Neuroscience Research Program
The Neuroscience Research Program (NRP) is an inter-university and international organisation founded during 1962 by Francis Otto Schmitt and others,[1] which marked a key moment in the foundation of neuroscience as a discipline.
Funded by Federal Grants from the government of the United States of America, and additionally sponsered by Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the program was headquartered at the American Academy of Arts and Sciences based in Boston House. It operated a twice weekly meeting with guest speakers talking on key issues pertaining to neuroscience, and published its' findings through the Neuroscience Research program Bulletin to libraries and other individuals working in the field.[1][2][page needed]
Frank Schmitt had earlier organised a meeting (seminar series) of persons at M.I.T. during 1960 and 1961, who were interested in developing cross-disciplinary understandings in the fields of physics, chemistry, and the structural examination of the brain, together with using knowledge of new psychological, psychiatric and behavioural findings. [3]
References
- ^ a b Article - announcing the death of F.O.Schmitt published October 4, 1995 by Massachusetts Institute of Technology News [Retrieved 2015-06-27]
- ^ G.C. Quarton, F.O. Schmitt, T. Melnechuk. The Neurosciences. A Study Program. Rockefeller Univ. Press New York 1967. Retrieved 2015-06-27.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)(ed. this source used to add < an inter-university and international organisation >) - ^ G.Adelman & B.Smith. Francis Otto Schmitt 1903 - 1995 (page 9) (PDF). National Academy of Sciences Washington D.C. 1998. Retrieved 2015-06-28.