Summer Program for Under Represented Students (SPURS)

弱势学生暑期项目 (SPURS)

• 批准号: 10583050
• 负责人: ANDREW Robert MARKS
• 金额: $ 5.4万
• 依托单位: COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2022-04-01 至 2022-11-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10583050
• 关键词: Address; Affect; Basic Science; Biomedical Research; Biophysics; Decision Making; Department chair; Doctor of Medicine; Doctor of Philosophy; Ethics; Funding; Goals; Institution; Journals; Laboratories; Literature; Mentorship; Minority; National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke; Neurosciences; Oral; Participant; Physicians; Physiology; Plant Roots; Policies; Reading; Research; Research Methodology; Research Training; Science; Scientist; Students; Surgeon; Talents; Training; Underrepresented Minority; Universities; Vocational Guidance; career; college; design; experience; experimental study; hands on research; meetings; minority student; minority trainee; posters; programs; role model; summer program; undergraduate research experience; undergraduate student; underserved community

PROJECT SUMMARY This application is to renew funding for the Summer Program for Under-Represented Students (SPURS). Columbia University's SPURS Program provides an intense undergraduate research experience on the campus of Columbia's College of Physicians & Surgeons (P&S) for talented students from backgrounds that are under-represented in biomedical research. Begun with students from NYC public colleges SPURS now attracts under-represented minority (URM) students nationwide, including a pool of applicants from traditional minority-majority colleges and universities as well as other top academic institutions. SPURS provides extensive training in basic science research, and enhances the likelihood that the students will achieve a career in science by pursuing an advanced degree (M.D. and/or Ph.D.). To expand opportunities for URM undergraduate students to participate in high quality, focused and sustained research experiences in the neurosciences, Dr. Steven Siegelbaum (P.I.), Chair of the Department of Neuroscience at P&S, and Dr. Andrew Marks, Department Chair of Physiology and Cellular Biophysics and founder of Columbia University's SPURS program have joined to expand the SPURS program. Over the last funding period, applications have soared and in the upcoming period, we propose the expansion of the program to include even more highly qualified minority student participants. Students selected for SPURS perform hands-on research for nine summer weeks under the mentorship of NINDS-supported Columbia University neuroscientists. In addition to specific training in neuroscience, the students have received in-depth training in research methodology including: (a) the design and analysis of experiments; (b) critical reading of scientific literature through journal clubs and discussions of ethics in science; (c) the presentation of scientific results at laboratory meetings; (d) presentation of their research at poster sessions; (e) an oral presentation of their research to an audience of scientists; and (f) career counseling. Finally, the research training will be provided in a uniquely enriching setting that includes weekly meetings with under-represented minority role models in biomedical research. The SPURS program addresses the critical need to increase the pipeline of highly qualified minority trainees into neuroscience.

项目概要 此申请旨在为代表性不足的学生夏季项目续订资金 （马刺）。哥伦比亚大学的 SPURS 项目提供密集的本科研究 在哥伦比亚大学内科与外科医生学院 (P&S) 校园体验人才 来自生物医学研究领域代表性不足的背景的学生。开始于 纽约市公立大学 SPURS 的学生现在吸引了代表性不足的少数族裔 (URM) 全国范围内的学生，包括来自传统少数族裔多数大学的申请者和 大学以及其他顶尖学术机构。 SPURS 提供广泛的培训 基础科学研究，并提高学生在该领域取得职业生涯的可能性 通过攻读高级学位（医学博士和/或博士学位）来获得科学。扩大 URM 的机会 本科生参与高质量、重点突出和持续的研究 神经科学系主任 Steven Siegelbaum 博士（P.I.） P&S 神经科学系和生理学与细胞系系主任 Andrew Marks 博士 生物物理学家和哥伦比亚大学 SPURS 项目的创始人加入，以扩大 马刺计划。在上一个资助期内，申请数量猛增，并且在即将到来的资助期内 在此期间，我们建议扩大该计划，以纳入更多高素质的少数族裔 学生参与者。被选入 SPURS 的学生将在九个暑假进行实践研究 在 NINDS 支持的哥伦比亚大学神经科学家的指导下进行了数周。此外 到神经科学方面的具体培训，学生们接受了深入的研究培训 方法包括： (a) 实验的设计和分析； (b) 科学批判性阅读 通过期刊俱乐部和科学伦理讨论进行文学； (c) 介绍 实验室会议上的科学成果； (d) 在海报会议上介绍他们的研究； （五） 向科学家听众口头介绍他们的研究； (f) 职业咨询。 最后，研究培训将在独特的丰富环境中提供，包括每周 与生物医学研究中代表性不足的少数群体榜样举行会议。马刺队 该计划满足了增加高素质少数族裔学员渠道的迫切需求 进入神经科学。