REU Site: Summer Computational Neuroscience and Technology Research Experience for Undergraduates

EEC-0648202理查德·B·韦尔斯该奖项为爱达荷大学为期三年的REU网站提供支持。该项目的重点是计算神经科学和技术，每年将有10名本科生参加为期8周的暑期研究项目。该网站的目标是为学生提供有意义的计算神经科学研究体验：1)提高学生将科学方法应用于实践研究的技能，并在跨学科环境中培训每个学生现代研究技术；2)发展学生陈述和交流他们的研究工作的技能；3)引导学生更独立地追求他们的研究兴趣；4)鼓励学生进入科学或工程研究生课程；5)帮助更多的女性、西班牙裔和美洲原住民学生以及来自其他代表性不足的群体进入并完成科学和工程研究生课程；6)培养对研究和神经科学中的伦理问题的认识。该计划将集中招收来自小机构的学生，这些学生对本科生、女性、西班牙裔、美洲原住民、其他少数族裔以及在科学和工程领域历史上代表性不足的群体缺乏重要的研究机会。。该网站由国防部与NSF REU计划合作提供支持。

EEC-0648202Richard B. WellsThe award provides support for a three-year REU Site at the University of Idaho. The program focuses on computational neuroscience and technology and will engage 10 undergraduate students each year in an 8-week summer research program. The goals of the site are to provide students with meaningful, computational neuroscience research experiences that: 1) improve the student's skills in applying the scientific method to hands-on research and train each student in modern research techniques in an inter-disciplinary environment; 2) develop student's skills in presentation and communication of their research work; 3) lead students to greater independence in pursuing their research interests; 4) encourage students to enter graduate programs in science or engineering; 5) contribute to an increased number of women, Hispanic and Native American students, and those from other underrepresented groups who enter and complete graduate programs in science and engineering; and 6) develop awareness of ethical issues in research and neuroscience.This program will concentrate recruitment efforts on students from small institutions lacking significant research opportunities for undergraduates, women, Hispanic, Native Americans, other ethnic minorities, and groups historically underrepresented in the sciences and engineering. . This site is supported by the Department of Defense in partnership with the NSF REU program.