Summer Program for Under Represented Students (SPURS)

项目总结 这份申请是为代表人数不足的学生的暑期项目续期资金 (马刺)。哥伦比亚大学的马刺项目提供紧张的本科生研究 哥伦比亚大学内外科医学院(P&S)人才校园见闻 来自生物医学研究中代表性不足的背景的学生。开始于 来自纽约公立大学马刺队的学生现在吸引了代表不足的少数族裔(URM) 全国范围内的学生，包括来自传统少数族裔占多数的大学和 大学以及其他顶尖学术机构。马刺提供广泛的培训 基础科学研究，并提高学生实现职业生涯的可能性 通过攻读高级学位(医学博士和/或博士学位)获得理科学位。拓展城市资源管理的机遇 本科生参与高质量、专注和持续的研究 在神经科学方面的经验，Steven Siegelbaum博士(P.I.)， P&S神经科学和生理学和细胞学系主任安德鲁·马克斯博士 生物物理学和哥伦比亚大学马刺项目的创始人加入了扩大 马刺队的计划。在过去的资助期内，申请人数激增，在即将到来的 在此期间，我们建议扩大该计划，以包括更多高素质的少数族裔 学生参与者。被选为马刺的学生进行九个暑期的实践研究 在NINDS支持的哥伦比亚大学神经科学家的指导下进行了几周的研究。此外 针对具体的神经科学训练，学生们都接受了深入的研究训练 方法包括：(A)实验的设计和分析；(B)科学的批判性阅读 通过期刊俱乐部和关于科学伦理的讨论进行文学；(C)介绍 在实验室会议上展示科学成果；(D)在招贴会上介绍其研究成果；(E) 向科学家的听众口头介绍他们的研究；以及(F)职业咨询。 最后，研究培训将在一个独特的丰富环境中提供，包括每周一次 与生物医学研究中未被充分代表的少数群体榜样会面。马刺队 该方案解决了增加高素质少数族裔受训人员渠道的迫切需要 进入神经科学领域。

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.