Opportunities | The Attentional Neuroscience Lab

Post-Doctoral Positions

If you would like to pursue post-doctoral research in the Attentional Neuroscience lab, send an introductory email briefly outlining your research interests to the lab director, Dr. Todd Handy, at todd(at)psych.ubc.ca, along with a CV. When research interests align, and if current space allows in the lab, we are happy to then advise on developing project proposals for external post-doctoral funding, such as via NSERC and CIHR post-doctoral fellowships.

PLEASE NOTE: The lab seeks to apply cognitive neuroscience understanding to pressing medical, health, and socio-cultural issues. Evaluation of post-doctoral inquiries will stem from that perspective, and whether the lab can provide adequate supervisory expertise given an applicant's background and research interests.

Graduate School Positions

The Attentional Neuroscience Lab only accepts graduate students through the UBC Department of Psychology Graduate Program, which has an annual grad application deadline of December 1; for admissions details, including eligibility requirements, click here.

PLEASE NOTE: Unfortunately, the lab will not be considering MA or PHD applications for the upcoming December 1, 2025 cycle.

Undergraduate RA Positions

The Attentional Neuroscience Lab considers undergrad RA applicants on a rolling basis. Unfortunately, however, we do not have the lab or supervisory resources to accommodate outside research proposals, including proposals for Neuroscience capstone projects, COGS 402 projects, directed studies projects, or Psychology Honours projects. Rather, we are able to take undergrad RAs on to the extent our current projects need RA help, and within those constraints, we can then consider whether that opportunity may be appropriate for a Capstone/Cogs/Honours type project. If interested, send a brief introductory email to the lab director, Dr. Todd Handy, at todd(at)psych.ubc.ca.

PLEASE NOTE: We do not require applicants to have prior RA experience, nor do we require a minimum GPA. We understand that students need to start somewhere, many students have practical barriers to maintaining high GPAs (e.g., jobs, long commutes, and/or family obligations), and that –– like the lab director, who had a "C" average as an undergraduate –– classroom marks do not necessarily predict who may thrive in the research environment.