NRT-UtB: Graduate Training Program in Sensory Science: Optimizing the Information Available for Mind and Brain

NRT-UtB：感官科学研究生培训计划：优化心灵和大脑可用的信息

• 批准号: 1734815
• 负责人: Victoria Interrante
• 金额: $ 299.73万
• 依托单位: University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2017-09-01 至 2023-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1734815&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: NRT; UtB; Graduate; Training; Program

The human senses provide the information to the brain about the world around us. Deficits in visual, auditory or other sensory inputs have a major impact on quality of life, including education, employment and social engagement, which in turn places a major burden on the US economy. The scale of this problem is large: According to reports by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the National Institutes of Health, there are approximately 5 million Americans with vision impairment and around 36 million Americans with some form of hearing loss. There is broad recognition of the need for interdisciplinary collaboration for translational research on disabilities. Research into the development of more effective assistive technologies and environmental modifications requires interdisciplinary expertise that unites a fundamental understanding of the basic sensory science (vision, audition, motor control, speech and language) with deep technical expertise in engineering, computer science, and other related fields. This National Science Foundation Research Traineeship (NRT) award to the University of Minnesota will enable the formation of an integrated and interdisciplinary training program in sensory science through the joint strengths of the university's Center for Cognitive Sciences and Center for Applied and Translational Sensory Science. The program's goal is to prepare future scientists to combine engineering approaches with scientific knowledge and methods so that they are in a position to develop the next generation of sensory aids that will improve the quality of life for Americans with sensory loss. The program will serve students from computer science, engineering, kinesiology, psychology, and speech-language-hearing disciplines through courses, research opportunities, internships in the medical-devices industry, and public outreach activities. A total of 49 different PhD students will be enrolled in the program over the course of the 5 years, 18 of whom will receive NRT fellowships.This project creates a new interdisciplinary graduate training program that encompasses the following key aims: 1. Establish an academic program in the form of a graduate minor through which students will receive the focused, multi-disciplinary educational background they will need to address critical challenges in the development of assistive technologies for sensory loss. 2. Advance interdisciplinary research in translational sensory science through the development of structural mechanisms that support the formation of interdisciplinary research teams. 3. Provide extra-curricular training and networking opportunities to the trainees through supplementary mechanisms, including weekly journal clubs, summer and winter workshops, spring and fall research symposia, and an annual fall retreat. Students will also participate in public engagement such as preparation of podcasts on research topics of interest to the stakeholders. 4. Provide practical career development opportunities through personalized contacts with local and national companies. Many trainees will eventually seek employment in industry, and those who continue in academia should seek to engage in collaborative work with industry partners. In an effort to provide students with real-world experience that can inform their research and post-graduation career choices, the program will offer the trainees 8-10 week summer internship opportunities in industry-based applied research.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 comprehensive traineeship models that are innovative, evidence-based, and aligned with changing workforce and research needs.

人类的感官为大脑提供了有关我们周围世界的信息。 视觉，听觉或其他感官投入的缺陷对生活质量（包括教育，就业和社会参与）有重大影响，这反过来又对美国经济造成了重大负担。这个问题的规模很大：根据世界卫生组织（WHO）和美国国立卫生研究院的报道，大约有500万美国人有视力障碍，约有3600万美国人有某种形式的听力损失。人们对对残疾转化研究的跨学科合作有广泛的认可。研究更有效的辅助技术和环境修改的研究需要跨学科的专业知识，该专业知识将对基本感觉科学（视觉，试听，运动控制，语言和语言）的基本理解与工程，计算机科学和其他相关领域的深厚技术专长。这项国家科学基金会研究训练（NRT）授予明尼苏达大学，将通过大学认知科学中心和应用和翻译感官科学中心的共同优势在感官科学领域的综合和跨学科培训计划。该计划的目标是准备未来的科学家将工程方法与科学知识和方法相结合，以便他们可以发展下一代的感官辅助工具，以改善感官损失的美国人的生活质量。该计划将通过计算机科学，工程，运动机能学，心理学和语音听力学科的学生通过课程，研究机会，医疗设备行业实习以及公共宣传活动。在5年的过程中，将总共有49名不同的博士学位学生参加该计划，其中18名将获得NRT奖学金。该项目创建了一个新的跨学科研究生培训计划，涵盖以下关键目标：1。建立一个学术课程，以毕业生的形式建立一项毕业生的形式，以使专注的，多学科的教育方面的努力挑战，以挑战的挑战，以挑战挑战。 2。通过发展跨学科研究团队形成的结构机制，通过发展转化感官科学的跨学科研究。 3。通过补充机制，包括每周期刊俱乐部，夏季和冬季研讨会，春季和秋季研究研讨会以及每年的秋季务虚会，为学员提供课外培训和网络机会。学生还将参与公众参与，例如为利益相关者感兴趣的研究主题准备播客。 4。通过与当地和国家公司的个性化联系来提供实践职业发展机会。 许多学员最终将在行业中寻求就业，而在学术界继续的人应该寻求与行业合作伙伴进行合作合作。为了为学生提供可以为他们的研究和毕业后职业选择提供信息的现实经验，该计划将在基于行业的应用研究中为受训者提供8-10周的暑期实习机会。NSFResearch Traineeship（NRT）计划旨在鼓励开发和实施大胆的，新的潜在转型型茎研究生教育培训模型。通过全面的跨学科研究领域的STEM研究生，培训轨道致力于有效地培训STEM研究生，通过全面的培训模型，这些模型具有创新，基于证据的，并且与不断变化的劳动力和研究需求保持一致。

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• 发表时间: 2020-02-15
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• 通讯作者: Stoffregen, Thomas A.