NEUROETHOLOGY: NEUROBIOLOGY. EVOLUTION AND BEHAVIOR

描述（由申请人提供）：本申请是马里兰大学帕克分校心理学系、生物学系、动物与鸟类科学系、神经科学与认知科学研究生项目的共同努力。我们马里兰大学有一群杰出的教师，他们对神经行为学有着共同的研究兴趣。实验方法和物种研究的广度为我们提供了一个机会，提供研究生和博士后水平的研究培训，这是任何其他机构无法比拟的。研究培训计划的核心是14名获得资助的研究人员，他们都有经过验证的研究和培训记录，其中大多数人都在同一栋楼里。在这个群体之间有很强的科学互动历史，并且在教师和实验室群体之间存在着成熟的研究合作。该项目每年资助2名博士预科生和2名博士后。我们的神经行为学课程强调比较神经生物学、神经系统进化和动物行为。我们项目的主要目标是培养对各种动物系统的大脑-行为关系和进化有理解的科学家。我们期望在我们的课程中训练的个人将在学术环境中进行比较神经生物学和进化的全职研究。至少，我们的培训将确保他们能够把他们的工作放在适当的背景下，并有助于增加我们对神经生物学、进化和动物行为领域日益增长的理解。我们对比较神经生物学，进化和动物行为的关注将通过正式课程，研讨会，年度研讨会，年度研究论坛，以及最重要的日常研究活动和跨实验室互动来实现。除了伦理课程外，我们不要求博士后学员参加正式的课程作业，但鼓励他们旁听适当的课程。在全国范围内招收博士生前、博士后。值得注意的是，我们培训项目的核心教师在招聘和留住女性和少数族裔方面有着良好的记录，这是我们研究小组成员的重中之重。

DESCRIPTION (Provided by applicant): This application is a joint effort of the Departments of Psychology, Biology, Animal & Avian Sciences, and Neuroscience and Cognitive Science Graduate Program at the University of Maryland, College Park. We have, at the University of Maryland, an exceptional group of faculty with common research interests in neuroethology. The breadth of experimental approaches and species studied provides us with an opportunity to offer research training at the graduate and postdoctoral levels that is unmatched by any other institution. At the core of the research training program are 14 funded investigators with proven research and training records, most of whom are located in the same building. There is a strong history of scientific interaction among this group, and well-established research collaborations exist among faculty and laboratory groups. The proposed program will provide financial support for two predoctoral and two postdoctoral fellows each year. Our program in neuroethology emphasizes comparative neurobiology, evolution of nervous systems, and animal behavior. The major goal of our program is to produce scientists who have an understanding of brain-behavior relations and evolution in a variety of animal systems. We anticipate that the individuals trained in our program will conduct full-time research in comparative neurobiology and evolution in academic settings. At the very least, our training will ensure that they are able to put their work into the appropriate context and help add to our growing understanding in the fields of neurobiology, evolution and animal behavior. Our focus on comparative neurobiology, evolution and animal behavior will be achieved through formal courses, seminars, an annual symposium, an annual research forum, and most important, daily research activities and cross-laboratory interactions. With the exception of an ethics course, we do not require formal course work for postdoctoral trainees, but they are encouraged to audit appropriate courses. Predoctoral and postdoctoral trainees are recruited nationally. It is noteworthy that the core faculty of our training program have strong records of recruiting and retaining women and minorities, a high priority among the members of our research group.