BP-ENDURE-Atlanta: Engaging Undergraduates in Neuroscience Research

BP-ENDURE-亚特兰大：让本科生参与神经科学研究

• 批准号: 8723313
• 负责人: KYLE J. FRANTZ
• 金额: $ 33.6万
• 依托单位: GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2010-09-30 至 2016-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8723313
• 关键词: Address; Affect; Behavioral Research; Belief; Biomedical Research; Clinic; Clinical Research; Color; Communication; Communication Research; Communities; Coupled; Development; Doctor of Philosophy; Education; Educational workshop; Home environment; Immersion Investigative Technique; Institution; Interview; Journals; Knowledge; Laboratory Scientists; Neurosciences; Neurosciences Research; Outcome; Participant; Peer Review; Preparation; Program Evaluation; Public Health; Publishing; Reporting; Research; Research Ethics; Research Project Grants; Research Training; Schools; Science; Self Efficacy; Series; Slide; Students; Surveys; Testing; Training Programs; Training and Education; Travel; Underrepresented Minority; Universities; Writing; career; college; educationally disadvantaged; experience; health disparity; interest; posters; programs; public health relevance; science education; skills; socioeconomics; undergraduate student

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Undergraduate students can be attracted to science by engaging in research. A summer experience as an apprentice in a scientist's laboratory or clinic may be effective in this regard, but short-term research may fail to provide the preparation necessary to progress into PhD programs in fields such as neuroscience. The BP- ENDURE-Atlanta project led by Georgia State University (GSU) in partnership with Agnes Scott College (ASC), Emory University, and Spelman College, will provide a two-year neuroscience research immersion and integration program for students from underrepresented groups. Program evaluation will test the hypothesis that in-depth research training, coupled with an intensive professional development workshop series, will positively affect participants' communication skills and confidence with research abilities, and will increase rates of matriculation into neuroscience PhD programs. Identification of a reliable approach to developing the skills and confidence necessary to progress into PhD programs will enable more students from various backgrounds to pursue their interests in science, and will ultimately increase diversity in the US scientific workforce. Specific Aim 1 is to engage undergraduates from underrepresented groups in research and training, using a two-year program for junior and senior undergraduates that includes five major components: 1) a research immersion in Atlanta's well-established BRAIN summer program; 2) a Research Assistantship in the first academic year; 3) a Travel Assistantship to conduct research at a partner T32 training program in the second summer; 4) a Capstone Research Assistantship during the second academic year; and 5) an intensive professional development workshop series. Specific Aim 2 is to test the hypothesis that this neuroscience research program will positively affect scientific communication skills and confidence with research abilities among undergraduates, thereby raising rates of matriculation into neuroscience PhD programs. By conducting hypothesis-driven science education research, this project will fill a gap in current knowledge about how best to encourage and prepare students to help address biomedical, behavioral, and clinical research needs, with a focus on students from underrepresented groups. By publishing results in peer-reviewed journals targeting different subpopulations in the scientific community, we will extend beyond the norm of many training programs in terms of contributing to best practices in science education.

描述（由申请人提供）：可以通过从事研究来吸引科学的本科生。在科学家的实验室或诊所中，作为学徒的夏季经验在这方面可能是有效的，但是短期研究可能无法提供在神经科学等领域中晋升为博士学位计划所必需的准备。由佐治亚州立大学（GSU）与艾格尼丝·斯科特学院（ASC），埃默里大学和斯佩尔曼学院合作领导的BP-持久 - 亚特兰大项目将为来自代表性不足的团体的学生提供两年的神经科学研究和整合计划。计划评估将检验以下假设：深入研究培训，再加上密集的专业发展研讨会系列，将对参与者的沟通能力和研究能力产生积极影响，并将增加对神经科学博士学位课程的入学率。确定一种可靠的方法来发展进入博士学位课程所必需的技能和信心，这将使更多背景的学生能够追求科学的兴趣，并最终增加美国科学劳动力的多样性。具体目的1是使用为初中和高级本科生的为期两年的课程，包括五个主要组成部分：1）对亚特兰大知名的大脑夏季计划进行研究； 2）第一学年的研究助理； 3）在第二个夏天在合作伙伴T32培训计划中进行研究的旅行助理； 4）第二学年的顶峰研究助理； 5）密集的专业发展研讨会系列。具体目的2是检验该神经科学研究计划将对科学沟通技巧和信心对本科生之间的研究能力产生积极影响的假设，从而提高了对神经科学博士学位计划的入学率。通过进行假设驱动的科学教育研究，该项目将填补有关如何最好地鼓励和准备学生帮助满足生物医学，行为和临床研究需求的空白，重点是来自代表性不足的学生的学生。通过在针对科学界不同亚种群的同行评审期刊上发布结果，我们将在为科学教育方面的最佳实践方面扩展到许多培训计划的规范。