Neurogenetics Undergraduate Summer Research Program

描述（由申请人提供）：我们正在申请资金，以继续在马萨诸塞州总医院人类遗传研究中心的神经遗传学本科夏季研究计划。该计划最初由10个ARRA夏季补充资金资助，这些补充资金授予现有的NINDS资助的赠款，这些赠款被“捆绑”，以创建一个独特的，有针对性的培训计划。我们已经形成了一个联盟与埃克德学院，一个小的本科文科学院在彼得堡，佛罗里达，提供夏季研究机会，以传入的初级和高级学生。Eckerd College是一个真正独特的机构，非常注重科学，我们的课程为学生提供了在通常不可用的环境中获得实践研究经验的机会。该项目将为学生提供在NIH资助的实验室工作的机会，在特殊的环境中进行尖端的转化研究。随着资金变得越来越稀缺，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。这些经验经常改变他们的职业道路，并为他们提供继续研究生教育的重要基础。

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.