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.

项目总结/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神经科学的发展至关重要。 创新需要满足当前神经科学家面临的科学和医疗挑战。响应于 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 iDREAM（iDREAM）计划。iDREAM计划利用了（1）杰出的 神经科学研究生课程与长期运行的T32支持（JSPTPN），和（2）一个强大的机构单位， 爱荷华州神经科学研究所，支持严格的文化意识教师的发展，并将提供 为iDREAM提供重要的行政支持。我们已经形成了一个令人信服的MPI领导计划， 经验、技能和精力。我们将每年培训四名iDREAM后bac学者，每人两年， 从神经科学和学校背景不足的大量申请者中挑选 没有大量的研究机会。我们的神经科学研究生课程定期由 >20%的URM学生，并具有培养未来终身教职员工的良好记录（>50%）。iDREAM 学者将通过高质量的，动手研究经验，在神经科学研究介绍， 这些实验室由精心挑选的导师组成，他们明确承诺致力于iDREAM使命。学者项目的学生将 接受严格的培训，在负责任的研究行为，以证据为基础的教学培训的关键 成功的研究生涯所需的思维和沟通技巧，以及计划经验 旨在培养一个包容的环境和归属感，在当地和全球 神经科学社区iDREAM学者将与神经科学项目的格拉德生合作， 近同伴指导经验。教师研究导师是28名资金充足的神经科学家， 意识到导师的培训和经验，谁反映了性别，背景，职级， 神经科学研究的主题和方法。导师将通过一个有指导的 在MPI和执行委员会的仔细监督下进行面试。iDREAM学者将出席 职业发展讲习班，每周科学研讨会和实验室会议，并提出他们的 每年在多个地方会议和一个国家会议上进行研究。iDREAM学者也将通过所有指导 研究生院申请过程的各个方面。该计划的长期目标包括：1）授权 URM后bac学员在神经科学严格的顶级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）促进提高内部包容性卓越的进展 爱荷华州及其他地区的神经科学界; 3）加强和加强现有的伙伴关系 在爱荷华州的神经科学社区和学校之间没有实质性的研究机会。度量 包括申请并被严格的神经科学所接受的参与者数量 研究生课程，学生报告在神经科学界强烈的归属感。