Dynamic Experiences in Neuroscience to Diversify Research Internship Training Exposure for Students (DENDRITES)

神经科学领域的动态经验使学生的研究实习培训机会多样化 (DENDRITES)

• 批准号: 10544338
• 负责人: Shyam Prabhakaran
• 金额: $ 10.74万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2022-01-01 至 2026-12-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10544338
• 关键词: Academia; Admission activity; Appointment; Articulation; Black race; Brain; Chicago; Clinical; Collaborations; Degree program; Development; Doctor of Philosophy; Doctor' s Degree; Early identification; Educational workshop; Enrollment; Ethics; Exposure to; Faculty; Generations; Goals; Group Meetings; Home; Indigenous; Institution; Internships; Knowledge; Latinx; Leadership; Learning; Low income; Mentors; Methodology; Mission; National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke; Nervous System; Neurosciences; Neurosciences Research; Not Hispanic or Latino; Oral; Participant; Pathway interactions; Process; Qualifying; Reporting; Research; Research Personnel; Research Support; Resources; School Admission Criteria; Schools; Science; Scientific Inquiry; Series; Structure; Student recruitment; Students; Techniques; Technology; Training; Underrepresented Minority; Underrepresented Students; Universities; Visit; Writing; career; career development; design; education resources; ethnic disparity; experience; experimental study; faculty support; graduate school; graduate student; hands on research; improved; interest; intrinsic motivation; member; nervous system disorder; programs; racial disparity; research and development; rural environment; skills; student mentoring; summer program; summer research; symposium; translational neuroscience; undergraduate student; underrepresented minority student; university student

ABSTRACT The Dynamic Experiences in Neuroscience to Diversify Research Internship Training Exposures for Students (DENDRITES) Program aims to encourage and support the research and career development of underrepresented minorities (URM) students interested in basic, clinical, and translational neuroscience. The DENDRITES Program will accomplish this by executing three specific aims. The first aim is to expose undergraduate students to an intensive nine-week mentored summer research experience by pairing students with an experienced scientific mentor that will introduce students to robust and rigorous research experiences. The goal is for URM undergraduate students to get hands-on research experience which will expose them to cutting-edge neuroscience research and solidify the students’ commitment to research careers. The second aim is to leverage the Leadership Alliance Summer Research – Early Identification Program (SR-EIP) at UChicago to facilitate the transition to graduate programs. To accomplish this aim, we will collaborate with the SR-EIP to offer professional development workshops which will improve DENDRITES participants’ skills and qualifications to make them competitive candidates when applying for graduate school. In addition, we have created unique activities for DENDRITES participants such as cluster groups meetings and a seminar series led by graduate students. These activities will provide educational resources and experiences which visiting URM students would otherwise not receive at their home institutions. Finally, by collaborating with the University of Chicago SR-EIP program DENDRITES participants will be able to attend the Leadership Alliance National Symposium which will allow students to present and disseminate their summer research. The third aim is to recruit students historically underrepresented in academia to diversify the neuroscience workforce. By familiarizing students with UChicago, its opportunities, and its faculty members, our program will facilitate students’ later application and potential acceptance into highly-competitive graduate schools. Overall, the long- term goal of the DENDRITES Program is to diversify the neuroscience workforce by creating a strong pipeline of young neuroscience researchers who can make significant contributions to neuroscience discoveries.

摘要 神经科学的动态经验，使学生的研究性实习培训机会多样化 (树枝状)计划旨在鼓励和支持 对基础、临床和翻译神经科学感兴趣的少数族裔(URM)学生。这个 树枝计划将通过执行三个具体目标来实现这一目标。第一个目标是揭露 本科生通过结对进行为期九周的暑期强化辅导研究 有一位经验丰富的科学导师，将向学生介绍稳健和严谨的研究经验。 目标是让URM本科生获得实践研究经验，这将使他们接触到 尖端神经科学研究，巩固学生对研究事业的承诺。第二 目的是利用领导力联盟夏季研究-早期识别计划(SR-EIP)，地址为 加州大学芝加哥分校，以促进向研究生课程的过渡。为了达到这一目标，我们将与 高级环保署将举办专业发展工作坊，提升树枝状晶体参加者的技能和 资格，使他们在申请研究生院时具有竞争力。此外，我们还有 为树状结构参与者创建了独特的活动，如分组会议和一系列研讨会 由研究生领导。这些活动将提供教育资源和经验，参观 否则，大学管理学院的学生将不会在其所在的院校获得学位。最后，通过与 芝加哥大学SR-EIP项目树状结构的参与者将能够参加领导力联盟 全国研讨会，将允许学生介绍和传播他们的暑期研究。第三 目标是招收历来在学术界代表性不足的学生，以实现神经科学劳动力的多元化。通过 让学生熟悉芝加哥大学，它的机会，以及它的教职员工，我们的计划将促进 学生以后申请和可能被竞争激烈的研究生院录取的情况。总体而言，长期- 树突计划的长期目标是通过建立一个强大的渠道来使神经科学工作人员多样化 年轻的神经科学研究人员可以为神经科学的发现做出重大贡献。