NRT-UtB: University of South Dakota Neuroscience and Nanotechnology Network

当今STEM领域研究生面临的环境正在迅速变化。在学术界获得终身职位的STEM博士生人数正在减少，因此，STEM研究生学位持有者越来越多地在非学术领域找到工作。这意味着培养STEM研究生的模式需要改变，以适应当前和未来几代学生可能进入的潜在职业道路。其中包括科学政策、项目管理、金融、创业、理解知识产权和技术转让以及如何在跨学科团队中工作等主题的培训。这个国家科学基金会研究培训（NRT）奖给南达科他州的大学将制定一个培训计划，将真正跨学科的研究视野与专业技能的发展相结合，以提高学生的准备和学术界内外的职业成功。该项目预计将培养四十（40）名硕士和博士研究生，其中包括二十（20）名资助的学员，来自化学和基础生物医学科学系。学生将接受跨学科的研究培训，重点是开发和应用基于纳米技术的工具，以更好地了解大脑功能和开发大脑疾病的治疗方法。从事这些项目的研究生将接受基于纳米技术的化学和神经科学研究技能的课堂和实验室培训。在这个项目中，STEM培训的新颖之处在于，作为培训的一部分，学员本身将发展跨学科的专业知识，而不是传统的、针对特定学科的方法。该研究将通过专业技能的发展来补充，其中包括培训，以改善与科学和普通观众的沟通，与代表非学术职业的科学家的会议，以及南达科他州大学Beacom商学院的一系列课程（微轨道）。这些微型课程将涉及金融、产品开发、创业和知识产权等主题。最后，学生将有机会参加利用STEM专业知识的区域和国家公司的实习。该培训计划将培养一批具有研究和专业技能的STEM研究生，以更好地满足当前和未来的STEM劳动力需求。NSF研究培训（NRT）计划旨在鼓励为STEM研究生教育培训开发和实施大胆的，新的潜在变革模式。见习轨道致力于通过创新、基于证据并与不断变化的劳动力和研究需求保持一致的综合见习模式，在高优先级跨学科研究领域对STEM研究生进行有效培训。

The environment facing today's graduate students in STEM fields is changing rapidly. The number of STEM PhD students obtaining tenure-track jobs in academia is decreasing, and consequently, STEM graduate degree holders are increasingly finding jobs in non-academic fields. This means that the model for training STEM graduate students needs to change to accommodate the potential career paths that current and future generations of these students may enter. These include training in topics such as science policy, project management, finance, entrepreneurship, understanding intellectual property rights and technology transfer, and how to work in interdisciplinary teams. This National Science Foundation Research Traineeship (NRT) award to the University of South Dakota will develop a training plan that incorporates a truly interdisciplinary vision of research with the development of professional skills to enhance students' preparation for and success in careers inside and outside of academia. The project anticipates training forty (40) MS and PhD graduate students, including twenty (20) funded trainees, from the departments of Chemistry and Basic Biomedical Sciences.Students will receive interdisciplinary research training that will focus on the development and application of nanotechnology-based tools to better understand brain function and develop treatments for brain disorders. Graduate students engaged in these projects will receive both classroom and laboratory training in nanotechnology-based chemistry and neuroscience research skills. What is novel about the STEM training in this program is that the student trainees will themselves be developing interdisciplinary expertise as part of their training, as opposed to the traditional, discipline-specific approach. The research will be complemented by the development of professional skills that include training to improve communication to both scientific and general audiences, sessions with scientists representing non-academic careers, and a series of classes (microtracks) from the University of South Dakota Beacom School of Business. These microtrack courses will be in themes such as finance, product development, entrepreneurship, and intellectual property rights. Finally, students will have the opportunity to participate in internships with both regional and national companies that utilize STEM expertise. This training program will develop a cadre of STEM graduate students with both the research and professional skills to better address current and future STEM workforce requirements. The NSF Research Traineeship (NRT) Program is designed to encourage the development and implementation of bold, new potentially transformative models for STEM graduate education training. The Traineeship Track is dedicated to effective training of STEM graduate students in high priority interdisciplinary research areas, through the comprehensive traineeship model that is innovative, evidence-based, and aligned with changing workforce and research needs.