Neurosci Community Outreach Group

About Us

Our Story

Neuroscience Community Outreach Group (NCOG) is a graduate student ran organization at the University of Washington. Our mission is to enhance public neuroscience education, excitement of neuroscience, and understanding of pathways to scientific careers through classroom visits and public events.

We host our own events, organize classroom visits by teacher request, and participate in events from similar organizations.

NCOG was originally established in the early 2000’s by several neuroscience PhD students at the University of Washington. The organization was incredibly successful, becoming the inaugural recipient of the Next Generation Award by the Society of Neuroscience in 2007. Unfortunately, like many organizations, NCOG took a hit during the COVID pandemic and became dormant for several years. In 2023, several new neuroscience PhD students (the current leadership team shown below) re-founded the program, inspired by the ever-growing need for science education that was exacerbated by the pandemic. The team is working to utilize the resources left behind to revitalize the organization and bring it back to its former glory as well as identify new areas of need in the Seattle community.

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