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.

REU 授予密苏里大学哥伦比亚分校的 REU 场地奖，将支持 10 名学生在 2021 年至 2023 年夏季进行为期 10 周的培训。预计共有 30 名学生将接受该计划的培训，他们主要来自研究机会有限的学校或代表性不足的群体。目标是招收90%的非博士授予机构的学生。鼓励来自代表性不足群体的学生申请。学生将了解如何进行研究，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。项目结束后将对学生进行跟踪，以确定他们的职业道路。该 REU 站点将为本科生提供跨学科神经科学方面的培训，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职人员对本科生进行神经科学领域研究项目的培训，例如神经元稳态和补偿（细胞内）、胞吐作用机制（细胞）、杏仁核中恐惧记忆的形成（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）。其他项目在计划网站中进行了描述。教师从申请者库中选择候选人，PI 及其团队根据最适合该项目的情况批准最终选择。 REU 学生必须通过 CITI 网站在线完成负责任的研究行为 (RCR) 培训。校园本科生研究办公室提供一系列教育丰富活动，以提高学生的技能。 REU 学生预计每周平均参加 3 小时的教育丰富活动和课堂讨论，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/ 或联系 PI（Satish S.Nair 博士，[e-mail]）或联合 PI（David Schulz 博士，[e-mail]）。该奖项由 该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优点和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。