Dear Colleagues,

Many of you will have heard that several biomedical sciences departments are getting together to propose a new Master of Neuroscience. This will be a dual degree offered by the UM and the University of Strasbourg in France. We are aiming for the first official enrollment of students on the UM side for September 2026. This is mostly a course-based program, unlike existing thesis-based MSc programs. One of the hallmark features will be student mobility between the two universities for the purpose of completing a 6-month research project. Each year between January and June, 12 students from Strasbourg will be placed in labs at the UM. This is the final degree requirement.

The first 12 students are expected in Manitoba in January 2028. However, we and our Strasbourg partners would like to roll this process out gradually between now and then. Accordingly, we are looking for a few Principal Investigators who would like to host a project student from Strasbourg between January and June 2026.

There will need to be a defined project and mentorship provided. Each student will need to prepare a final paper and defend it. They call this a thesis in France. We would call it a major research paper. By the time they arrive, students will have received the equivalent of 4.5 credit hours of hands-on neuroscience laboratory instruction in Strasbourg and 40.5 credit hours of diverse course instruction in the neurosciences. 

You will not need to pay a stipend for these students during this phase. If you have any questions or would like to host a student in January 2026, please email me.

Thank you for your help.

Chris

Chris M. Anderson PhD

Professor and Head

Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Max Rady College of Medicine

Scientific Director, PrairieNeuro Research Centre

Kleysen Institute for Advanced Medicine

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

University of Manitoba

Tel: 204-318-2565