IGERT Formal Proposal

该综合研究生教育和研究培训（IGERT）奖支持建立计算神经科学教育和研究的多学科研究生培训计划。目标是培养一批年轻的研究人员，使他们能够在神经科学的理论和实验工作之间无缝切换。我们将为两类学生提供服务：a）那些希望从物理科学和数学进入生物学的学生，以及B）那些在生物学或心理学方面有经验的学生，他们希望在利用和实施定量方法进行神经生物学数据分析和建模方面进行额外的培训。将有来自6个学术部门（生物学，生物化学，化学，物理学，计算机科学和心理学）的18名培训教师，他们对培训学生使用定量方法来了解大脑和行为感兴趣。将开发和建立新的课程和培训方案。所有学员都将有一个实验和理论导师。研究目标包括：1）开发细胞过程的模型，2）理解突触的短期可塑性的功能后果，3）建模记忆，4）建模视觉过程，5）研究运动控制，6）理解振荡和节奏过程。IGERT是一个NSF范围内的计划，旨在促进建立创新，以研究为基础的研究生课程，将培养一批多样化的科学家和工程师，为利用广泛的职业选择做好充分准备。IGERT为博士机构提供了一个开发新的，重点突出的多学科研究生课程的机会，这些课程超越了组织界限，并将来自多个部门或机构的教师联合起来，为培训和研究建立一个高度互动，协作的环境。在该计划的第二年，该奖项将颁发给21个机构，这些机构的项目涵盖了NSF支持的所有科学和工程领域。该奖项由生物科学，社会，行为和经济科学，计算机和信息科学与工程，数学和物理科学（多学科活动办公室）以及教育和人力资源局的资金支持。

This Integrative Graduate Education and Research Training (IGERT) award supports the establishment of a multidisciplinary graduate training program of education and research in computational neuroscience. The goal is to train a cohort of young investigators to move seamlessly between theoretical and experimental work in the neurosciences. We will serve two populations of students: a) those wishing to move from the physical sciences and mathematics into biology, and b) those with prior experience in biology or psychology who wish additional training in exploiting and implementing quantitative methods for the analysis and modeling of neurobiological data. There will be 18 training faculty from 6 academic departments (biology, biochemistry, chemistry, physics, computer science, and psychology) united by an interest in training students to use quantitative methods to understand the brain and behavior. New courses and training programs will be developed and established. All trainees will have both an experimental and theoretical mentor. Research aims include: 1) developing models of cellular processes, 2) understanding the functional consequences of short-term plasticity of synapses, 3) modeling memory, 4) modeling visual processes, 5) studying motor control, and 6) understanding oscillatory and rhythmic processes.IGERT is an NSF-wide program intended to facilitate the establishment of innovative, research-based graduate programs that will train a diverse group of scientists and engineers to be well-prepared to take advantage of a broad spectrum of career options. IGERT provides doctoral institutions with an opportunity to develop new, well-focussed multidisciplinary graduate programs that transcend organizational boundaries and unite faculty from several departments or institutions to establish a highly interactive, collaborative environment for both training and research. In this second year of the program, awards are being made to twenty-one institutions for programs that collectively span all areas of science and engineering supported by NSF. This specific award is supported by funds from the Directorates for Biological Sciences, for Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences, for Computer and Information Science and Engineering, for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (Office of Multidisciplinary Activities), and for Education and Human Resources.