Next-Generation Neuroscience Scholars Program

下一代神经科学学者计划

• 批准号: 9405191
• 负责人: Gina R Poe
• 金额: $ 2.72万
• 依托单位: SOCIETY FOR NEUROSCIENCE
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2017-04-01 至 2017-08-15
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9405191
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 DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): SPECIFIC AIMS - Next-Generation Neuroscience Scholars Program Innovations and advances in neuroscience are greatly enhanced when the community of contributing scientists is diverse in perspectives, backgrounds, and experiences. Currently, however, racial/ethnic minorities and individuals with disabilities are not nearly as wel represented within neuroscience compared to their representation in society at large. Underrepresented minorities (URM) who enter the scientific career pipeline, including neuroscience, appear to be exiting at higher rates than their non-URM peers due to significant cultural, societal, and financial pressures, as well as limited access to role models and community support. Now, as the nation becomes increasingly more diverse, an important and exciting opportunity exists to bring an even wider range of voices to bear on neuroscience research and address barriers that may be keeping these important scientist contributors from participating as fully as possible. Helping to fix the leaky neuroscience career pipeline has been the focus of the Neuroscience Scholars Program (NSP), a long-standing, far-reaching NINDS-supported effort of the Society for Neuroscience (SfN). NSP has served nearly 600 URM scholars since 1982 and is now poised to broaden its impact while preserving its core service model. Building on NSP's historic successes in meeting short- and long-term performance metrics, this new application will strengthen NSP's activities for a core group of participants, significantly expose many more URM researchers to relevant content and valuable networks, and facilitate sustained research engagement within the greater URM neuroscience community. SfN brings to this effort broad access to neuroscience disciplines, strong commitment to diversity, deep-rooted volunteer engagement from among leaders in the field, valuable in-kind resources, and proven experience in implementing high-impact programs. As such, SfN is uniquely positioned to lead NSP through this next innovative, expansive phase with the affirmed goal of advancing careers and professional development of diverse neuroscience researchers. Evidence shows that former NSP participants have advanced in their neuroscience careers, overcoming challenges that could have led to an early exit from the scientific research career pipeline. SfN proposes to build on that strong foundation in the coming five years. Focusing particularly on graduate and postdoctoral neuroscience researchers from among racial/ethnic minorities and individuals with disabilities (collectively referred to as Underrepresented Neuroscience Researchers [UNRs]), NSP will achieve three specific aims: 1. Intensively guide and support more than 80 of the highest-achieving UNRs so they progress and thrive in their research careers through networking, mentoring, and career- advancement programming. Over five years, 12-15 of the highest-achieving UNRs will be selected annually to participate through the NSP "Intensive" Track as NSP Fellows. (Note: In addition to these new recruits, a cohort of 16 Scholars from the previous NSP funding cycle, currently in their first year, will complete their second year under the new Program). Fellows will receive formal mentoring, access to a comprehensive curriculum of professional and research-enhancement workshops and webinars, and special networking and financial-enrichment support. 2. Extensively engage 500 high-achieving UNRs to help them persist and succeed as neuroscientists through online professional enhancement programming and networking. Approximately 100 qualified NSP applicants will be formally invited annually to participate through the NSP "Extensive" Track as NSP Associates. Associates will receive special access to new and adapted webinars on neuroscience research and career-related topics, online diversity forums for discussion and learning, and a wealth of neuroscience community resources, as well as access to SfN's annual meeting networking events- when they choose to attend. 3. Motivate NSP alumni and diverse neuroscientists to stay engaged in neuroscience and garner long-term professional success by building community through online discussion and neuroscience career and community resources. NSP alumni, including former Fellows and Associates, as well as the broader community, will be actively encouraged to access archived webinars, take part in online discourse on diversity, and stay involved in online affinity networks.

 描述（由申请人提供）：具体目标 - 下一代神经科学学者计划 然而，当做出贡献的科学家群体具有不同的观点、背景和经验时，神经科学的创新和进步就会得到极大的促进。与他们在整个社会中的代表性相比，残疾人在神经科学领域的代表性并不高，进入科学职业渠道（包括神经科学）的少数群体的退出率似乎高于他们。由于巨大的文化、社会和财务压力，以及获得榜样和社区支持的机会有限，非 URM 同行变得越来越困难。现在，随着国家变得越来越多元化，存在一个重要且令人兴奋的机会来吸引更广泛的人。神经科学研究和解决可能阻碍这些重要科学家贡献者尽可能充分参与的障碍的声音一直是神经科学学者计划（NSP）的重点，该计划是一个长期存在的、深远NINDS 支持的神经科学学会 (SfN) 自 1982 年以来已为近 600 名 URM 学者提供服务，现在准备扩大其影响，同时保留 NSP 在满足短期和长期需求方面取得的历史性成功。性能指标，这一新应用程序将加强 NSP 针对核心参与者群体的活动，使更多 URM 研究人员接触到相关内容和有价值的网络，并促进更大的 URM 神经科学社区的持续研究参与。 SfN 为这项工作带来了对神经科学学科的广泛接触、对多样性的坚定承诺、该领域领导者的深入志愿者参与、宝贵的实物资源以及在实施高影响力项目方面的成熟经验。因此，SfN 是独一无二的。定位于领导 NSP 进入下一个创新、扩展阶段​​，其既定目标是促进不同神经科学研究人员的职业和专业发展。有证据表明，前 NSP 参与者在神经科学职业生涯中取得了进步，克服了可能导致提前退出的挑战。科学研究SfN 建议在未来五年内建立这一坚实的基础，特别关注少数族裔和残疾人士中的研究生和博士后神经科学研究人员（统称为代表性不足的神经科学研究人员 [UNR]）。实现三个具体目标： 1. 大力指导和支持 80 多名成绩最高的 UNR，使他们通过网络、指导和职业发展规划在研究生涯中取得进步和发展。每年，将选出 12-15 名成绩最高的 UNR 作为 NSP 研究员参加 NSP“强化”课程（注：除了这些新招募的人员之外，还有来自上一个 NSP 资助周期的 16 名学者，目前处于第一年，将完成他们的 新计划的第二年），研究员将获得正式指导、参加专业和研究强化研讨会和网络研讨会的综合课程，以及特殊的网络和财务支持。 2. 广泛吸引 500 名成绩优异的 UNR 来帮助他们。通过在线专业增强编程和网络，作为神经科学家坚持并取得成功，大约 100 名合格的 NSP 申请人将被正式邀请作为 NSP 通过 NSP“扩展”轨道参加。员工将获得特别访问关于神经科学研究和职业相关主题的新的和改编的网络研讨会、用于讨论和学习的在线多样性论坛、丰富的神经科学社区资源，以及参加 SfN 年度会议网络活动的机会。 3. 通过在线讨论和神经科学职业和社区资源（包括前研究员和同事）建立社区，激励 NSP 校友和多元化的神经科学家继续从事神经科学领域，并获得长期的专业成功。以及更广泛的社区，将被积极鼓励访问存档的网络研讨会，参与关于多样性的在线讨论，并继续参与在线亲和力网络。