University of Minnesota Summer Research in Neuroscience

明尼苏达大学神经科学暑期研究

• 批准号: 8518798
• 负责人: TIMOTHY J EBNER
• 金额: $ 6.78万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2013-03-01 至 2018-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8518798
• 关键词: Acute; Age; Biological Sciences; Data Collection; Disadvantaged; Disease; Educational Curriculum; Educational workshop; Evaluation; Feedback; Functional disorder; Funding; Future; Future Generations; Generations; Goals; Health; Individual; Learning; Letters; Medical; Mental disorders; Mentors; Minnesota; Nervous system structure; Neurosciences; Neurosciences Research; Population; Preparation; Process; Publishing; Puerto Rico; Recruitment Activity; Research; Research Ethics; Research Infrastructure; Research Personnel; Research Project Grants; Schools; Science; Scientist; Social Interaction; Societies; Students; Training; Underrepresented Minority; Universities; career; college; effective therapy; experience; interest; meetings; nervous system disorder; peer; posters; programs; public health relevance; skills; success; undergraduate research; undergraduate student

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Disorders of the nervous system are becoming more prevalent in our society, especially considering the growing number of people with neurological disorders as our population ages. To meet the challenge of developing new and effective therapies to treat these disorders, we need to consistently inspire intelligent and talented undergraduate students to enter careers in neuroscience research. This need is particularly acute among populations of students who are currently underrepresented in the field of neuroscience research. Published analyses have made it clear that making students aware of research fields early in their college careers, especially by involving them directly in the research process, is an extremely effective way of developing a student's interest in research as a future profession. For over 25 years, the University of Minnesota has recognized and met this challenge by offering summer residential research programs in biomedical sciences. This proposal is to fund a neuroscience component of these summer programs in which we will train 8 undergraduate students who have completed their freshman or sophomore years in college. We will recruit students nationally, focusing on students from groups that are underrepresented within the neuroscience research profession. We will provide them with a 10 week intensive research experience that will include professional mentoring (academic survival skills and preparation for graduate school) as well as workshops on research ethics. Our goals are to inspire a new generation of neuroscience researchers as well as to create a national mentoring pool who will accept that responsibility for future generations of students. In turn, we expect these individuals to become part of the research infrastructure dedicated to solving medical problems of nervous system dysfunction.

描述（由申请人提供）：神经系统的疾病在我们的社会中变得越来越普遍，尤其是考虑到我们人口年龄越来越多的神经系统疾病的人数越来越多。为了应对开发新的有效疗法来治疗这些疾病的挑战，我们需要始终如一地激发聪明而才华横溢的本科生从事神经科学研究的职业。在目前在神经科学研究领域中人数不足的学生中，这种需求尤其急剧。已发表的分析清楚地表明，让学生在大学职业生涯的早期开始了解研究领域，尤其是直接使他们直接参与研究过程，这是一种发展学生对研究的兴趣作为未来职业的极其有效的方法。 25年来，明尼苏达大学通过提供生物医学科学的夏季住宅研究计划来认识并应对这一挑战。该建议是为这些夏季计划的神经科学组成部分提供资金，在该计划中，我们将培训已完成新生或大二学生大学的8名本科生。我们将在全国范围内招募学生，重点关注神经科学研究专业中人为不足的团体的学生。我们将为他们提供10周的密集研究经验，其中包括专业指导（学术生存能力和研究生院的准备）以及研究道德的讲习班。我们的目标是激发新一代的神经科学研究人员，并创建一个国家指导池，他们将对子孙后代的学生承担责任。反过来，我们希望这些人成为致力于解决神经系统功能障碍的医学问题的研究基础设施的一部分。