UAB Neuroscience Roadmap Scholars Program

我们寻求持续的R25资金的神经科学路线图学者（RMS）计划在亚拉巴马大学伯明翰分校（UAB）。尽管在过去十年中，获得科学博士学位的少数民族（URM）群体的美国公民人数有所增加，但URM仍然只占美国科学家的一小部分。我们的神经科学路线图学者计划针对阻碍成功的障碍，目标是增加来自不同背景的神经科学研究学员的数量，为他们提供必要的工具和技能，使神经科学研究成为终身职业选择。该计划的具体“增值”部分包括一年一度的东南地区神经（全国增强代表不足的学术领导者）夏季会议UAB学生和神经科学博士生来自全国各地，与职业教练谁提供支持独立于学者的研究导师，团队建设务虚会，点对点辅导和本科生辅导，以及不同的课内和课外活动。随着医学院和综合神经科学中心对UAB神经科学的持续投资，神经科学路线图学者计划的未来是安全的，学者们将受益于充满活力的神经科学环境，吸引了9600万美元的校外资金。该计划在第一个奖项期间的成功是由UAB神经科学培训中代表性不足的学生的入学率和参与程度超过预期，成功获得学者的校外奖学金，以及83%的毕业生入学博士后奖学金，而其他生物医学科学学生的比例为67%。下一个资助期的目标是根据这一成功，以及学者，职业教练和内部和外部评估的投入而制定的。

We seek continued R25 funding for the Neuroscience Roadmap Scholars (RMS) Program at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). Although the number of U.S. citizens from underrepresented minority (URM) groups earning doctoral degrees in science has increased over the past decade, URMs continue to represent a small proportion of the scientists in the United States. Our Neuroscience Roadmap Scholars Program targets the obstacles impeding success with the goal of increasing the number of trainees from diverse backgrounds in neuroscience research by providing them with the necessary tools and skills early in their PhD careers essential to making neuroscience research a life-long career choice. The specific “value added” components of the Program include the annual southeast regional NEURAL (National Enhancement of Under Represented Academic Leaders) summer conference for UAB students and neuroscience doctoral students from across the country, interactions with Career Coaches who provide support separate from the Scholar’s Research mentor, team building retreats, peer-to peer mentoring and undergraduate mentoring, and distinct curricular and extracurricular activities. With continued investment in Neuroscience at UAB by the School of Medicine and the Comprehensive Neuroscience Center, the future of the Neuroscience Roadmap Scholars Program is secure, and Scholars will benefit from the vibrant neuroscience environment that has attracted $96M in extramural funding. Success of the Program during the first award period is substantiated by the greater than expected enrollment and participation by underrepresented students training in neuroscience at UAB, the success in securing extramural fellowship awards by Scholars, and the 83% matriculation of graduates to postdoctoral fellowships compared to 67% of other biomedical science students. Goals for the next funding period are informed by this success, and input from Scholars, Career Coaches, and internal and external evaluation.