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的行为神经生物学博士课程（NB&B）。NB&B由John Koester和Darcy Kelley（现任项目总监）于1995年创立，包括来自医学院和艺术与科学校区10个系的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教学和管理。另外66名教师作为潜在的研究轮换和论文赞助商。2011-12学年，该计划包括88名博士前研究生，其中74名来自美国或永久居民。一个来自参与部门的执行委员会任命了共同主任：达西凯利，卡罗尔梅森和肯米勒。联合董事由来自两个校区和课程委员会的职业中期教师组成的内部咨询委员会提供支持。外部咨询委员会每四年审查一次NB&B计划。对该项目的反馈包括博士毕业后的离职面谈。国防;职业轨迹是积极跟踪后博士。 2012年，收到了392份NB&B计划的申请，其中67%是美国公民或永久居民。学生被录取直接由培训教师的15人招生委员会的程序。我们积极从代表性不足的群体中招募申请人，每年录取1或2人（约占录取人数的30%）。获得录取的申请人数和录取学生的比例正在增加：2010年11名录取学生（42份录取通知书），2011年13名录取学生（43份录取通知书），2012年10名录取学生（33份录取通知书）。美国学生获得NSF，DOD和NIH（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得到了这一培训补助金的支助。由于入学率不断提高，学生质量非常高，我们现在要求为第一和第二年总共11名学生提供助学金和学费支持。 培训计划以“靴子营”开始，为期两周的介绍当前的研究方法，随后是神经科学调查课程和三个高级研讨会。研究轮换，通常是三个，在第一年采取。此外，学生完成由NB和B计划联合主任领导的三门专业发展课程：第一学期课程侧重于制定研究奖学金提案，第二学期课程负责科学行为和高级学生的专业发展课程。学生在第一年和第二年直接由联合主任监督。到第二年年初，学生选择一个论文实验室，并参加资格考试，提前到第三年年初的候选资格。资格考试委员会通常构成论文咨询委员会的核心，该委员会每年与每位学生举行一次会议，直至第四年，并在论文答辩前每3至6个月举行一次会议，通常是入学后5.5 - 6.5年。所有学生参加每周的NB&B研究研讨会，学生期刊俱乐部和实验室会议。NB&B计划范围内的务虚会每半年举行一次，学生获得支持参加科学会议。

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.