Neurogenetics Undergraduate Summer Research Program

描述(由申请者提供)：我们正在申请资金，以继续在马萨诸塞州综合医院人类遗传学研究中心进行神经遗传学本科生暑期研究项目。该计划最初是由ARRA授予现有NINDS资助的赠款的10项夏季补充资金资助的，这些资金被“捆绑”起来，以创建一个独特的、有重点的培训计划。我们已经与位于佛罗里达州圣彼得堡的小型本科生文科学院埃克德学院结成联盟，为即将入学的大三和大四学生提供暑期研究机会。埃克德学院是一所真正独一无二的专注于科学的机构，我们的项目为学生提供了在一个通常不存在的环境中获得实践研究经验的机会。该项目将为学生提供在美国国立卫生研究院资助的实验室工作的机会，在特殊环境下进行尖端翻译研究。随着资金变得越来越稀缺，我们必须继续为以前从未在研究实验室工作的学生提供暑期研究机会。这些经历经常改变他们的职业道路，为他们提供继续研究生教育的重要基础。 公共卫生相关性：该项目的目标是为理科本科生提供独特的暑期研究机会。神经遗传学本科生暑期研究项目是马萨诸塞州总医院/哈佛医学院人类遗传学研究中心(CHGR)与佛罗里达州圣彼得堡的一所小型本科文科学院埃克德学院(Eckerd College)的合作项目。该项目将为本科生提供在NIH资助的实验室工作的机会，在特殊的环境中进行尖端的翻译研究，这将为他们继续研究生教育和最终在生物医学研究领域的职业生涯提供重要的基础。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): We are requesting funds to continue a Neurogenetics Undergraduate Summer Research program in the Center for Human Genetic Research at Massachusetts General Hospital. This program was originally funded by 10 ARRA summer supplements awarded to existing NINDS-funded grants that were 'bundled' in order to create a unique, focused training program. We have formed an alliance with Eckerd College, a small undergraduate liberal arts college in St. Petersburg, Florida, to offer summer research opportunities to incoming junior and senior students. Eckerd College is a truly unique institution with a strong focus on the sciences, and our program provides the opportunity for students to get hands-on research experience in an environment that is not typically available. This program will offer the students an opportunity to work in NIH funded laboratories performing cutting- edge translational research in an exceptional environment. As funding becomes increasingly scarce, it is imperative that we continue to provide summer research opportunities to students who have never before worked in research laboratories. These experiences frequently change their career paths and provide them with an important foundation for continuing graduate education. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: The goal of this program is to provide unique summer research opportunities to undergraduate science students. The Neurogenetics Undergraduate Summer Research program is a partnership between the Center for Human Genetic Research (CHGR) at Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School and Eckerd College, a small undergraduate liberal arts college in St. Petersburg, FL. This program will offer undergraduate students the opportunity to work in NIH funded laboratories performing cutting-edge translational research in an exceptional environment, which will provide them with an important foundation for continuing graduate education and eventual careers in biomedical research.