Training Grant in Vision Research

视觉研究培训补助金

• 批准号: 9386121
• 负责人: Jeffrey D Schall
• 金额: $ 0.39万
• 依托单位: VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2016
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2016-12-01 至 2017-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9386121
• 关键词: Grant; Training; Vision research

 DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Vanderbilt Vision Research Center (WRC) requests continued support for predoctoral and postdoctoral training. Vision and eye researchers at Vanderbilt maintain an exceptionally strong training record with excellent research progress. Aggressive faculty recruiting has increased the number and diversity of qualified mentors and the number of NEI-funded research grants. The program of research and training extends from traditional psychophysics with structural and functional brain imaging and visual neuroscience to cellular and molecular eye research. Individuals trained during previous grant periods have obtained competitive postdoctoral or faculty positions and developed productive, independent careers in vision research. Training will continue in psychophysics, visual neuroscience and molecular mechanisms of transduction, retinal processing and retinal disease. Specific program requirements for predoctoral trainees include (1) The Visual System course team-taught by program faculty, (2) additional courses specified by the trainee's graduate program selected from an extensive curriculum covering molecular biology, neuroscience, perception and engineering, (3) participation in the local Vision Training Seminar series, the invited speaker Vision Research Seminar series, and Eye & Vision Research Colloquia as well as related seminars on campus, (4) participation in international scientific meetings such as Association for Research in Vision & Ophthalmology, Vision Science Society and Society for Neuroscience, (5) participation in a Responsible Conduct of Research program, and (6) most importantly, research supervised by one or more mentors. Postdoctoral trainees are required to fulfill the same requirements except (2) while they prepare an independent NRSA proposal. Trainees will be recruited nationally with emphasis on increasing diversity. Alliances with traditionally African- American institutions in Nashville such as Meharry Medical College, Fisk University and Tennessee State University facilitate minority recruiting. This training program develops independent, academic vision and eye researchers through interdisciplinary training in vision and eye research fostered by the number and cohesiveness of vision and eye researchers at Vanderbilt.

 描述(由申请人提供)：范德比尔特视力研究中心(WRC)请求继续支持博士后和博士后培训。范德比尔特大学的视力和眼科研究人员凭借出色的研究进展保持着异常强劲的培训记录。积极的教师招聘增加了合格导师的数量和多样性，并增加了NEI资助的研究拨款的数量。研究和培训计划从结构和功能脑成像和视觉神经科学的传统心理物理学延伸到细胞和分子眼研究。在之前的授权期内接受培训的个人获得了竞争激烈的博士后或教师职位，并在视觉研究领域发展了富有成效的独立职业。将继续进行心理物理学、视觉神经科学以及转导、视网膜处理和视网膜疾病的分子机制方面的培训。对博士前学员的具体课程要求包括(1)由项目教师团队教授的视觉系统课程，(2)从涵盖分子生物学、神经科学、知觉和工程学的广泛课程中挑选学员研究生课程所指定的额外课程，(3)参加当地的视力培训研讨会系列、特邀演讲者视力研究研讨会系列、眼与视觉研究讨论会以及校园内的相关研讨会，(4)参加国际科学会议，如视觉与眼科学研究协会、视觉科学学会和神经科学学会，(5)参加负责任的研究计划，以及(6)最重要的是，由一个或多个导师监督的研究。博士后实习生被要求满足相同的要求，但(2)当他们准备独立的NRSA提案时。受训人员将在全国范围内招募，重点是增加多样性。与纳什维尔传统的非裔美国人机构，如梅哈里医学院、菲斯克大学和田纳西州立大学的联盟，促进了少数族裔的招聘。这一培训计划通过范德比尔特视力和眼科研究人员的数量和凝聚力培养的视觉和眼科研究方面的跨学科培训，培养独立的学术视力和眼科研究人员。