UAB Neuroscience Roadmap Scholars Program

UAB 神经科学路线图学者计划

• 批准号: 9923216
• 负责人: Farah Dominique Lubin
• 金额: $ 8.1万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2019-08-01 至 2020-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9923216
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Abstract This is a new R25 application requesting support for the Neuroscience Roadmap Scholars Program at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). Although the number of U.S. citizens from underrepresented minority (URM) groups earning doctoral degrees in science has increased over the past decade, URMs continue to represent a small proportion of the scientists in the United States. UAB is uniquely positioned to support the training of diverse group of trainees. Evidence of this readiness is the significant (36%) undergraduate enrollment of URM students, predominantly African American, given our location in the Southeastern US. In addition, UAB is the home for several students with disabilities at the undergraduate and graduate levels (approximately 400). Importantly, there are several programs already in place, such as the Office of Equity and Diversity, the Comprehensive Neuroscience Center, and the focus on Neuroscience in the School of Medicine Strategic Plan serve as a firm footing for the development of a program targeting diversity in Neuroscience. The Comprehensive Neuroscience Center functions as the epicenter for the Neurosciences on UAB campus and will be the home of the Neuroscience Roadmap Scholars Program. The CNC has a membership of approximately 365 members, with faculty from 11 basic science and clinical departments from 5 Schools. Since 2010, 89 new faculty have been recruited across several neuroscience-related departments and the number of students from diverse backgrounds applying to the Neuroscience Theme graduate program represents 27% of the domestic applicant pool in 2014. Our proposed Neuroscience Roadmap Scholars Program will target the obstacles impeding success with the goal of attracting an increased number of diversity trainees to neuroscience research and providing them with the necessary tools and skills early in their PhD careers which are essential to making this a life-long career choice. The specific “value added” components of the Neuroscience Roadmap Scholars Program include the annual southeast regional NEURAL (National Enhancement of UnderRepresented Academic Leaders) summer conference, interactions with Career Coaches (separate from the scholar's Research mentor), Peer-to peer mentoring and undergraduate mentees, and distinct extracurricular activities. As the UAB SOM and office of Diversity and Equity have focused on diversity in the neurosciences as an area for major investment with $414,000 in stipend support and $20 million towards strategic planning over the next five years, the future of the Neuroscience Roadmap Scholars Program is secure and it will benefit substantially from this investment with the addition of talented and qualified academic leaders. The result should be an increase in the number and quality of both applicants and matriculating students from a diverse background at UAB in neuroscience at the graduate level, with a positive impact at the undergraduate, postdoctoral and faculty levels as well.

抽象的 这是一个新的 R25 申请，请求对神经科学路线图学者计划的支持，网址为 阿拉巴马大学伯明翰分校（UAB）虽然来自美国公民的数量。 获得科学博士学位的少数群体（URM）数量有所增加 过去十年，URM 仍然只占美国 UAB 科学家的一小部分。 具有独特的优势，可以支持不同群体的学员的培训，这种准备的证据就是。 考虑到我们的情况，URM 学生的本科入学率很高（36%），其中主要是非裔美国人 此外，UAB 是数名残疾学生的家。 本科生和研究生水平（大约 400）。重要的是，已经有几个项目。 已到位，例如公平与多元化办公室、综合神经科学中心和 医学院战略计划中对神经科学的关注为该项目奠定了坚实的基础 开发针对神经科学多样性的计划。 作为 UAB 校园神经科学的中心，并将成为 CNC 神经科学路线图学者计划拥有约 365 名会员。 成员，来自 5 个学院的 11 个基础科学和临床部门，自 2010 年以来，89 名。 几个神经科学相关院系招募了新教师，并且数量 申请神经科学主题研究生课程的来自不同背景的学生代表 2014年国内申请者数量的27%。 我们提出的神经科学路线图学者计划将针对阻碍的障碍 成功吸引更多的多元化学员参与神经科学研究 并在他们的博士职业生涯早期为他们提供必要的工具和技能，这对于他们来说至关重要 使其成为终生的职业选择 神经科学的特定“增值”组成部分。 路线图学者计划包括年度东南地区 NEURAL（国家增强 代表性不足的学术领袖）夏季会议，与职业教练的互动（单独 来自学者的研究导师），同行指导和本科生导师，以及独特的 UAB SOM 和多元化与公平办公室一直关注课外活动的多样性。 将神经科学作为重大投资领域，提供 414,000 美元的津贴支持和 2,000 万美元 未来五年的战略规划，神经科学学者的未来路线图 计划是安全的，并且通过增加有才华和能力的人，它将从这项投资中受益匪浅。 合格的学术带头人的数量和质量都将得到提高。 来自 UAB 神经科学研究生院不同背景的申请者和预科生 水平，对本科生、博士后和教师水平也产生了积极影响。