Neurogenetics Undergraduate Summer Research Program

描述（由申请人提供）：我们正在申请资金，以继续马萨诸塞州总医院人类遗传研究中心的神经遗传学本科生暑期研究项目。该项目最初由ARRA的10个夏季补充项目资助，这些项目被“捆绑”起来，以创建一个独特的、重点突出的培训项目。我们与位于佛罗里达州圣彼得堡的小型本科文理学院埃克德学院结成联盟，为即将入学的大三和大四学生提供暑期研究机会。埃克德学院是一所真正独特的机构，非常注重科学，我们的课程为学生提供了在通常不具备的环境中获得实践研究经验的机会。该计划将为学生提供在NIH资助的实验室工作的机会，在一个特殊的环境中进行尖端的转化研究。由于资金越来越短缺，我们必须继续为从未在研究实验室工作过的学生提供暑期研究机会。这些经历经常改变他们的职业道路，并为他们继续研究生教育提供了重要的基础。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): We are requesting funds to continue a Neurogenetics Undergraduate Summer Research program in the Center for Human Genetic Research at Massachusetts General Hospital. This program was originally funded by 10 ARRA summer supplements awarded to existing NINDS-funded grants that were 'bundled' in order to create a unique, focused training program. We have formed an alliance with Eckerd College, a small undergraduate liberal arts college in St. Petersburg, Florida, to offer summer research opportunities to incoming junior and senior students. Eckerd College is a truly unique institution with a strong focus on the sciences, and our program provides the opportunity for students to get hands-on research experience in an environment that is not typically available. This program will offer the students an opportunity to work in NIH funded laboratories performing cutting- edge translational research in an exceptional environment. As funding becomes increasingly scarce, it is imperative that we continue to provide summer research opportunities to students who have never before worked in research laboratories. These experiences frequently change their career paths and provide them with an important foundation for continuing graduate education.