Next-Generation Neuroscience Scholars Program

 描述(由申请人提供)：具体目标-下一代神经科学学者计划当贡献科学家的社区在视角、背景和经验上多样化时，神经科学的创新和进步得到极大的加强。然而，目前，与他们在整个社会中的代表性相比，少数族裔和残疾人在神经科学中的代表性还差得远。由于巨大的文化、社会和财政压力，以及获得榜样和社区支持的机会有限，进入包括神经科学在内的科学事业管道的代表不足的少数群体(URM)似乎比他们的非URM同龄人的离职率更高。现在，随着美国变得越来越多样化，存在着一个重要而令人兴奋的机会，可以让更广泛的声音参与神经科学研究，并解决可能阻碍这些重要的科学家贡献者尽可能充分参与的障碍。帮助修复漏洞百出的神经科学职业管道一直是神经科学学者计划(NSP)的重点，NSP是神经科学学会(SFN)支持的一项长期、影响深远的努力。自1982年以来，NSP已经为近600名URM学者提供了服务，现在准备扩大其影响，同时保留其核心服务模式。在NSP在满足短期和长期绩效指标方面取得的历史性成功的基础上，这一新的应用程序将加强NSP针对核心参与者群体的活动，使更多的URM研究人员接触到相关内容和有价值的网络，并促进更大的URM神经科学界的持续研究参与。SFN为这项工作带来了对神经科学学科的广泛接触、对多样性的坚定承诺、来自该领域领导者的根深蒂固的志愿者参与、宝贵的实物资源以及在实施高影响力项目方面的成熟经验。因此，SFN处于独特的地位，能够领导NSP度过下一个创新的、扩展的阶段，其明确的目标是促进不同神经科学研究人员的职业生涯和专业发展。有证据表明，前NSP参与者在他们的神经科学生涯中取得了进步，克服了可能导致他们提前退出科学研究事业管道的挑战。SFN计划在未来五年内在这一坚实基础上再接再厉。NSP将特别侧重于来自种族/民族少数群体和残疾个人(统称为代表不足的神经科学研究人员[UNSE])的研究生和博士后神经科学研究人员，将实现三个具体目标：1.深入指导和支持80多名最有成就的UNE，使他们通过网络、指导和职业发展规划在其研究生涯中进步和蓬勃发展。在五年的时间里，每年将选出12-15名成绩最好的联合国志愿人员，作为新伙伴关系研究员通过新伙伴关系“密集”途径参加。(注：除了这些新招聘人员外，上一个新战略计划资助周期的16名学者，目前正处于第一年，将完成他们的 在新计划下的第二年)。研究人员将得到正式指导、参加专业和加强研究讲习班和网络研讨会的综合课程，以及特别的联网和资金充实支助。2.广泛吸纳500名成绩优异的非政府组织，通过在线专业强化方案和联网，帮助他们坚持并成功地成为神经科学家。每年将正式邀请约100名符合条件的新伙伴计划申请者作为新伙伴计划伙伴通过新伙伴计划“广泛”途径参加。当员工选择参加时，他们将特别获得关于神经科学研究和职业相关主题的新的和经过调整的网络研讨会、用于讨论和学习的在线多样性论坛、丰富的神经科学社区资源以及SFN的年度会议网络活动。3.通过在线讨论和神经科学事业和社区资源，鼓励NSP校友和不同的神经科学家继续从事神经科学，并通过建立社区来获得长期的专业成功。将积极鼓励新伙伴计划的校友，包括前研究员和同事以及更广泛的社区，访问存档的网络研讨会，参与关于多样性的在线讨论，并继续参与在线亲和力网络。

 DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): SPECIFIC AIMS - Next-Generation Neuroscience Scholars Program Innovations and advances in neuroscience are greatly enhanced when the community of contributing scientists is diverse in perspectives, backgrounds, and experiences. Currently, however, racial/ethnic minorities and individuals with disabilities are not nearly as wel represented within neuroscience compared to their representation in society at large. Underrepresented minorities (URM) who enter the scientific career pipeline, including neuroscience, appear to be exiting at higher rates than their non-URM peers due to significant cultural, societal, and financial pressures, as well as limited access to role models and community support. Now, as the nation becomes increasingly more diverse, an important and exciting opportunity exists to bring an even wider range of voices to bear on neuroscience research and address barriers that may be keeping these important scientist contributors from participating as fully as possible. Helping to fix the leaky neuroscience career pipeline has been the focus of the Neuroscience Scholars Program (NSP), a long-standing, far-reaching NINDS-supported effort of the Society for Neuroscience (SfN). NSP has served nearly 600 URM scholars since 1982 and is now poised to broaden its impact while preserving its core service model. Building on NSP's historic successes in meeting short- and long-term performance metrics, this new application will strengthen NSP's activities for a core group of participants, significantly expose many more URM researchers to relevant content and valuable networks, and facilitate sustained research engagement within the greater URM neuroscience community. SfN brings to this effort broad access to neuroscience disciplines, strong commitment to diversity, deep-rooted volunteer engagement from among leaders in the field, valuable in-kind resources, and proven experience in implementing high-impact programs. As such, SfN is uniquely positioned to lead NSP through this next innovative, expansive phase with the affirmed goal of advancing careers and professional development of diverse neuroscience researchers. Evidence shows that former NSP participants have advanced in their neuroscience careers, overcoming challenges that could have led to an early exit from the scientific research career pipeline. SfN proposes to build on that strong foundation in the coming five years. Focusing particularly on graduate and postdoctoral neuroscience researchers from among racial/ethnic minorities and individuals with disabilities (collectively referred to as Underrepresented Neuroscience Researchers [UNRs]), NSP will achieve three specific aims: 1. Intensively guide and support more than 80 of the highest-achieving UNRs so they progress and thrive in their research careers through networking, mentoring, and career- advancement programming. Over five years, 12-15 of the highest-achieving UNRs will be selected annually to participate through the NSP "Intensive" Track as NSP Fellows. (Note: In addition to these new recruits, a cohort of 16 Scholars from the previous NSP funding cycle, currently in their first year, will complete their second year under the new Program). Fellows will receive formal mentoring, access to a comprehensive curriculum of professional and research-enhancement workshops and webinars, and special networking and financial-enrichment support. 2. Extensively engage 500 high-achieving UNRs to help them persist and succeed as neuroscientists through online professional enhancement programming and networking. Approximately 100 qualified NSP applicants will be formally invited annually to participate through the NSP "Extensive" Track as NSP Associates. Associates will receive special access to new and adapted webinars on neuroscience research and career-related topics, online diversity forums for discussion and learning, and a wealth of neuroscience community resources, as well as access to SfN's annual meeting networking events- when they choose to attend. 3. Motivate NSP alumni and diverse neuroscientists to stay engaged in neuroscience and garner long-term professional success by building community through online discussion and neuroscience career and community resources. NSP alumni, including former Fellows and Associates, as well as the broader community, will be actively encouraged to access archived webinars, take part in online discourse on diversity, and stay involved in online affinity networks.