REU Site: Summer Research Projects in Neuroscience

这项授予密苏里大学哥伦比亚分校的REU Site奖将支持在2021-2023年夏季对10名学生进行为期10周的培训。预计共有30名学生将在该方案中接受培训，这些学生主要来自研究机会有限的学校或代表性不足的群体。目标是从非授予博士学位的机构招收90%的学生。鼓励来自代表性不足群体的学生申请。学生将学习研究是如何进行的，许多人将在科学会议上展示他们的工作成果。将通过SALG Urssa在线工具对该方案进行评估。项目结束后，将对学生进行跟踪，以确定他们的职业道路。这个REU网站将培训本科生跨学科神经科学，重点是计算方法。该计划从为期一周的计算工具和技术写作新兵训练营开始。来自艺术与科学学院、工程学院、兽医学院和医学院的神经科学教员培训本科生进行研究，项目涉及神经科学领域，例如神经元动态平衡和补偿(细胞内)、胞吐机制(细胞)、杏仁核恐惧记忆形成(细胞和网络)、皮质-基底节系统(网络/系统)、人类认知中的注意力(认知)和动机行为的神经处理(行为)。其他项目在该计划的网站上有描述。教职员工从申请者库中挑选候选人，PI和他的团队根据最适合该项目的情况批准最终选择。REU的学生被要求通过花旗网站在线完成负责任的研究(RCR)培训。本科生研究校园办公室提供了一系列教育丰富活动，以提高学生的技能。预计REU学生每周平均参加3小时的教育充实活动和课堂讨论，包括RCR。有关该计划的更多信息，请访问https://engineering.missouri.edu/academics/eecs/neuro/neuro-research/neuro-nsf-reu/or，联系国际组织(博士萨蒂什·S·奈尔，联系地址：nair@misSouri.edu)或联合国际组织(戴维·舒尔茨博士，联系地址：schulzd@misSouri.edu)。该奖项由国防部保证计划通过与国家科学基金会REU计划的合作伙伴关系提供支持。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并已通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This REU Site award to the University of Missouri, Columbia, MU, will support the training of 10 students for 10 weeks during the summers of 2021-2023. It is anticipated that a total of 30 students, primarily from schools with limited research opportunities or from an under-represented group, will be trained in the program. The goal is to recruit 90% of the students from non-PhD granting institutions. Students from underrepresented groups are encouraged to apply. Students will learn how research is conducted, and many will present the results of their work at scientific conferences. Assessment of the program will be done through the online SALG URSSA tool. Students will be tracked after the program in order to determine their career paths.This REU Site will train undergraduates in interdisciplinary neuroscience, with a focus on computational methods. The program starts with a one-week boot-camp on computational tools and technical writing. Neuroscience faculty members from the Colleges of Arts & Science, Engineering, Vet Med, and Medicine train undergraduates in research, in projects that range across the neuroscience spectrum, e.g., neuronal homeostasis and compensation (intracellular), mechanisms of exocytosis (cellular), fear memory formation in amygdala (cellar and network), cortico-basal ganglia system (network/systems), attention in human cognition (cognitive), and neural processing of motivated behaviors (behavioral). Additional projects are described in the program website. Faculty select candidates from the applicant pool, with the PI and his team approving the final selections based on best fit to the program. REU students are required to complete the responsible conduct of research (RCR) training online via the CITI site. The campus Office of Undergraduate Research offers a series of educational enrichment activities to enhance student skills. REU students are expected to attend an average of 3 hours/week of educational enrichment activities and class discussions, including RCR. More information about the program is available by visiting https://engineering.missouri.edu/academics/eecs/neuro/neuro-research/neuro-nsf-reu/or by contacting the PI (Dr. Satish S.Nair at nairs@missouri.edu) or the co-PI (Dr. David Schulz at schulzd@missouri.edu).This award is supported by the Department of Defense ASSURE program thru a partnership with the NSF REU program.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.