BRAINS: Broadening the Representation of Academic Investigators in NeuroSciences

项目描述 为了解决最具挑战性的公共卫生问题，科学界需要创造性和多样性 科学的解决方案。当一组不同的研究人员研究一个科学问题时，创新就会得到加强， 留住来自代表性不足群体的高技能科学家至关重要。神经科学助理 来自不同和代表性不足背景的教授和博士后学者，包括种族和 少数民族，残疾人和来自弱势背景的人，面临三个主要问题， 职业发展的挑战。第一，在这些职业阶段进行全面的专业发展 经常被忽视，导致早期职业神经科学家服务不足，缺乏对发展至关重要的技能 终身教职其次，来自代表性不足背景的人往往有更高的风险离开科学， 不公平地接触到同龄人网络、导师和关于如何在教师职业生涯中取得成功的建议。三是 可能缺乏接触潜在职业道路的榜样。为了填补这些空白，我们建议创建大脑： 扩大神经科学学术研究者的代表性，这是一项国家计划， 加速和提高神经科学博士后研究人员的职业发展， 来自代表性不足群体的助理教授。大脑计划创造了独特的，生命- 为50位神经科学家带来了全新的体验。BRAINS参与者将更加专注于他们的 科学事业，更好地指导他们的职业生涯，更有可能在学术上取得成功 神经科学BRAINS计划的目标是增加学术早期职业的参与和保留 神经科学家从代表性不足的群体减少隔离;提供提示，工具和技能 发展，为终身职位的成功做好准备;提高职业自我效能。这一目标将通过 BRAINS的三项协同活动：A）国家研讨会; B）促进同伴指导圈; C）发明 您的职业团队所有这些组成部分之间的协同作用将： 1.增加神经科学教师的多样性，通过提供指导，培训和技能，以下- 代表神经科学的博士后学者和助理教授， 获得资源的机会增加，准备就绪的感觉以及社区和连通性的感觉。 2.减少神经科学博士后学者和助理教授的隔离， 通过建立长期的同行网络和非正式网络， 指导关系。 3.提高职业自我效能感，使博士后学者和助理教授从代表性不足 神经科学领域的团队将拥有更有成效和更令人满意的职业生涯。

Project Description In order to solve the most challenging public health issues, the scientific community needs creative and diverse scientific solutions. As innovation is enhanced when a diverse set of investigators examine a scientific problem, retention of highly skilled scientists from underrepresented groups is critical. Neuroscience assistant professors and postdoctoral scholars from diverse and underrepresented backgrounds, including racial and ethnic minorities, people with disabilities, and people from disadvantaged backgrounds, face three major challenges in their career development. First, comprehensive professional development at these career stages is often overlooked, leaving early career neuroscientists underserved and lacking skills critical for advancement to tenure. Second, people from underrepresented backgrounds are often at higher risk of leaving science due to inequitable access to peer networks, mentors, and advice on how to succeed in faculty careers. Third, they may lack role models for exposure to potential career paths. To fill these gaps, we propose to create BRAINS: Broadening the Representation of Academic Investigators in NeuroSciences, a national program to accelerate and improve the career advancement of neuroscience postdoctoral researchers and assistant professors from underrepresented groups. The BRAINS program creates unique, life- transforming experiences for 50 neuroscientists. BRAINS participants will become more dedicated to their scientific career, better able to direct their careers, and more likely to achieve success in academic neuroscience. The BRAINS program goal is to increase engagement and retention of academic early-career neuroscientists from underrepresented groups by reducing isolation; providing tips, tools, and skills development to prepare for tenure track success; and increasing career self-efficacy. This goal will be met via three synergistic BRAINS activities: A) National Symposia; B) facilitated Peer Mentoring Circles; and C) Invent Your Career teams. The synergism among all these components will: 1. Increase the diversity of neuroscience faculty by providing mentoring, training and skills to under- represented postdoctoral scholars and assistant professors in the neurosciences so they have increased access to resources, feelings of preparedness, and sense of community and connectivity. 2. Reduce isolation of neuroscience postdoctoral scholars and assistant professors from underrepresented groups through the establishment of long-standing peer networks and informal mentoring relationships. 3. Increase career self-efficacy so postdoctoral scholars and assistant professors from underrepresented groups in the neurosciences will have more productive and satisfying careers.