Iowa-Diversifying Research And Mentorship (iDREAM)

爱荷华州多元化研究和指导（iDREAM）

• 批准号: 10611609
• 负责人: Rainbo Hultman
• 金额: $ 23.95万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF IOWA
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-01-01 至 2026-12-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10611609
• 关键词: Admission activity; Applications Grants; Area; Awareness; Climate; Communication; Communities; Critical Thinking; Data; Development; Doctor of Philosophy; Educational workshop; Elevator; Ensure; Environment; Evidence based practice; Faculty; Funding; Future; Gender; Goals; Healthcare; Institution; Interview; Iowa; Laboratories; Laboratory Research; Lead; Leadership; Mentors; Mentorship; Methodology; Mission; Neurosciences; Neurosciences Research; Paper; Parents; Participant; Persons; Positioning Attribute; Postbaccalaureate; Process; Qualifying; Readiness; Reporting; Research; Research Project Grants; Running; Schools; Self Efficacy; Structure; Students; Talents; Teacher Professional Development; Training; Training Programs; Underrepresented Students; Universities; Vision; Writing; career; career development; design; diversity and inclusion; education research; empowerment; equity, diversity, and inclusion; essays; evidence base; expectation; experience; faculty research; graduate school; hands on research; innovation; interest; matriculation; meetings; member; peer; programs; recruit; response; responsible research conduct; skills; success; tenure track; undergraduate student; underrepresented minority student; university student; verbal

Project Summary/Abstract The future of Neuroscience must include representation of all people; such diversity is crucial to fuel the innovation required to meet current scientific and healthcare challenges facing neuroscientists. In response to RFA-NS-22-035, we propose a Doctoral Readiness training program – the Iowa Diversifying Research And Mentorship (iDREAM) program. The iDREAM program leverages the power of (1) an outstanding Neuroscience Graduate Program with long-running T32 support (JSPTPN), and (2) a strong institutional unit, the Iowa Neuroscience Institute, which supports rigorous culturally aware faculty development and will provide crucial administrative support for iDREAM. We have formed a compelling MPI leadership plan with a blend of experience, skills sets, and energy. We will train four iDREAM post-bac scholars per year, for two years each, drawn from a large pool of applicants from backgrounds underrepresented in Neuroscience and schools without substantial research opportunities. Our Neuroscience Graduate Program is regularly composed of >20% URM students and has a stellar track record of training future tenure-track faculty (>50%). iDREAM scholars will be introduced to Neuroscience research via high-quality, hands-on research experiences in the laboratories of carefully selected preceptors with manifest commitments to the iDREAM mission. Scholars will receive rigorous training in the responsible conduct of research, evidence-based didactic training in the critical thinking and communication skills necessary for a successful research career, and programmatic experiences designed to cultivate an inclusive environment and sense of belonging within the local and global Neuroscience communities. iDREAM scholars will partner with grad students in the Neuroscience Program for near-peer mentorship experiences. Faculty research mentors are 28 well-funded neuroscientists with culturally aware mentorship training and experience, who reflect the spectrum of gender, background, rank, and neuroscience research topics and approaches. The mentors will be matched with trainees through a guided interview process with careful oversight from the MPIs and Executive Committee. iDREAM scholars will attend career development workshops, weekly scientific seminars and laboratory meetings, and present their research at multiple local and one national meeting per year. iDREAM scholars will also be guided through all aspects of the graduate school application process. Long term goals of the program include: 1) empowering URM post-bac trainees to be competitive at rigorous, top-tier graduate programs in Neuroscience (including at Iowa) and to lead successful scientific careers; 2) catalyzing progress of enhancing inclusive excellence within the Neuroscience community at Iowa and beyond; and 3) reinforcing and strengthening existing partnerships between the Neuroscience community at Iowa and schools without substantial research opportunities. Metrics of success include the number of participants who apply for and are accepted in a rigorous neuroscience graduate program, and students reporting a strong sense of belonging in the Neuroscience community.

项目摘要/摘要 神经科学的未来必须包括所有人的代表性；这种多样性对于推动 应对神经科学家目前面临的科学和医疗挑战所需的创新。作为对.的回应 RFA-NS-22-035，我们提出了一个博士准备培训计划-爱荷华州多元化研究和 导师(IDREAM)计划。IDREAM计划利用(1)杰出的 长期运行的T32支持的神经科学研究生项目(JSPTPN)，以及(2)一个强大的机构单位， 爱荷华州神经科学研究所，支持严格的具有文化意识的教师发展，并将提供 对iDREAM的关键管理支持。我们已经形成了一个令人信服的MPI领导计划，其中包括 经验、技能和精力。我们将每年培训四名iDREAM博士后学者，每人为期两年， 从大量来自神经科学和学校代表性不足的背景的申请者中挑选出来 没有实质性的研究机会。我们的神经科学研究生项目通常由以下人员组成 &gt；20%的URM学生，在培训未来终身教职教师方面有着出色的记录(&gt；50%)。IDREAM 将通过高质量的实践研究经验向学者介绍神经科学研究 对iDREAM任务有明确承诺的精心挑选的教官的实验室。学者们会 接受严格的负责任的研究培训，在关键的循证指导培训中 成功的研究生涯所必需的思考和沟通能力，以及编程经验 旨在培养当地和全球范围内的包容性环境和归属感 神经科学社区。IDREAM学者将与神经科学项目的研究生合作 近乎同行的导师体验。教员研究导师由28名资金雄厚的神经科学家组成，他们在文化上 有意识的导师培训和经验，反映性别、背景、级别和 神经科学研究的主题和方法。导师将通过导游将学员与学员配对 在MPI和执行委员会的仔细监督下进行面试。IDREAM学者将出席 职业发展研讨会、每周科学研讨会和实验室会议，并介绍他们的 每年在多个地方会议和一次全国会议上进行研究。IDREAM学者也将被引导通过所有 研究生院申请程序的各个方面。该计划的长期目标包括：1)赋权 URM毕业后学员将在严格的顶级神经科学研究生课程中具有竞争力(包括在 爱荷华州)并领导成功的科学事业；2)促进在以下方面取得进展： 爱荷华州及其他地区的神经科学界；以及3)加强和加强现有的伙伴关系 在爱荷华州的神经科学界和没有实质性研究机会的学校之间。量度 包括申请并被一门严格的神经科学课程录取的参与者的数量 研究生课程，以及报告在神经科学界有强烈归属感的学生。