Graduate Training in Neuroscience

项目概要/摘要 宾夕法尼亚大学的神经科学研究生小组（NGG）是一个非常成功的 共同赞助的NIH神经科学博士前培训计划，我们称之为 神经科学培训补助金（NTG），这是帮助准备特殊的博士生在他们的头两个 在基础神经科学研究和相关领域的研究生院工作多年。NGG是 生物医学研究生课程（BGS）的一部分，提供监督和资源，以确保有效的 课程开发，质量控制和所有参与研究生的统一入学标准 包括NGG在内的团体。NTG的直接管理由两名经验丰富的联合PI提供，他们 具有互补的行政作用，也是一个五人执行委员会的一部分， 审查政策并挑选受训人员。NTG的教师来自大学7个学院的42个部门， 宾夕法尼亚州和费城附属儿童医院。学院成员资格由以下规定：1） 在相关研究领域的专业知识，2）对培训做出重大贡献，3）致力于实现 计划，和4）校外资助，以支持学员。初级教师接受广泛的指导。 NTG学生是从NGG学生的高人才库中挑选出来的，基于科学兴趣和 计划，学术成就和多样性。对每个NTG受训人员的支持包括他们在 研究生院，在此期间，他们完成两年的课程，加上至少两个实验室轮换之前， 搬进了论文实验室受训人员积极参加许多辅助活动， 提供负责任的研究行为，科学严谨性和可重复性，以及定量 方法，包括教师领导的研讨会和新开发的定量神经科学核心课程。 学员还参加研讨会、期刊俱乐部、年度务虚会、科学会议、论文和海报 演讲、鼓励互动的社交活动以及其他对成功的科学研究至关重要的活动。 careers.在支助期结束时，受训人员完成一项全面的技能考试， 标志着他们独立论文研究的开始。在NTG支持期间和之后， 学员接受广泛的指导和指导，帮助他们应对建立自己的 作为科学家的独立性NGG和NTG在招聘和留住人才方面有着良好的记录 多元化和有才华的学员，其广泛的成就包括高学术成就， 大量参与社区外展活动，出版和向广大受众介绍其研究成果， 获得奖学金和奖励，并继续从事与神经科学相关的成功职业。我们要求继续 每年支持12名受训人员（通常为6名一年级学生和6名二年级学生），因此我们可以在此基础上继续发展并扩大 这段成功的历史有助于培养神经科学领域的下一代领导者。

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT The Neuroscience Graduate Group (NGG) at the University of Pennsylvania is the home of a highly successful Jointly Sponsored NIH Predoctoral Training Program in the Neurosciences, which we refer to as the Neuroscience Training Grant (NTG), that is helping to prepare exceptional predoctoral students in their first two years of graduate school for productive careers in basic neuroscience research and related fields. The NGG is part of Biomedical Graduate Studies (BGS), which provides oversight and resources to ensure effective curricular development, quality control, and uniform admission standards across all participating Graduate Groups, including the NGG. Direct management of the NTG is provided by two highly experienced co-PIs, who have complementary administrative roles and are also part of a five-person Executive Committee that sets and reviews policy and selects trainees. NTG faculty come from 42 Departments in 7 Schools of the University of Pennsylvania plus the affiliated Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. Faculty membership is governed by: 1) expertise in a relevant field of study, 2) significant contribution to training, 3) commitment to the goals of the program, and 4) extramural funding to support trainees. Junior faculty receive extensive guidance on mentoring. NTG students are selected from the highly talented pool of NGG students, based on scientific interests and plans, academic achievement, and diversity. Support for each NTG trainee encompasses their first two years in graduate school, during which time they complete two years of coursework plus at least two lab rotations before settling into a dissertation laboratory. Trainees are active participants in numerous complementary activities that provide training in the responsible conduct of research, scientific rigor and reproducibility, and quantitative methodologies including faculty-led workshops and a newly developed Quantitative Neuroscience Core course. Trainees also participate in seminars, journal clubs, annual retreats, scientific meetings, paper and poster presentations, social events that encourage interactions, and other activities central to successful scientific careers. At the end of their period of support, trainees complete a comprehensive Candidacy Examination that marks the start of their independent dissertation research. Both during and after the period of NTG support, trainees receive extensive mentoring and guidance to help them navigate the challenges of establishing their independence as scientists. The NGG and NTG have a strong record of success in recruiting and retaining diverse and talented trainees whose extensive accomplishments include high academic achievement, substantial involvement in community outreach, publishing and presenting their research to broad audiences, earning fellowships and awards, and going on to successful neuroscience-related careers. We request continued support for 12 trainees per year (typically 6 first-year and 6 second-year students), so we can build on and extend this history of success in helping to train the next generation of leaders in the field of neuroscience.