CONFERENCE PROGRAM FOR YOUNG MINORITY SCIENTISTS

年轻少数族裔科学家会议计划

• 批准号: 6529588
• 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 2004-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/6529588
• 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 神经科学学会年会增加代表性 非裔美国人、西班牙裔/拉丁裔、美洲原住民阿拉斯加原住民，以及 领先实验室和机构的亚洲/太平洋岛民神经科学家 此类神经科学家的代表性尤其不足。核心 动机是为公平地吸引神经科学人才做出贡献 对于一个有色人种存在的国家来说，这些人口是一个紧迫的问题 将在有生之年共同成为人口的大多数 目前的受训者（就像刚刚在加利福尼亚州发生的那样）。注意力集中在 领导机构职位培训，部分原因是增加 那里的代表性将有助于改变破坏性的低期望 传统上分配给有色人种。具体目标是任命八名 每年新增有色人种旅行伙伴，并为 出席会议并提供为期三年的指导。选定的申请人将 是在强领域表现出色的博士前和博士后培训生 计划和实验室。指导旨在补充在 家庭实验室，包括： 指派一名常年导师 协会少数民族教育、培训和专业发展委员会； 在会议上与每位院士提名的顶尖神经科学家进行接触； 参加专业进步研讨会；与其他人接触 少数派神经科学家。我们将鼓励旅行伙伴积极参加 神经科学暑期课程（例如在 MBL、冷泉港或 其他地方）以及研究员感兴趣领域的专业会议 （例如戈登会议）。