Investigator Development Core

调查员开发核心 摘要 过去的50年见证了一场观念上的革命 研究大脑和行为的方法和科学工具。这有 导致了我们对大脑的知识和理解的爆炸性增长， 这一知识的临床应用增加了，神经科学作为一门学科的发展。我们的 知识的扩展也拓宽了神经科学领域的范围，并产生了令人兴奋的结果 新学科，如神经伦理学、社会神经科学、神经免疫学和神经微生物学。 在不断增长我们对大脑的了解方面取得的进展，并将特拉华州确立为重要的 这一进步的贡献者需要扩大该州神经科学研究人员的队伍，这些人能够领导 创造性的研究计划，并在独立拨款方面具有竞争力。 我们的调查员发展(ID)核心的使命是扩大大学的能力 在我们的特拉华州神经科学中心，通过准备一批研究人员来支持神经科学研究 竞争NIH研究项目拨款和其他多尺度神经科学研究资金， 从人类受试者到啮齿动物和无脊椎动物模型。我们的神经科学中心将履行其使命 通过：1)建立一个有竞争力的试点资助计划，允许早期研究人员产生 初步数据，以支持与神经科学有关的竞争性拨款提案；2)促进 通过提供强大的专业人员，提高神经科学研究人员的工作效率、提升和留住他们 发展基础设施，以支持发表同行评审的文章，提交赠款建议， 和发展强大的专业网络；3)建立规划和准备框架 多名调查员R01和项目项目赠款。 我们将利用皮哈林顿的经验支持早期教师的成熟 通过指导我们科布雷中心的第一阶段和第二阶段，机构联系和指导 作为这些奖项的一部分而开发的基础设施，以及支持生物医学的网络 由IDEA资助的项目INBRE、CTR和Cobres创建的研究人员。这个核心将会发展 参与试点拨款计划的早期调查人员和通过帮助他们建立的调查人员 联系潜在的合作者，扩大他们的研究范围。

Investigator Development Core Summary The previous 50 years have seen a revolution in the conceptual approaches and scientific tools to investigate the brain and behavior. This has led to explosive growth in our knowledge and understanding of the brain, increased clinical applications for that knowledge, and the growth of neuroscience as a discipline. Our expanding knowledge is also broadening the scope of the field of neuroscience and spinning off exciting new disciplines such as neuroethics, social neuroscience, neuroimmunology, and neuromicrobiology. Continued progress in growing our knowledge about the brain and establishing Delaware as an important contributor to that progress requires expanding the state’s pool of neuroscience investigators who can lead creative research programs and be competitive for independent grants. The mission of our Investigator Development (ID) Core is to expand the capacity of the universities in our Delaware Neuroscience Center to support neuroscience research by preparing a cadre of investigators competitive for NIH Research Project Grants and other funding for neuroscience research at multiple scales, from human subjects to rodent and invertebrate models. Our Neuroscience Center will carryout its mission by: 1) Establishing a competitive pilot grant program that will allow early stage researchers to generate preliminary data to support competitive grant proposals related to neuroscience; 2) Fostering the productivity, advancement, and retention of neuroscience researchers by providing a robust professional development infrastructure to support publication of peer-reviewed articles, submission of grant proposals, and development of strong professional networks; 3) Establish a framework for planning and preparation of multi-investigator R01 and program project grants. We will leverage PI Harrington’s experience supporting the maturation of early stage faculty through directing phase I and II of our COBRE Center, the institutional connections and mentoring infrastructure that was developed as part of those awards, and the network of support for biomedical researchers created by the IDeA-funded programs INBRE, CTR and COBREs. This Core will develop both early stage investigators with the pilot grant program and established investigators by helping them connect with potential collaborators and expand the scope of their research.