Next-Generation Neuroscience Scholars Program

下一代神经科学学者计划

• 批准号: 9314644
• 负责人: Gina R Poe
• 金额: $ 27.11万
• 依托单位: SOCIETY FOR NEUROSCIENCE
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2014-09-30 至 2019-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9314644
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 DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): SPECIFIC AIMS - Next-Generation Neuroscience Scholars Program Innovations and advances in neuroscience are greatly enhanced when the community of contributing scientists is diverse in perspectives, backgrounds, and experiences. Currently, however, racial/ethnic minorities and individuals with disabilities are not nearly as wel represented within neuroscience compared to their representation in society at large. Underrepresented minorities (URM) who enter the scientific career pipeline, including neuroscience, appear to be exiting at higher rates than their non-URM peers due to significant cultural, societal, and financial pressures, as well as limited access to role models and community support. Now, as the nation becomes increasingly more diverse, an important and exciting opportunity exists to bring an even wider range of voices to bear on neuroscience research and address barriers that may be keeping these important scientist contributors from participating as fully as possible. Helping to fix the leaky neuroscience career pipeline has been the focus of the Neuroscience Scholars Program (NSP), a long-standing, far-reaching NINDS-supported effort of the Society for Neuroscience (SfN). NSP has served nearly 600 URM scholars since 1982 and is now poised to broaden its impact while preserving its core service model. Building on NSP's historic successes in meeting short- and long-term performance metrics, this new application will strengthen NSP's activities for a core group of participants, significantly expose many more URM researchers to relevant content and valuable networks, and facilitate sustained research engagement within the greater URM neuroscience community. SfN brings to this effort broad access to neuroscience disciplines, strong commitment to diversity, deep-rooted volunteer engagement from among leaders in the field, valuable in-kind resources, and proven experience in implementing high-impact programs. As such, SfN is uniquely positioned to lead NSP through this next innovative, expansive phase with the affirmed goal of advancing careers and professional development of diverse neuroscience researchers. Evidence shows that former NSP participants have advanced in their neuroscience careers, overcoming challenges that could have led to an early exit from the scientific research career pipeline. SfN proposes to build on that strong foundation in the coming five years. Focusing particularly on graduate and postdoctoral neuroscience researchers from among racial/ethnic minorities and individuals with disabilities (collectively referred to as Underrepresented Neuroscience Researchers [UNRs]), NSP will achieve three specific aims: 1. Intensively guide and support more than 80 of the highest-achieving UNRs so they progress and thrive in their research careers through networking, mentoring, and career- advancement programming. Over five years, 12-15 of the highest-achieving UNRs will be selected annually to participate through the NSP "Intensive" Track as NSP Fellows. (Note: In addition to these new recruits, a cohort of 16 Scholars from the previous NSP funding cycle, currently in their first year, will complete their second year under the new Program). Fellows will receive formal mentoring, access to a comprehensive curriculum of professional and research-enhancement workshops and webinars, and special networking and financial-enrichment support. 2. Extensively engage 500 high-achieving UNRs to help them persist and succeed as neuroscientists through online professional enhancement programming and networking. Approximately 100 qualified NSP applicants will be formally invited annually to participate through the NSP "Extensive" Track as NSP Associates. Associates will receive special access to new and adapted webinars on neuroscience research and career-related topics, online diversity forums for discussion and learning, and a wealth of neuroscience community resources, as well as access to SfN's annual meeting networking events- when they choose to attend. 3. Motivate NSP alumni and diverse neuroscientists to stay engaged in neuroscience and garner long-term professional success by building community through online discussion and neuroscience career and community resources. NSP alumni, including former Fellows and Associates, as well as the broader community, will be actively encouraged to access archived webinars, take part in online discourse on diversity, and stay involved in online affinity networks.

 描述（由申请人提供）：具体目标-下一代神经科学学者计划神经科学的创新和进步大大增强时，社区的贡献科学家是不同的观点，背景和经验。然而，目前，种族/少数民族和残疾人在神经科学中的代表性远不如他们在整个社会中的代表性。进入科学职业管道（包括神经科学）的代表性不足的少数民族（URM）似乎比他们的非URM同龄人退出率更高，这是由于重大的文化，社会和经济压力，以及获得榜样和社区支持的机会有限。现在，随着国家变得越来越多样化，一个重要而令人兴奋的机会存在，使更广泛的声音对神经科学研究产生影响，并解决可能使这些重要的科学家贡献者尽可能充分参与的障碍。帮助修复泄漏的神经科学职业管道一直是神经科学学者计划（NSP）的重点，这是神经科学学会（SfN）长期以来的一项影响深远的NINDS支持的努力。自1982年以来，NSP已为近600名URM学者提供服务，现在正准备扩大其影响力，同时保留其核心服务模式。基于NSP在满足短期和长期性能指标方面的历史性成功，这一新应用程序将加强NSP针对核心参与者群体的活动，使更多的URM研究人员接触到相关内容和有价值的网络，并促进更大的URM神经科学社区内的持续研究参与。SfN为这一努力带来了广泛的神经科学学科，对多样性的坚定承诺，该领域领导者的根深蒂固的志愿者参与，宝贵的实物资源，以及在实施高影响力项目方面的经验。因此，SfN具有独特的优势，能够带领NSP度过下一个创新的、广阔的阶段，其明确的目标是促进不同神经科学研究人员的职业和专业发展。有证据表明，前NSP参与者在神经科学职业生涯中取得了进步，克服了可能导致提前退出科学研究职业管道的挑战。SfN建议在未来五年内在这一坚实的基础上再接再厉。NSP特别关注来自种族/少数民族和残疾人的研究生和博士后神经科学研究人员（统称为代表性不足的神经科学研究人员[UNRs]），将实现三个具体目标：1。深入指导和支持80多名成绩最好的UNR，使他们通过网络，指导和职业发展规划在研究生涯中取得进步和发展。在五年内，每年将选出12-15名成绩最好的UNR作为NSP研究员参加NSP“密集”轨道。(Note：除了这些新招募的学生外，来自上一个NSP资助周期的16名学者，目前在他们的第一年，将完成他们的 第二年，新方案）。研究员将获得正式的指导，获得专业和研究增强研讨会和网络研讨会的综合课程，以及特殊的网络和财务充实支持。2.广泛吸引500名高成就的UNR，通过在线专业增强编程和网络，帮助他们坚持并成功成为神经科学家。每年将正式邀请大约100名合格的NSP申请人作为NSP协会成员参加NSP“广泛”轨道。同事将获得特殊访问权，以新的和改编的网络研讨会上神经科学研究和职业相关的主题，在线多样性论坛的讨论和学习，以及丰富的神经科学社区资源，以及访问SfN的年度会议网络活动-当他们选择参加。3.激励NSP校友和不同的神经科学家继续从事神经科学，并通过在线讨论和神经科学职业和社区资源建立社区来获得长期的专业成功。NSP校友，包括前研究员和同事，以及更广泛的社区，将积极鼓励访问存档的网络研讨会，参加关于多样性的在线讨论，并继续参与在线亲和力网络。