NeuroGRAD@UPR- Neuroscience Graduate, Resilience, Affirmation and Diversity Program at the University of Puerto Rico

NeuroGRAD@UPR-波多黎各大学神经科学研究生、韧性、肯定和多样性项目

• 批准号: 10693389
• 负责人: CARMEN Sara MALDONADO-VLAAR
• 金额: $ 25.73万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO RIO PIEDRAS
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2022-09-01 至 2027-06-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10693389
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Summary The Neuroscience Graduate, Resilience, Affirmation and Diversity Program at the University of Puerto Rico (NeuroGRAD@UPR) has the mission to successfully impact, educate, train, and develop a new cadre of promising underrepresented minority (URM) neuroscience graduate students within our premier Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) in collaboration with top-notch neuroscience research institutions. It is important to clearly state that the NeuroGRAD program’s aspiration is to broaden, improve and facilitate the research experience/project of its scholars. The NeuroGRAD program will provide the students with resources to be able to expand his/her research project, be it by additional training in techniques, access to specialized equipment and other possible challenges that the student might face during his/her doctoral career. After completing the two years as NeuroGRAD scholars, students will still be eligible to participate in program enrichment activities, short courses, or brief internships in their collaborator’s laboratories. The NeuroGRAD program will offer an outstanding opportunity to grow the pipeline of trainees from diverse backgrounds who will succeed in PhD programs in the Neurosciences. Six doctoral programs in two different campuses of the UPR (Rio Piedras and Medical School) will be impacted by the proposed research plan. To prepare scholars for the rigors of conducting neuroscience research, and to ensure successful futures as neuroscientists, during the academic year, each NeuroGRAD scholar will work under the close supervision of a mentoring team. At least once during the two- year training, NeuroGRAD scholars will visit a collaborator’s lab to learn a technique and enhance research and networking skills within our partner institutions. All research mentors are established neuroscientists with extensive experience in training students at the graduate, and postgraduate level. NeuroGRAD scholars will be exposed to a broad spectrum of research topics, including basic neuroscience focused on the central nervous system, and the more translational/applied neuroscience areas. NeuroGRAD scholars will meet bi- monthly with the PDs and participate in several professional development seminars. During these seminars, scholars will receive training designed to increase their research competence in scholarly work, public speaking, grantsmanship, leadership skills and scientific rigor. Depending on the needs of a particular scholars’ cohort, we will develop specialized workshops. NeuroGRAD program will also support scholars travel for presentations at annual conferences. Scholars are expected to learn and contribute to the most current research in their field and have opportunities to network with established scientists. The overreaching goal of the NeuroGRAD program will be to take advantage on its strategic strengths and foster the necessary competencies to increase the numbers of URM students in successful and independent career paths. The present proposal is founded on strategies that significantly promote transformative mentoring, solid experimental rigor, impactful networking experiences linked to best practices in career leadership growth and identity building.

概括 波多黎各大学的神经科学毕业生，韧性，肯定和多样性计划 （Neurograd@upr）的使命是成功影响，教育，培训和发展新的干部 有望在我们总理的西班牙裔中代表性不足的少数民族（URM）神经科学研究生 与一流的神经科学研究机构合作，服务机构（HSI）。重要的是 清楚地表明，神经拉力计划的愿望是扩大，改善和促进研究 学者的经验/项目。 Neurograd计划将为学生提供资源，以便能够 为了扩大他/她的研究项目，无论是通过技术的额外培训，都可以使用专用设备 以及学生在博士生涯中可能面临的其他可能的挑战。完成后 两年作为神经学者学者，学生仍然有资格参加计划丰富活动， 简短的课程或合作者实验室的简短实习。 Neurograd程序将提供 从潜水员背景中发展的学员的杰出机会，他们将在博士学位上取得成功 神经科学中的六个博士课程。 UPR的两个不同校园的六个博士课程（Rio Piedras和 医学院）将受到拟议的研究计划的影响。为严格进行的学者准备 神经科学研究，并确保在学年，每个神经科学家作为神经科学家的成功未来 Neurograd学校将在一个心理团队的密切监督下工作。在两个期间至少一次 一年培训，Neurograd学者将访问合作者的实验室，以学习一项技术并增强研究和 我们合作伙伴机构中的网络技能。所有研究导师都是与 在研究生和研究生级别的培训学生方面的丰富经验。神经学者将是 暴露于广泛的研究主题，包括关注中枢神经的基本神经科学 系统，以及更翻译/应用的神经科学领域。 Neurograd学者将每月见面 PDS并参加了几个专业发展中心。在这些半小伙子中，学者将 接受旨在提高科学工作的研究能力的培训，公开演讲， 授予技巧，领导技能和科学严谨性。根据特定学者队列的需求，我们 将开发专门的研讨会。 Neurograd计划还将支持学者旅行的演讲 年度会议。期望学者学习并为其领域最新的研究做出贡献 有机会与已建立的科学家建立联系。神经拉力计划的超越目标 将利用其战略优势，并促进必要的能力来增加 成功和独立职业道路的URM学生人数。目前的提议建立在 策略可显着促进变革性的心理，扎实的实验性严谨性，有影响力的网络 与职业领导力成长和身份建立的最佳实践相关的经验。