Training Program in Vision Science

视觉科学培训计划

• 批准号: 7122455
• 负责人: JOHN S WERNER
• 金额: $ 18.31万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT DAVIS
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2003
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2003-09-30 至 2008-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7122455
• 关键词: Training; Program; Vision; Science

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This is a new application for an NEI training grant from 31 vision scientists (21 preceptors and 10 associate preceptors) across 11 departments at the University of California, Davis. The goal of the training program is to produce vision scientists who will be capable of establishing independent research programs that will address significant problems in vision science. It will operate under the auspices of existing graduate programs at UC Davis as they offer the broad flexibility needed to achieve our training objectives. The training program requests support for 4 predoctoral and 3 postdoctoral trainees to be selected by an Advisory Committee. Predoctoral trainees will typically receive two years of support from the training grant, while postdoctoral trainees will typically be supported for one year. Internal support mechanisms and extramural grants will be used for the other years of training (~5 years for Ph.D. training and ~3 years for postdoctoral training). The trainees will participate in one or more of the five areas in which UC Davis has groups with vision science expertise: (i) molecular biology and genetics, (ii) anatomy and physiology, (iii) retinal imaging, (iv) central mechanism neurophysiology and behavior, and (v) functional imaging, computational modeling and psychophysics. Each of the 21 preceptors has an active program of vision science research, a strong commitment to training and sufficient extramural funding to support predoctoral and/or postdoctoral trainees. The training program draws on the rigorous research training of the admitting graduate programs, but also includes survey courses that cover the broader vision sciences and clinical vision science. Graduate trainees will be supported only after their first year of graduate school and will thus be a highly selective group that has completed much of their basic science curriculum. Predoctoral and postdoctoral trainees will participate in an active colloquium series in the vision sciences, journal clubs and a course on the ethical conduct of research. All trainees will be engaged in vision science research that will be presented at national meetings and submitted to peer- reviewed journals. Postdoctoral training will have a strong emphasis on achieving independent research funding.

描述（由申请人提供）：这是加利福尼亚大学戴维斯分校的11个系的31位视觉科学家（21个受体和10个副教教）的NEI培训补助金的新申请。培训计划的目的是生产愿景科学家，他们将有能力建立将解决视力科学中重大问题的独立研究计划。它将在加州大学戴维斯分校现有研究生课程的主持下运作，因为他们提供了实现我们的培训目标所需的广泛灵活性。该培训计划要求支持4个顾问委员会选拔4个毒品和3名博士后学员。托管前学员通常会获得培训补助金的两年支持，而博士后学员通常会得到一年的支持。内部支持机制和卫生补助将用于其他几年的培训（博士学位培训约5年，博士后培训〜3年）。学员将参加UC Davis具有视觉科学专业知识的五个领域中的一个或多个：（i）分子生物学和遗传学，（ii）解剖学和生理学，（iii）视网膜成像，（iv）中心机制神经生理学和行为，以及（V）功能成像，计算模型和心理学。 21个受体中的每一个都有一个积极的视觉科学研究计划，对培训的坚定承诺以及足够的壁外资金，以支持术前和/或博士后学员。该培训计划借鉴了录取研究生课程的严格研究培训，但还包括涵盖更广泛的视力科学和临床视觉科学的调查课程。研究生学员只有在研究生院的第一年之后才能得到支持，因此将成为一个高度选择性的小组，已经完成了许多基础科学课程。博士后学员和博士后学员将参加视觉科学，期刊俱乐部的活跃座谈会以及有关研究道德行为的课程。所有学员将参与视觉科学研究，并将在全国会议上介绍，并提交给同行评审的期刊。博士后培训将非常重视获得独立的研究资金。