Training Grant in Vision Science

视觉科学培训补助金

• 批准号: 8076557
• 负责人: DAVID C KNILL
• 金额: $ 26.78万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 1990
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1990-09-30 至 2015-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8076557
• 关键词: Grant; Training; vision science

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Twenty one faculty of the Center for Visual Science (CVS) at the University of Rochester request renewal of support for a pre-doctoral and postdoctoral training program that emphasizes two broadly defined areas of vision research - research into central visual processing using psychophysical, physiological, and computational approaches and research in physiological optics using advanced optical techniques to study both basic questions about retinal processing and for translational research on eye disease. Training is interdisciplinary, drawing particularly on the unique technical and intellectual resources of the Center. It covers a broad range of basic and clinical problems in vision, but emphasizes approaches that link visual performance to underlying neural mechanisms. We request each year support for six pre-doctoral trainees, who will generally enter the program through Brain and Cognitive Science, Computer Science, Neuroscience, Biomedical Engineering, or the Institute of Optics. Students take core courses plus advanced seminars in visual science, augmented by courses from the department through which they entered the program. They attend regular colloquia, research meetings and the biannual CVS Symposium and Fall Vision Meeting. Concurrently with course work, students complete research projects in CVS preceptor labs we request each year support for one postdoctoral fellow. Postdoctoral training has a heavy emphasis on research. The training grant will be used especially to draw talented scientists from other areas into vision research. We are also requesting stipends for eight summer undergraduate research fellows to participate in an ongoing program that we have developed to introduce students to research in vision science and recruit students into graduate training in visual science. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: The vision training grant provides interdisciplinary training in vision science for graduate students and post-docs of 21 faculty mentors in the Center for Visual Science at the University of Rochester. It also supports a summer undergraduate research program that attracts students from outside Rochester to spend 10 weeks in the summer working in CVS mentors' labs and attending lectures on a broad range of topics in vision science.

描述（申请人提供）：罗切斯特大学视觉科学中心（CVS）的21名教师要求更新对博士前和博士后培训计划的支持，该计划强调视觉研究的两个广泛定义的领域-使用心理物理，生理，和计算方法和生理光学研究，使用先进的光学技术研究视网膜处理的基本问题和眼科疾病的转化研究。培训是跨学科的，特别是利用该中心独特的技术和智力资源。它涵盖了广泛的视觉基础和临床问题，但强调将视觉表现与潜在神经机制联系起来的方法。我们要求每年支持六名博士前实习生，他们通常将通过大脑和认知科学，计算机科学，神经科学，生物医学工程或光学研究所进入该计划。学生参加核心课程和视觉科学高级研讨会，并通过他们进入该项目的部门的课程进行补充。他们参加定期座谈会，研究会议和两年一度的CVS研讨会和秋季愿景会议。与课程工作同时，学生在CVS导师实验室完成研究项目，我们要求每年支持一名博士后研究员。博士后培训非常重视研究。培训补助金将特别用于吸引其他领域的优秀科学家参与视觉研究。我们还要求为八名暑期本科研究员提供奖学金，以参加我们开发的一个正在进行的项目，该项目旨在向学生介绍视觉科学研究，并招募学生参加视觉科学研究生培训。 公共卫生关系：视觉训练补助金为罗切斯特大学视觉科学中心的21名教师导师的研究生和博士后提供视觉科学的跨学科培训。它还支持一个暑期本科研究计划，吸引来自罗切斯特以外的学生在暑期在CVS导师的实验室工作10周，并参加视觉科学领域广泛主题的讲座。