Neuroscience Training: Meharry/ Vanderbilt Alliance

描述(申请人提供)：这笔教育补助金的目的是 建立暑期项目，为年轻的未被充分代表的少数民族做好准备 神经科学方面的职业生涯。这个应用程序利用了强大的联系 由Meharry医学院和Meharry医学院最近的官方联盟培育 范德比尔特医学院。每个机构的长期承诺是 神经科学方面的培训促进了一个独特的计划的创建，结合 Meharry在少数族裔招募和与Vanderbilt的培训方面的优势 在基础神经科学研究和培训方面的实力。每个机构都有一个 资助的神经科学培训计划将受益于增强的 由研究密集型机构之间的合作产生的多样性 一所历史上专注于培训非裔美国人的机构 少数族裔。具体目标有三个方面：(1)建立 梅哈里大学神经科学本科暑期研究项目，目标 少数族裔学生的代表性不足。研究机会将在以下位置提供 范德比尔特和梅哈里。(2)发展集约化入门 范德比尔特大学的课程，为研究生入学做准备 Meharry/Vanderbilt博士学位课程。本课程将在 在进入研究生院之前的暑假。(3)创建基础设施 这将促进#年联合联盟培训计划的成功。 神经科学，包括建立跨学科博士学位 梅哈里医学院神经科学专业。

DESCRIPTION (Provided by applicant): The goal of this education grant is to establish summer programs that prepare young underrepresented minorities for a career in neuroscience. This application takes advantage of the strong ties fostered by a recent, official alliance between Meharry Medical College and Vanderbilt School of Medicine. The long-term commitment of each institution to training in neuroscience has fostered the creation of a unique plan, combining Meharry's strength in minority recruitment and training with Vanderbilt's strength in basic neuroscience research and training. Each institution has a funded training program in neuroscience that will benefit from the enhanced diversity generated by a partnership between a research-intensive institution and an institution that has a historic focus on training African-American minorities. The specific aims are threefold: (1) Establishment of an undergraduate summer research program in Neuroscience at Meharry, targeting underrepresented minority students. Research opportunities will be offered at Vanderbilt as well as Meharry. (2)Development of an intensive entry-level course at Vanderbilt to prepare entering graduate students for the Meharry/Vanderbilt Ph.D. degree program. This course will be taught in the summer prior to entry into graduate school. (3) Creation of an infrastructure that will promote the success of a joint alliance-training program in Neuroscience, including the establishment of an interdisciplinary Ph.D. degree in Neuroscience at Meharry Medical College.