Neuroscience Experience and Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (NEUROP)

神经科学经验和本科生研究机会计划（NEUROP）

• 批准号: 9793118
• 负责人: Anthony J. Baucum
• 金额: $ 26.95万
• 依托单位: INDIANA UNIV-PURDUE UNIV AT INDIANAPOLIS
• 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 2024-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9793118
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Lack of diversity in neuroscience graduate programs and advanced positions is a substantial problem. The Neuroscience Experience and Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (NEUROP) is designed to increase the diversity of prepared neuroscience scholars at the predoctoral, postdoctoral, and (ultimately) faculty levels. To address this problem the NEUROP objectives are to expand the exposure of undergraduate underrepresented minorities (URMs) to neuroscience research, and to enhance the exposure of graduate URMs to cutting-edge research methodologies and professional skills training with the goal of fostering the next generation of URM scientists. To meet the objectives and long-term goals we propose a multipronged approach. We will enhance URM undergraduate neuroscience students' exposure to neuroscience themes and research with NEUROP elements across all four undergraduate years. The 1st year Neuroscience Learning Community will expose freshmen to the excitement of neuroscience research and the overall neuroscience community. The 2nd year Neuroscience Research Skills Course will expose students to state-of-the art techniques and additional faculty mentors. The Neuroscience Research Topics Course will bring together students from multiple years in order to continue to build excitement and a knowledge base of neuroscience and a sense of community using a journal club format, involving appropriate role models and potential faculty mentors. After the 2nd year, summer and academic research internships will provide hands-on exposure to neuroscience research, culminating in a 4th year capstone research experience to prepare undergraduate students for the transition to graduate school. By increasing opportunities and desire to join the neuroscience research community, providing enhanced mentoring, and maximizing authentic research experiences, we will grow the pool of trained URM students entering neuroscience graduate programs. In addition to undergraduates, graduate student NEUROP scholars will be selected. The NEUROP will allow for increased impact of research, intensified sense of community, and enhanced professional skills. We propose that this will enhance graduate student preparedness for postdoctoral training and intensify their desire for an academic faculty position in neurosciences research. Overall, we are committed to decreasing attrition at the undergraduate level, increasing transitions to graduate school, and enhancing the graduate student to postdoc/faculty transition by engaging and supporting neuroscience students at multiple stages of their burgeoning careers.

神经科学研究生课程缺乏多样性和高级职位是一个重大问题。神经科学经验和本科研究机会计划（NEUROP）旨在提高预科前，博士后和（最终）教师级别的神经科学学者的多样性。为了解决这个问题，神经目标是扩大本科生代表性不足的少数民族（URMS）的暴露于神经科学研究，并增强研究生URMS对尖端的研究方法和专业技能培训的暴露，以促进下一代URM科学家。为了满足目标和长期目标，我们提出了一种多收益的方法。我们将在所有四个本科生中，增强URM的大学神经科学学生对神经科学主题的接触，并通过神经元素进行研究。第一年的神经科学学习社区将使新生对神经科学研究和整体神经科学社区的兴奋感兴趣。第二年的神经科学研究技能课程将使学生接触到最先进的技术和其他教师导师。神经科学研究主题课程将使多年的学生聚集在一起，以继续建立兴奋和神经科学的知识基础，并使用期刊俱乐部格式的社区感，涉及适当的榜样和潜在的教师导师。在第二年之后，夏季和学术研究实习将为神经科学研究提供动手接触，最终在第四年的顶峰研究经验中为本科生做好准备，以使本科生过渡到研究生院。通过增加加入神经科学研究社区，提供增强的指导和最大化真实研究经验的愿望，我们将增加训练有素的URM学生进入神经科学研究生课程的学生。除本科生外，还将选择研究生神经学者。 Neurop将允许增加研究的影响，增强的社区意识和增强的专业技能。我们建议这将增强研究生的准备后培训，并加强他们对神经科学研究中学术职位的渴望。总体而言，我们致力于减少本科水平的流失，增加向研究生院的过渡，并通过在其新兴职业生涯的多个阶段参与和支持神经科学学生来增强研究生到博士后/教师的过渡。