Chemistry-Biochemistry-Biology Interface Training Program at Notre Dame

描述（由申请人提供）：这是一份为圣母大学生物科学、化学和生物化学系博士预科生建立机构性NRSA培训计划的提案。这个项目的目的是在一个跨学科的环境中培养一批高素质的博士生，为他们提供化学、生物化学和生物学界面的重要交叉训练。该计划的长期目标是使我们的学员能够进行独立的跨学科生物医学研究，在跨学科团队环境中有效地工作，并在跨学科研究中培训他人。我们还旨在促进生物学家、生物化学家和化学家之间更大程度的互动和合作。我们的研究培训计划的特点包括以下几点：大量高素质候选人的申请人才库参与实验室之间的良好互动和合作记录多元化和强大的团队经验丰富，富有成效，联邦资助的研究人员可以作为研究导师在选择论文导师之前为学生提供实验室轮转在导师实验室之外的扩展交叉培训经验补充培训研讨会，讲座系列，每月学员会议，由个人咨询委员会和项目指导委员会跟踪每位学员在实现其研究培训目标方面的进展情况，持续评估和改进培训计划、专业发展、职业安置以及吸引和留住代表性不足的少数民族的机制。配备最先进仪器的优秀研究设施圣母大学提供1:1比例的奖学金，并为实习生提供额外津贴

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This is a proposal to establish an institutional NRSA training program for predoctoral trainees in the Departments of Biological Sciences and Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of Notre Dame. The purpose of this program is to train a highly qualified group of predoctoral students in an interdisciplinary environment that will provide them with significant cross-training at the interface of chemistry, biochemistry, and biology. The long term goals of this program are to prepare our trainees to be able to conduct independent interdisciplinary biomedical research, to work effectively in an interdisciplinary team setting, and to train others in interdisciplinary research. We also aim to foster a greater level of interaction and collaboration between biologists, biochemists, and chemists. The characteristics of our research training program include the following: A large applicant pool of highly qualified candidates A strong record of interactions and collaborations between participating laboratories A diverse and strong group of experienced, productive, and federally-funded investigators available to serve as research mentors Laboratory rotations for students prior to selection of a thesis mentor An extended cross-training experience outside the mentor's laboratory Supplementation of training with seminars, lecture series, monthly trainee meetings, and an annual retreat Tracking of each trainee's progress towards their research training goals by an individual advisory committee and by the program's steering committee Mechanisms for continuous evaluation and improvement of the training program, professional development, career placement, and attraction and retention of underrepresented minorities Excellent research facilities equipped with state-of-the-art instrumentation Strong institutional commitment, with the University of Notre Dame providing a fellowship match in a 1:1 ratio and stipend supplementation of trainees