Postdoctoral Training in Vision Research

视觉研究博士后培训

• 批准号: 10594943
• 负责人: Preeti Verghese
• 金额: $ 7.5万
• 依托单位: SMITH-KETTLEWELL EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2016
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2016-04-01 至 2026-03-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10594943
• 关键词: Vision research; post-doctoral training

Abstract This supplement to our T32 requests funding for a second year of training (level-1 postdoctoral Fellow) for each Fellow funded by our current T32. This will provide a two-year appointment for each of 4 Fellows. Due to the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic and NIH budget constraints, our original proposal was reduced to one 0-level Fellow in each of years 6-10, allowing for only one year of training for each Fellow. Although we are cognizant of the intent to obtain additional funding for our Fellows, and this is an originally stated goal of our program, it is highly unlikely that a fellow can obtain independent funding (even additional fellowship funding) by the end of the first year of training. This supplement request is to restore funding in years 7-10 for the second year of training for each of the 4 currently funded one-year fellowship positions. The Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute (SKERI) Institutional Training Grant provides training in basic, clinical, and rehabilitation science relevant to translational vision research. Eighteen faculty whose expertise spans the areas of spatial and binocular vision, eye movements, strabismus, central vision loss, low vision and blindness rehabilitation, computer vision and assistive technology are available to train the postdoctoral fellows. The goal of the Fellowship program is to transition postdoctoral fellows towards independent research careers by the end of their 2-year fellowship. To this end, the program encourages the Fellow to develop an independent research project in collaboration with the mentor, to test and hone these ideas, and distill them into a grant proposal. The training will also provide a solid grounding in rigor and reproducibility and in the responsible conduct of research, as well as frequent and wide-ranging seminars, journal clubs, and colloquia. Because the vast majority of SKERI Faculty are full-time researchers with no teaching duties and small laboratories, the Fellows experience a great deal of direct interaction with their sponsors. The Faculty- Fellow interactions represent all areas of the research process: proposal, critique, performance, and communication of findings through the writing of papers and preparation of presentations, as well as participation in scientific and ethics seminars. The Fellowship program forms a critical component of the research vitality and capacity of SKERI. Because SKERI is not a degree-granting institution, its investigators do not typically have graduate students. It is widely appreciated within the Institute that Fellows bring in new ideas and techniques to the preceptors’ laboratories. The process of training Fellows encourages Faculty to challenge old assumptions, to develop clear and concise descriptions of why a given research activity is of significance, and to expand the range of approaches to research problems. The T32 Program will significantly augment SKERI’s internally funded Rachel C. Atkinson Fellowship, C.V. Starr Scholarship Program, and individual Fellowship awards from other sources to yield an overall program size of approximately 8-10 post- doctoral fellows.

摘要 我们的T32补充申请资助第二年的培训（1级博士后研究员）， 每个研究员都由我们目前的T32资助。这将为4名 伙计们由于SARS-CoV-2大流行和NIH预算限制，我们最初的提案被缩减为 6-10年级每年一名0级研究员，每位研究员只能接受一年的培训。虽然 我们认识到为我们的研究员获得额外资金的意图，这是最初声明的目标， 我们的计划，这是极不可能的研究员可以获得独立的资金（甚至额外的奖学金 （一）在第一年培训结束时。这一补充请求是为了在第7-10年恢复供资， 目前供资的4个一年期研究金职位的每一个的第二年培训。 史密斯-凯特尔韦尔眼科研究所（SKERI）机构培训补助金提供基础培训， 临床和康复科学相关的翻译视觉研究。十八位教授的专业知识 涵盖了空间和双眼视觉、眼球运动、斜视、中心视力丧失、低视力和 盲人康复，计算机视觉和辅助技术可用于培养博士后 伙计们奖学金计划的目标是将博士后研究员过渡到独立的 研究生涯结束时，他们的2年奖学金。为此，该计划鼓励研究员 与导师合作开发一个独立的研究项目，以测试和磨练这些想法， 提炼成一份拨款申请培训还将在严谨性和可重复性方面提供坚实的基础， 在负责任的研究行为，以及频繁和广泛的研讨会，期刊俱乐部， 座谈会。因为绝大多数SKERI教师都是全职研究人员，没有教学职责， 在小型实验室中，研究员与赞助者进行了大量的直接互动。学院- 研究员的互动代表了研究过程的所有领域：提案、评论、表现和 通过撰写论文和准备报告交流调查结果，以及 参加科学和伦理研讨会。奖学金计划是一个重要组成部分， SKERI的研究活力和能力。由于SKERI不是一个授予学位的机构， 一般没有研究生。研究所内部普遍赞赏研究员带来新的 想法和技术到导师的实验室。培训研究员的过程鼓励教师， 挑战旧的假设，对特定研究活动的原因进行清晰而简洁的描述 重要性，并扩大研究问题的方法范围。T32计划将大大提高 增加SKERI内部资助的Rachel C.阿特金森奖学金，C. V.斯塔尔奖学金计划， 从其他来源获得的个人奖学金，以产生大约8-10个职位的整体计划规模， 博士研究员。