IGERT: Integrative Graduate Training of Neuroscientists and Computational/Physical Scientists

9870633艾伯纳，这一综合性教育与研究培训(IGERT)奖将支持建立一个基础广泛的研究生培训计划，使学生能够使用相关的计算和物理科学的技术和见解来研究神经科学的基本问题。该项目将由来自8个系的24名教员共同努力，合作研究兴趣包括在肢体运动控制建模中使用数值方法，在视网膜中建模突触通信，以及神经生理数据的三维表示，例如来自功能磁共振成像的数据。NSF的支持将为每年注册神经科学或科学计算博士项目的13名研究生提供津贴。教育机会包括为期六周的细胞和分子神经生物学必修暑期课程，一门为期一年的科学计算新课程，以及一系列新的计算神经科学研讨会，每年将有12名来自学术界和工业界的演讲者来到校园。在完成了三个参与教员(实验室轮换)的研究小组中的小项目后，学生们将从12个参与的神经科学教员中选择两个导师进行他们的论文研究，另一个从12个计算科学教员中选择一个。除了利用现有和单独的两个博士项目的招聘工作外，IGERT赞助的项目还将受益于参与教师的共同努力以及与佛罗里达农工大学的持续合作。IGERT是一个新的NSF范围内的项目，其目标是资助建立创新的、以研究为基础的研究生项目，培养多样化的新科学家和工程师群体，为私营和公共部门的不同职业做好充分准备。IGERT为新的、重点明确的多学科项目的发展提供了机会，这些项目弥合了传统的组织障碍，团结了来自几个部门或机构的教师，为培训和研究建立了一个高度互动的协作环境。在第一年，该计划将为17个机构提供新的或新生的项目的支持，这些项目总共涵盖了科学、工程和数学的所有领域，有资格获得NSF的支持。

9870633 Ebner This Integrative Graduate Education and Research Training (IGERT) award will support the establishment of a broadly- based graduate training program that will equip students to use relevant the technologies and insights of computational and physical science in investigation of fundamental problems in neuroscience. The project will be a joint effort of 24 faculty from 8 departments, with collaborative research interests ranging from use of numerical methods in modeling of limb motor control to modeling of synaptic communication in the retina and to 3-dimensional representation of neurophysiological data such as those derived from functional magnetic resonance imaging. NSF support will provide stipends for 13 graduate students each year who will enroll in either the neuroscience or scientific computation Ph.D. programs. Educational opportunities include required six-week summer course in cell and molecular neurobiology, a new year-long course in scientific computation, and a new seminar series in computational neuroscience that will bring 12 speakers from academia and industry to the campus each year. After completing short projects in the research groups of three participating faculty (lab rotations), students will choose two mentors for their thesis research, one from the 12 participating neuroscience faculty, the other from among the 12 computational science faculty. In addition to use of existing and separate recruitment efforts of the two Ph.D. programs, the IGERT-sponsored program will benefit from joint efforts of participating faculty and an ongoing collaborative effort with the Florida A&M University. IGERT is a new, NSF-wide program whose goal is to sponsor the establishment of innovative, research-based graduate programs that will train a diverse group of new scientists and engineers to be well-prepared for varied careers in the private and public sectors. IGERT provides an opportunity for the development of new, well-focuse d multidisciplinary programs that bridge traditional organizational barriers, uniting faculty from several departments or institutions to establish a highly-interactive collaborative environment for both training and research. In its first year, the program will provide support to 17 institutions for new or nascent programs that collectively span all areas of science, engineering and mathematics eligible for support by the NSF.