G-RISE at Delaware State University: Diversifying neuroscience through predoctoral training at an HBCU

特拉华州立大学的 G-RISE：通过 HBCU 的博士前培训实现神经科学多元化

• 批准号: 10609510
• 负责人: MELISSA A HARRINGTON
• 金额: $ 39.33万
• 依托单位: DELAWARE STATE UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2022-05-01 至 2027-04-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10609510
• 关键词: Delaware; Neurosciences; Training; Universities; pre-doctoral

Diversifying neuroscience through predoctoral training at an HBCU Delaware State University (DSU), a Historically-Black university with an emerging strength in neuroscience research proposes a G-RISE program focused on predoctoral training in neuroscience. Our interdisciplinary program will support a diverse group of students in our Neuroscience PhD program. Our young PhD program has produced 10 graduates, six from underrepresented groups and half of them African-American. With our G-RISE project we will build on our record of graduating diverse neuroscience doctorates, while addressing weaknesses identified by our program self-assessment – a small pool of qualified applicants and a low rate of publications among program students. Our G-RISE support program will link students in Neuroscience PhD program into a supportive, research-rich community that will provide extensive professional and skills development including: 1) A two-semester, 3-credit Professional Development course with a focus on responsible conduct of research, ensuring rigor in research, diverse career pathways, and writing both NSF and NIH fellowship grant proposals; 2) A weekly RISE seminar that will build cohort cohesiveness and strengthen students’ professional skills and their understanding of how to do rigorous science; 3) Quantitative skills and Scientific Writing courses to provide more support to students in two areas where they are challenged; and 3) a formal program induction/orientation and enhanced mentoring by culturally-competent mentors. The professional development course grant writing and extensive mentoring will help the students to develop their identities as professional scientist, while the scientific writing course will provide the support to get them published. Grounded in the literature, these strategies will both provide the G-RISE students with strong academic support, and all of the project components are sustainable and transferrable to other schools and programs. The Evaluation Plan includes focus groups for summative assessment and validated, baseline and follow-up surveys to assess the development of participants' self-efficacy (research and academic) and identities as scientists and researchers. The number of PhD graduates in neuroscience has grown rapidly since the beginning of the century, and currently over 700 neuroscience doctorates are awarded annually, but only about 20 each year awarded to African-Americans. Currently, DSU is the only HBCU that awards the PhD in neuroscience, so supporting and strengthening its program to produce 3 – 4 neuroscience PhD graduates each year will have a significant impact on the diversity of the doctoral workforce.

通过HBCU通过培训前训练来多样化神经科学 特拉华州立大学（DSU），一所历史悠久的黑色大学，具有新兴的力量 神经科学研究提案提出了一项侧重于神经科学领域培训的G-Rise计划。我们的 跨学科计划将在我们的神经科学博士计划中为潜水员的学生提供支持。我们的 Young PhD课程已培养了10名毕业生，有6个来自代表性不足的团体，其中一半 非裔美国人。通过我们的G-Rise项目，我们将基于发展潜水员的记录 神经科学博士学位，同时解决我们程序自我评估所确定的弱点 - 一个小的 合格的申请库和课程学生的出版物率低。 我们的G-Rise支持计划将将神经科学博士学位课程的学生联系到支持性， 研究丰富的社区将提供广泛的专业和技能发展，包括：1） 两学期的三学期专业发展课程，重点是负责任的研究， 确保研究严格，潜水员职业途径和撰写NSF和NIH奖学金赠款 建议； 2）每周的崛起开创性，将建立队列的凝聚力并增强学生的统一性 专业技能及其对如何进行严格科学的理解； 3）定量技能和 科学写作课程，为在受到挑战的两个领域的学生提供更多支持；和 3）正式的计划归纳/取向和通过具有文化竞争力的思维来增强心理。这 专业发展课程赠款写作和广泛的心理将有助于学生发展 他们作为专业科学家的身份，而科学写作课程将提供支持 他们出版了。这些策略基于文献，都将为G-Rise学生提供 强大的学术支持，所有项目组成部分都是可持续的，并转移到其他学校 和程序。评估计划包括用于总结评估和验证的焦点小组 和后续调查，以评估参与者自我效能感（研究和学术）的发展和 作为科学家和研究人员的身份。 自本世纪初以来，神经科学的博士学位毕业生数量已迅速增长， 目前每年获得700多个神经科学博士学位，但每年只有20多个授予 致非裔美国人。目前，DSU是唯一授予神经科学博士学位的HBCU，因此 支持和加强其计划每年生产3 - 4位神经科学博士毕业生的计划 对博士劳动力多样性的重大影响。