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

当今 STEM 领域的研究生面临的环境正在迅速变化。在学术界获得终身教职的 STEM 博士生数量正在减少，因此，STEM 研究生学位持有者越来越多地在非学术领域寻找工作。这意味着 STEM 研究生的培养模式需要改变，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、了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。南达科他大学获得的国家科学基金会研究实习生 (NRT) 奖将制定一项培训计划，将真正的跨学科研究视野与专业技能的发展相结合，以加强学生为学术界内外的职业生涯做好准备并取得成功。该项目预计培训来自化学和基础生物医学科学系的四十 (40) 名硕士和博士研究生，其中包括二十 (20) 名受资助的实习生。学生将接受跨学科研究培训，重点是基于纳米技术的工具的开发和应用，以更好地了解大脑功能并开发大脑疾病的治疗方法。参与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。该项目中 STEM 培训的新颖之处在于，作为培训的一部分，学生学员自己将发展跨学科专业知识，而不是传统的特定学科方法。该研究将得到专业技能发展的补充，其中包括改善与科学界和普通受众沟通的培训、与代表非学术职业的科学家举行的会议以及南达科他大学比科姆商学院的一系列课程（微课程）。这些微轨课程的主题包括金融、产品开发、创业和知识产权等。最后，学生将有机会参加利用 STEM 专业知识的地区和国家公司的实习。该培训计划将培养一支具有研究和专业技能的 STEM 研究生骨干队伍，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、具有潜在变革性的新模式。培训课程致力于通过创新、循证且符合不断变化的劳动力和研究需求的综合培训模式，对高度优先的跨学科研究领域的 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.