Sleep and Chronobiology Summer Research Apprenticeship

描述（由申请人提供）：本提案是一个有竞争力的更新， 睡眠和时间生物学夏季研究学徒计划，旨在 促进心理健康/行为科学研究教育，主要为 本科生，也为年轻的前和博士后科学家。 该计划为15名本科生提供了一个深入的研究， 在人类睡眠和时间生物学研究实验室的学术经验， 帮助支持一个暑期助教的博士前学生， 为青年科学家提供担任访问学者/角色的机会 模型 睡眠和昼夜节律研究有着悠久的历史， 从NIMH，他们仍然是国家的重要领域， 心理健康议程。例如，国家睡眠障碍中心（National Center for Sleep Disorder） 研究增加了对这些问题的关注， 为训练有素的科学家。虽然本科教育计划由他们非常 性质对训练有素的调查人员的需求没有直接影响， 心理健康研究人员了解睡眠的基本原则， 在长期的基础上将继续需要昼夜节律。 申请人从布朗大学（约50%），睡眠 研究学会实习生网络，以及其他各种资源。学员 参加13周，包括2周的强化实验室技能培训， 参加睡眠专业协会的年度会议 （APSS），一个为期10周的研究学徒在一个正在进行的研究睡眠和 青少年的昼夜节律（奖学金由研究基金支持）， 与青年科学家举行的系列研讨会，并在闭幕式上介绍研究成果。 座谈会。 该提案寻求对以下方面的学术和职业发展方面的支持： 通过学费和布朗暑期研究的研究学徒， 这使学员能够使用布朗大学的所有学术设施（例如， 图书馆，计算机集群，写作导师）;出席年度APSS 会议，让学生接触其他研究领域和睡眠培训人员; 访问青年学者研讨会系列，当学员与年轻人互动时 科学家们自己受益于他们的有形承认， 职业选择 总之，睡眠和时间生物学夏季研究学徒计划 支持心理健康研究教育，为本科生提供 学生在行为科学这一领域的研究培训，一个密集的 在工作实验室的实践经验，并接触到榜样， 在研究的职业生涯。

DESCRIPTION (Provided by Applicant): This proposal is a competitive renewal of a sleep and chronobiology summer research apprenticeship program, which aims to foster mental health/behavioral science research education primarily for undergraduate students, but also for young pre- and postdoctoral scientists. The program provides 15 undergraduate students with an intensive research and academic experience in a human sleep and chronobiology research laboratory, helps support a summer teaching assistantship for a predoctoral student, and provides opportunities for young scientists to serve as visiting scholars/role models. Sleep and circadian rhythms research have a longstanding history of support from the NIMH, and they continue to be areas of importance to the nation's mental health agenda. For example, the National Center for Sleep Disorder Research has increased attention to these issues, producing an escalating need for trained scientists. Although undergraduate education programs by their very nature do not have immediate impact on the needs for trained investigators, mental health researchers who understand basic principles underlying sleep and circadian rhythms will continue to be needed on a long-term basis. Applicants are recruited from Brown University (approximately 50%), the Sleep Research Society trainee network, and a variety of other resources. Trainees participate for 13 weeks, including 2 weeks of intensive lab skills training, one week attending the annual meeting of the sleep professional societies (APSS), a 10-week research apprenticeship in an ongoing study of sleep and circadian rhythms in adolescents (stipends are supported by a research grant), seminar series with young scientists, and research presentation at a concluding colloquium. The proposal seeks support for the academic and career development aspects of the research apprenticeship through tuition and fees to Brown Summer Studies, which gives trainees access to all of Brown's academic facilities (e.g., libraries, computer clusters, writing tutors); attendance at the annual APSS meeting, which exposes students to other research areas and sleep trainees; visiting young scholar seminar series, when trainees interact with young scientists who themselves benefit from the tangible acknowledgement of their career choices. In summary, the sleep and chronobiology summer research apprenticeship program supports mental health research education by providing to undergraduate students research training in this field of behavioral science, an intensive hands-on experience in a working laboratory, and exposure to role models for careers in research.