REU Site: Summer Research Projects in Neuroscience

REU 网站：神经科学夏季研究项目

• 批准号: 1950787
• 负责人: Satish Nair
• 金额: $ 34.43万
• 依托单位: University of Missouri-Columbia
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2021-01-15 至 2024-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1950787&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Summer; Research; Projects

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 [e-mail]) or the co-PI (Dr. David Schulz at [e-mail]).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.

这个REU网站奖给密苏里州，哥伦比亚，MU的大学，将支持10名学生在2021年至2023年的夏天10周的培训。预计共有30名学生，主要来自研究机会有限的学校或代表性不足的群体，将在该方案中接受培训。目标是从非博士授予机构招收90%的学生。鼓励来自代表性不足群体的学生申请。学生将学习如何进行研究，许多人将在科学会议上展示他们的工作成果。该计划的评估将通过在线SALG URSSA工具进行。学生将在项目结束后进行跟踪，以确定他们的职业道路。这个REU网站将培训跨学科神经科学的本科生，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训练营开始。来自文理学院、工程学院、兽医学院和医学院的神经科学教员在研究方面对本科生进行培训，这些项目涉及神经科学领域，例如，神经元稳态和补偿（细胞内）、胞吐作用机制（细胞）、杏仁核中的恐惧记忆形成（细胞和网络）、皮质基底神经节系统（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描述。教师从申请人池中选择候选人，PI和他的团队根据最适合该计划的情况批准最终选择。REU学生需要通过CITI网站在线完成研究（RCR）培训的责任行为。本科研究的校园办公室提供了一系列的教育丰富活动，以提高学生的技能。REU学生预计平均每周参加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PI（Satish S.Nair博士，[e-mail]）或联合PI（大卫舒尔茨博士，[e-mail]）。该奖项由国防部ASSURE计划通过与NSF REU计划的合作伙伴关系提供支持。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并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。