CONFERENCE PROGRAM FOR YOUNG MINORITY SCIENTISTS

年轻少数族裔科学家会议计划

• 批准号: 6393413
• 负责人: DAVID POTTER
• 金额: $ 11.58万
• 依托单位: SOCIETY FOR NEUROSCIENCE
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 1997
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1997-08-15 至 2003-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/6393413
• 关键词: African American; Alaskan Native American; Asians; Hispanic Americans; Native Americans; health science profession; meeting /conference /symposium; minority health professional; neurosciences; training; travel; university student

DESCRIPTION (Applicant's Abstract): The long-term objective is to use the Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience to increase the representation of African American, Hispanic/Latino, Native American Alaskan Native, and Asian/Pacific Islander neuroscientists in leading laboratories and institutions where such neuroscientists have been especially under-represented. The core motivation is to contribute to drawing talent in neuroscience equitably from these populations, a matter of urgency in a country in which people of color will collectively become the majority of the population within the lifetime of current trainees (as has just happened in California). Attention is focussed on training toward positions in leading institutions, in part because increased representation there will help to alter the damaging low expectations traditionally assigned to people of color. The Specific Aim is to appoint eight new Travelling Fellows of color, per year, and to provide financial support for attendance at the Meeting and mentoring for three years. Chosen applicants will be pre- and postdoctoral trainees who are performing strongly in strong programs and laboratories. Mentoring is designed to supplement that received in the home laboratories, and includes: assignment of a year-round mentor from the Society's Minority Education, Training and Professional Advancement Committee; contact at the Meeting with leading neuroscientists nominated by each Fellow; attendance at a Workshop on Professional Advancement; contact with other minority neuroscientists. Traveling Fellows will be encouraged to attend strong summer courses in neuroscience (e.g. at the MBL, Cold Spring Harbor or elsewhere) and specialty meetings in the fields of interest of the Fellows (e.g. Gordon Conferences).

描述（申请人的摘要）：长期目标是使用 神经科学协会的年度会议增加代表性 非裔美国人，西班牙裔/拉丁裔，美国原住民阿拉斯加人， 领先的实验室和机构的亚洲/太平洋岛民神经科学家 这样的神经科学家的人数尤其不足。核心 动机是为了公平地促进神经科学的人才 这些人群，在一个有色人种的国家中 在一生中，将集体成为大多数人口 现任学员（就像加利福尼亚州发生的那样）。注意力集中在 训练领先机构的职位，部分原因是 那里的代表将有助于改变损害的低期望 传统上分配给有色人种。具体目的是任命八个 每年的新旅行彩色研究员，并为 参加会议并指导三年。选择的申请人将 是表现强劲的学期和博士后学员 计划和实验室。指导旨在补充收到的 家庭实验室，包括：从 社会的少数民族教育，培训和专业进步委员会； 在会议上与每个研究员提名的主要神经科学家的会议； 参加专业进步的研讨会；与其他人接触 少数族裔神经科学家。鼓励旅行研究员参加强者 神经科学的夏季课程（例如在MBL，冷春港或 在其他地方）和同伴感兴趣领域的专业会议 （例如，戈登会议）。