40 hrs / 1.4 ECTs - Neuropsychopharmacology
🕑 40 hrs / 1.4 ECTs - Molecular Neurobiology and Genetics
🕑 40 hrs / 1.4 ECTs - Degenerative Diseases of the Nervous System: from Clinic to Bench
🕑 40 hrs / 1.4 ECTs - Functional Neuroanatomy
🕑 40 hrs / 1.4 ECTs - Imaging life at the Molecular Level
🕑 50 hrs / 1.8 ECTs - Grant Writing
🕑 50 hrs / 1.8 ECTs - Programming in Matlab
🕑 40 hrs / 1.4 ECTs - Python for Science
🕑 20 hrs / 0.7 ECTs - Current Issues in Neurodevelopment (Brain Center Utrecht)
🕑 42 hrs / 1.5 ECTs - Current Issues in Clinical Neuroscience (Brain Center Utrecht)
🕑 42 hrs / 1.5 ECTs - Statistics in Neurosciences (60 hours ONWAR neuroscience, 108 hours other subjects)
🕑 168 hrs / 6.0 ECTs – 60 hours ONWAR neuroscience, 108 hours other subjects
ONWAR master classes
- Swammerdam Lecture master classes
3 hrs / 0.1 ECTs
- PhD candidate-initiated master classes
3 hrs / 0.1 ECTs (10 hrs / 0,36 ECTs for host PhD)
Links to resources on (inter)national courses
FENS schools
Neuroscience School of Advanced Studies
Cold Spring Harbour Laboratory Courses
European School of Neuroimmunology
International Astrocyte School
Radboud Summer Schools
Cajal Advanced Neuroscience Training
Donders Toolkits
Summer School NIN
ISN-JNC Flagship School (Neurochemistry)
EMBO-general
EMBO-events (courses and workshops)
Helmholtz Institute
SPM course
FSL course