Bridge the the PhD in Neuroscience

衔接神经科学博士学位

• 批准号: 9249116
• 负责人: William D Atchison
• 金额: $ 33.47万
• 依托单位: MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2015
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2015-04-01 至 2020-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9249116
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 DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): A five year program to Enhance Neuroscience Diversity through Undergraduate Research Experiences (ENDURE) will be developed at Michigan State University (MSU). Its goal is to increase the number of underrepresented minority (URM) Ph.D.s trained in neurosciences: specifically to facilitate their entry into high quality and highly competitive mainland Ph.D. or dual degree (M.D. / Ph.D., D.O./Ph.D., D.V.M./Ph.D) programs with a Neuroscience emphasis and enhance their likeliness of their success in the program. Central to this is the need to 1) identify talented students with potential for Ph.D studies in Neuroscience; 2) introduce them to career opportunities in neuroscience; 3) provide research training and individual mentoring; 4) increase their competitiveness for graduate study; 5) and provide additional professional development activities. To do this a "bridge program" is proposed encompassing the last two years of undergraduate study. It entails established partnerships between MSU and 4 minority serving institutions (MSIs): two campuses in Puerto Rico in the University of Puerto Rico (UPR) system (UPR-Cayey and UPR-Arecibo), as well as two MSIs in the Southwest (Northern New Mexico College and St. Mary's University). To introduce students to neuroscience, a day-long workshop entitled, "What is Neuroscience?" will be held annually on each of the partnering campuses. Annual support will be provided for 8 summer students to work full-time at MSU on a 10-12 weeks research project in productive laboratories which are actively funded by extramural grants. To sustain student interest in neuroscience, a two semester videoconference journal club will be held at MSU and broadcast live to the 4 MSIs. It will be led by URM grad students in the neurosciences at MSU. Six URM students annually from the four MSIs will spend the fall semester between their 3rd and 5th yrs at MSU taking 9 credits of classwork and continuing on an original, hypothesis-based research project. Included will be a seminar-type course stressing translational and interdisciplinary approaches to understanding the etiology of human disease. This course will entail significant practice in writing, as well as an integral journal club. Improvement of communication skills will involve both informal and more formalized settings (research presentations, participation in class, journal club participation and paper writing). Student progress in both course work and research will be closely monitored and externally evaluated. This program will increase the number of URM students entering Ph.D programs in Neuro-/Behavioral Science, by 1) increasing the student's awareness for research career opportunities in neuroscience, 2) improving their English language skills, 3) providing high quality mentored research experience during the undergraduate studies to `springboard" the student into the Ph.D program, and 4) providing further didactic training in neuroscience principles, scientific writing and career enrichment activities. Through these combined activities, the student will become more confident in the application process, present a more competitive application and make valuable contacts (network) with researchers at MSU and elsewhere.

 描述（由申请人提供）： 密歇根州立大学（MSU）将制定一项为期五年的计划，通过本科生研究经验（ENDURE）增强神经科学的多样性。它的目标是增加神经科学专业的少数民族博士的数量：特别是为了促进他们进入高质量和竞争激烈的大陆博士学位。或双学位（M.D. /博士，D. O./哲学博士、D.V.M./博士）课程与神经科学的重点，并提高他们的成功，他们在节目的likeclience。这一点的核心是需要1）识别有潜力的天才学生 2）向他们介绍神经科学的职业机会; 3）提供研究培训和个人指导; 4）提高他们的研究生学习竞争力; 5）并提供额外的专业发展活动。要做到这一点，一个“桥梁计划”，建议涵盖最后两年的本科学习。它需要密歇根州立大学和4个少数民族服务机构（MSI）之间建立伙伴关系：波多黎各（UPR）系统（UPR-Cayey和UPR-Arecibo）的波多黎各校区，以及西南部的两个MSI（北方新墨西哥州学院和圣玛丽大学）。为了向学生介绍神经科学，为期一天的研讨会题为“什么是神经科学？“每年在各合作校园举行。每年将为8名暑期学生提供支持，在密歇根州立大学全职工作，在生产实验室进行为期10-12周的研究项目，这些项目由校外赠款积极资助。为了保持学生对神经科学的兴趣，两个学期的视频会议期刊俱乐部将在MSU举行，并向4个MSIs直播。它将由密歇根州立大学神经科学的URM格拉德生领导。每年有六名来自四个MSIs的URM学生将在MSU的第三和第五年之间的秋季学期学习9个学分的课堂作业，并继续进行一个原创的、基于假设的研究项目。包括将是一个博物馆式的课程，强调翻译和跨学科的方法来理解人类疾病的病因。本课程将需要在写作显著的做法，以及一个完整的期刊俱乐部。沟通技能的提高将涉及非正式和更正式的环境（研究报告，课堂参与，期刊俱乐部的参与和论文写作）。学生在课程和研究方面的进展将受到密切监测和外部评估。该计划将增加URM学生进入神经/行为科学博士课程的数量，通过1）提高学生对神经科学研究职业机会的认识，2）提高他们的英语语言技能，3）在本科学习期间提供高质量的指导研究经验，以“跳板”学生进入博士课程，以及4）提供神经科学原理、科学写作和职业充实活动方面的进一步教学培训。通过这些综合活动，学生将在申请过程中变得更加自信，提出更具竞争力的申请，并与密歇根州立大学和其他地方的研究人员建立有价值的联系（网络）。