NEUROETHOLOGY: NEUROBIOLOGY. EVOLUTION AND BEHAVIOR

描述（由申请人提供）：本申请是马里兰州大学帕克分校心理学、生物学、动物和鸟类科学以及神经科学和认知科学研究生课程系的共同努力。在马里兰州大学，我们有一群在神经行为学方面有着共同研究兴趣的杰出教师。实验方法和物种研究的广度为我们提供了一个机会，提供研究生和博士后水平的研究培训，这是任何其他机构无法比拟的。研究培训计划的核心是14名受资助的研究人员，他们拥有经过验证的研究和培训记录，其中大多数人位于同一栋大楼内。有一个强大的历史科学之间的互动，并建立了研究合作存在于教师和实验室团体。该计划将每年为两名博士前研究员和两名博士后研究员提供财政支持。我们的神经行为学课程强调比较神经生物学，神经系统的进化和动物行为。我们的计划的主要目标是产生科学家谁有脑行为的关系和各种动物系统的进化的理解。我们预计，在我们的计划培训的个人将在学术环境中进行比较神经生物学和进化的全职研究。至少，我们的培训将确保他们能够将他们的工作置于适当的背景下，并有助于增加我们在神经生物学，进化和动物行为领域不断增长的理解。我们对比较神经生物学，进化和动物行为的关注将通过正式课程，研讨会，年度研讨会，年度研究论坛以及最重要的日常研究活动和跨实验室互动来实现。除了伦理课程，我们不要求博士后学员的正式课程工作，但鼓励他们审计适当的课程。博士前和博士后培训生在全国范围内招聘。值得注意的是，我们的培训计划的核心教师有招聘和留住妇女和少数民族，我们的研究小组的成员之间的高度优先记录。

DESCRIPTION (Provided by applicant): This application is a joint effort of the Departments of Psychology, Biology, Animal & Avian Sciences, and Neuroscience and Cognitive Science Graduate Program at the University of Maryland, College Park. We have, at the University of Maryland, an exceptional group of faculty with common research interests in neuroethology. The breadth of experimental approaches and species studied provides us with an opportunity to offer research training at the graduate and postdoctoral levels that is unmatched by any other institution. At the core of the research training program are 14 funded investigators with proven research and training records, most of whom are located in the same building. There is a strong history of scientific interaction among this group, and well-established research collaborations exist among faculty and laboratory groups. The proposed program will provide financial support for two predoctoral and two postdoctoral fellows each year. Our program in neuroethology emphasizes comparative neurobiology, evolution of nervous systems, and animal behavior. The major goal of our program is to produce scientists who have an understanding of brain-behavior relations and evolution in a variety of animal systems. We anticipate that the individuals trained in our program will conduct full-time research in comparative neurobiology and evolution in academic settings. At the very least, our training will ensure that they are able to put their work into the appropriate context and help add to our growing understanding in the fields of neurobiology, evolution and animal behavior. Our focus on comparative neurobiology, evolution and animal behavior will be achieved through formal courses, seminars, an annual symposium, an annual research forum, and most important, daily research activities and cross-laboratory interactions. With the exception of an ethics course, we do not require formal course work for postdoctoral trainees, but they are encouraged to audit appropriate courses. Predoctoral and postdoctoral trainees are recruited nationally. It is noteworthy that the core faculty of our training program have strong records of recruiting and retaining women and minorities, a high priority among the members of our research group.