Navigating Educational Trajectories in Neuroscience

项目摘要 拟议的研究教育计划，导航神经科学教育轨迹（NET神经）， 是一种创新的队列模式，旨在通过培养和促进博士后学员的成功， 在他们的教育和他们定义的关键过渡时期， 引导他们的专业和学术目标。立足于响应式、个性化的 指导和社区建设，NET Neuro旨在通过以下方式培养关键技能和领导能力： 协作指导经验，正式和非正式的指导培训，以及新的研究生教育 建立不断变化的神经科学劳动力所需技能的模块。通过整合完善的 机构研究培训计划与新的证据知情的做法和课程产品，我们提供 新的资源，以支持研究生和博士后从代表性不足和弱势 在培训过程中，沿着关键过渡阶段的背景，从而促进他们的专业和 领导力的发展，并防止人才流失的每一个层次的教育进步。 基于俄勒冈州大学在跨学科神经科学研究和培训方面的实力，NET Neuro将每年招收7名研究生和3名博士后参加为期2年的培训计划， 作为计划校友继续参与的机会。研究生将在年底招收 他们的第一年学习，考虑到明确需要支持学生，因为他们从激烈的轮换过渡 经验或完成硕士论文，以完善其独立的相对非结构化的任务， research.博士后学者将有针对性地参加他们最后两年的培训，当有 在他们准备进入就业市场时，非常需要指导和专业技能建设。的 该计划侧重于两个具体目标：1）建立辅导社区，培养下一代 神经科学研究人员在文化意识的指导实践，和2）开发和整合课程， 加强技能发展，为学员成功的教育过渡和长期职业生涯做好准备 轨迹指导方面的循证做法，包括建立指导网络， “导师指导”的经验，以及正式的导师培训将为学员提供个性化的支持 从代表性不足的背景，并促进一个包容性的培训氛围。核心知识发展 通过一系列关于资助写作，编码数据科学，严谨性和可重复性以及专业性的课程， 发展将培养关键技能，并为学员成功过渡到下一阶段做好准备。 教育和职业道路。通过营造富有成效的导师氛围和提高核心技能， NET Neuro将为该地区和国家神经科学研究队伍的多样化做出贡献 并促进下一代神经科学学者未来的成功。

Project Summary The proposed research education program, Navigating Educational Trajectories in Neuroscience (NET Neuro), is an innovative cohort-model designed to accelerate pre- and postdoctoral trainees’ success by fostering community among peers and faculty at critical transition periods in their education and as they define and navigate their professional and academic goals. Grounded in a framework of responsive, individualized mentorship and community-building, NET Neuro aims to build critical skills and leadership capacity through collaborative mentoring experiences, formal and informal mentorship training, and new Graduate Education Modules to build skills needed by the changing neuroscience workforce. By integrating well-established institutional research training programs with new evidence-informed practices and curriculum offerings, we offer new resources to support graduate students and postdocs from underrepresented and disadvantaged backgrounds at key transitions along their training pathway, and thereby facilitate their professional and leadership development and prevent the loss of talent at each level of educational advancement. Building on the University of Oregon’s strength in interdisciplinary neuroscience research and training, NET Neuro will annually enroll 7 graduate students and 3 postdocs to participate in a 2-year training program, with the opportunity for continued engagement as program alumni. Graduate students will be recruited at the end of their first year of study, given the clear need to support students as they transition from intense rotation experiences or completion of Master’s theses to the relatively unstructured task of refining their independent research. Postdoctoral scholars will be targeted for participation in their final two years of training, when there is a significant need for mentorship and professional skill building as they prepare to enter the job market. The program focuses on two specific aims: 1) to establish mentoring communities and train the next generation of neuroscience researchers in culturally-aware mentoring practices, and 2) to develop and integrate curriculum to enhance skill development and prepare trainees for successful educational transitions and long-term career trajectories. Evidence-based practices in mentoring, including the creation of mentor networks, opportunities for “mentored mentoring” experiences, and formal mentorship training will offer individualized support to trainees from underrepresented backgrounds and foster an inclusive training climate. Core knowledge development through a series of courses on grant writing, coding data science, rigor and reproducibility, and professional development will build critical skills and prepare trainees for successful transitions to the next stage of their educational and career pathways. By fostering a productive climate of mentorship and advancing core skills, NET Neuro will contribute to the diversification of the region and nation’s research workforce in neuroscience and facilitate the future success of the next generation of neuroscience scholars.