Neurobiology and Behavior Research Training Grant

描述（由申请人提供）：摘要我们请求NIH继续支持哥伦比亚大学行为神经生物学博士项目（NB&B）。NB&B由John Koester和Darcy Kelley（现任项目主管）于1995年创立，包括来自医学院和文理学院10个部门的50名神经科学培训教师，他们担任博士导师和/或积极参与NB&B的教学和管理。66名额外的教职员工担任潜在的研究轮换和论文赞助人。在2011-12学年，该项目包括88名博士预科研究生，其中74名来自美国或永久居民。参与部门的执行委员会任命联席董事：达西·凯利、卡罗尔·梅森和肯·米勒。联合主任由来自两个校区的职业中期教员组成的内部咨询委员会和课程委员会提供支持。外部咨询委员会每四年审查一次国家福利与福利计划。对该计划的反馈包括博士学位答辩后的离职面谈；积极跟踪博士后的职业轨迹。2012年，美国收到了392份移民申请，其中67%是美国公民或永久居民。由15名培训教员组成的招生委员会直接录取学生。我们积极从代表性不足的群体中招募申请者，每年录取1至2名（约占录取人数的30%）。申请入学的人数和被录取的学生比例正在增加：2010年有11人（42份录取通知书），2011年有13人（43份录取通知书），2012年有10人（33份录取通知书）。美国学生获得美国国家科学基金会、美国国防部和美国国立卫生研究院（博士前nrsa）的个人奖学金支持。非美国学生获得来自富布赖特，NSERC（加拿大）和HHMI的外部支持。一年级和二年级各有五名学生获得了这项培训补助金。鉴于升学率的提高和学生质量的提高，我们现申请一年级和二年级共11名学生的助学金和学费支持。培训项目以“新兵训练营”开始，为期两周，介绍当前的研究方法，随后是神经科学调查课程和三次高级研讨会。第一年通常有三个研究轮岗。此外，学生还要完成由NB&B项目联合主任领导的三门专业发展课程：第一学期的课程重点是制定研究奖学金提案，第二学期的课程是负责任的科学行为，以及高级学生的专业发展课程。学生在第一年和第二年由联合主任直接指导。到第二年开始时，学生选择一个论文实验室并参加资格考试，以在第三年初获得候选人资格。资格考试委员会通常构成论文咨询委员会的核心，该委员会每年与每个学生举行一次会议，直到第四年，并且在论文答辩之前每3到6个月举行一次会议，通常是在入学后5.5 - 6.5年。所有学生都参加每周一次的NB&B研究研讨会、学生期刊俱乐部和实验室会议。一个NB&B项目范围内的务静会每两年举行一次，学生们得到参加科学会议的支持。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Abstract We request continued NIH support for Columbia's University-wide Doctoral Program in Neurobiology in Behavior (NB&B). Founded in 1995 by John Koester and Darcy Kelley (the current Program Director), NB&B includes 50 neuroscience training faculty from 10 departments on both the Medical School and Arts and Sciences campuses that serve as Ph.D. mentors and/or participate actively in NB&B teaching and governance. Sixty-six additional faculty members serve as potential research rotation and dissertation sponsors. For the 2011-12 academic year, the Program includes 88 pre-doctoral graduate students, of which 74 are from the US or are permanent residents. An Executive Committee from participating Departments appoints the Co-Directors: Darcy Kelley, Carol Mason and Ken Miller. The Co-directors are supported by an Internal Advisory Committee of mid-career faculty members from the two campuses and a Curriculum Committee. An External Advisory Committee reviews the NB&B program every four years. Feedback on the program includes an exit interview after the Ph.D. defense; career trajectories are actively tracked post-Ph.D. In 2012, 392 applications to the NB&B program were received of which 67% were US citizens or permanent residents. Students are admitted directly to the program by a fifteen-member Admissions Committee of training faculty. We actively recruit applicants from underrepresented groups and matriculate 1 or 2 annually (~30% of offers). The number of applicants offered admission and the percentage of matriculating students is increasing: 11 matriculants in 2010 (42 offers), 13 matriculants in 2011 (43 offers), 10 matriculants in 2012 (33 offers). US students receive individual fellowship support from the NSF, DOD and NIH (pre-doctoral NRSAs). Non-US students receive external support from Fulbright, NSERC (Canada) and the HHMI. Five students each in years 1 and 2 have been supported by this training grant. Reflecting the increasing matriculation rate and very high quality of students, we now request stipend and tuition support for 11 students total in years 1 and 2. The training program opens with a "Boot Camp", a two-week introduction to current research approaches, followed by a neuroscience survey course and three advanced seminars. Research rotations, typically three, are taken in the first year. In addition, students complete three professional development courses led by the NB&B Program Co-directors: a first-semester course focused on developing a research fellowship proposal, a second-semester course on responsible conduct of science and a professional development course for advanced students. Students are directly supervised by the Co-directors in years one and two. By the beginning of the second year, students choose a thesis laboratory and take a qualifying examination to advance to candidacy by the beginning of year 3. The qualifying examination committee typically constitutes the core of the thesis advisory committee that meets yearly with each student through year four and every 3 to 6 months prior to thesis defense, typically 5.5 - 6.5 years post-matriculation. All students attend the weekly NB&B research seminar, a student journal club and lab meetings. A NB&B Program-wide retreat is held biannually and students receive support to attend scientific meetings.