Brain Research Apprenticeships in New York at Columbia (BRAINYAC)

纽约哥伦比亚大学大脑研究学徒计划 (BRAINYAC)

• 批准号: 10328902
• 负责人: Daphna Shohamy
• 金额: $ 10.8万
• 依托单位: COLUMBIA UNIV NEW YORK MORNINGSIDE
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2020-02-01 至 2025-01-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10328902
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This project proposal seeks to build and strengthen an existing program for high school students to perform mentored research during the summer, Brain Research Apprenticeships in New York at Columbia (BRAINYAC). Since 2013, BRAINYAC has trained and prepared 108 high school students from low-resourced neighborhoods in New York City for summer research experiences in neuroscience laboratories at Columbia University in the City of New York. We will provide high school students from underprivileged communities and/or who are under-represented minorities the necessary support for a competitive college application and insight into science research as a career choice. We propose to recruit students through partnerships with youth-serving programs and an inclusive application process. We aim to improve students’ scientific knowledge and confidence in key scientific skills through directed training, mentoring and research experience. We will achieve this via the two main parts of the program: (A) A comprehensive training program during the spring that incorporates parental involvement, training sessions focused on science content, critical thinking skills, and communication skills, and orientation sessions to assist students in choosing a mentor and laboratory. These sessions are co-developed and run by a scientist and a science educator. (B) Summer laboratory experiences combined with weekly advisory sessions, a final poster presentation and field trips including a social event and a professional development event at the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH). We aim to support our participants’ career development and college applications in STEM fields. We will achieve this through comprehensive support structure to work toward our goal of encouraging students to pursue studies and careers in STEM. We will track our success using a mixed-methods evaluation plan and an alumni engagement program including additional opportunities for alumni. In this way, we will reinforce our participants’ intent to pursue studies or careers in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM).

该项目提案旨在建立和加强现有的高中生在夏季进行指导研究的计划，纽约哥伦比亚（BRAINYAC）的大脑研究学徒。自2013年以来，BRAINYAC已经培训和准备了108名来自纽约市低资源社区的高中生，让他们在纽约市哥伦比亚大学的神经科学实验室进行暑期研究。我们将为来自贫困社区和/或代表性不足的少数民族的高中生提供必要的支持，以获得有竞争力的大学申请和对科学研究作为职业选择的洞察力。我们建议通过与青年服务计划和包容性的应用程序的伙伴关系招收学生。我们的目标是通过定向培训，指导和研究经验，提高学生的科学知识和关键科学技能的信心。我们将通过该计划的两个主要部分来实现这一目标：（A）春季的综合培训计划，包括家长参与，侧重于科学内容，批判性思维技能和沟通技巧的培训课程，以及指导课程，以帮助学生选择导师和实验室。这些课程由一位科学家和一位科学教育家共同开发和管理。(B)夏季实验室经验与每周咨询会议相结合，最终海报展示和实地考察，包括在美国自然历史博物馆（AMNH）的社交活动和专业发展活动。我们的目标是支持我们的参与者在STEM领域的职业发展和大学申请。我们将通过全面的支持结构来实现这一目标，以实现我们鼓励学生在STEM领域学习和职业的目标。我们将使用混合方法评估计划和校友参与计划（包括为校友提供额外机会）来跟踪我们的成功。通过这种方式，我们将加强参与者在科学，技术，工程和数学（STEM）方面进行研究或职业生涯的意图。