<p>Pitt announced on this Monday the creation of a new $150 million Brain Institute that will house 5 new Neuroscience Research Centers.</p>
<p>See the press</a> release here and the shorter Associated Press story [here[/url</a>].</p>
<p>Pitt is already one of the nation's leaders in Neuroscience research in breadth and quality. It is sixth nationally (fifth among universities with undergraduate schools) in total research funding received from the National Institutes of Health (by far the largest funding body for such research and the standard-bearer for funding the top peer-reviewed research). Pitt has one of the largest and oldest undergraduate [url=<a href="http://www.neuroscience.pitt.edu/%5DNeuroscience">http://www.neuroscience.pitt.edu/]Neuroscience</a> departments](<a href="http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/University-of-Pittsburgh-creates-Brain-Institute-5138267.php%5Dhere%5B/url">http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/University-of-Pittsburgh-creates-Brain-Institute-5138267.php) in the country...that is a full fledged department with its own faculty, courses, and operations; not a cobbled together "program" that you see many schools throw together from faculty of existing psychology and life science departments in order to jump on the neuro-popularity bandwagon.</p>
<p>$150 million with five research centers is a major investment to keep the institution in its position at the forefront of neuroscience and it also is indicative of the ever growing opportunities and resources available to undergrad bioscience majors at Pitt since most of the research facilities are on-campus. Something to consider if you are looking at Pitt and something to be proud of if you are already there.</p>