BRAiN: Building Research Achievement in Neuroscience

 描述（由申请人提供）：建立神经科学研究成果（BRAIN）：通过机构合作伙伴关系的学生培训将通过在落基山脉和西南地区准备全国生物医学和行为科学代表性不足的本科生来弥合神经科学研究参与差距，以便成功进入神经科学博士学位。程序. BRAiN联合在不同的机构预先存在的正式研究和教育计划：桥梁计划，以促进美国原住民学生在生物医学科学计划和生物医学研究支持（MBRS）科学增强（RISE）计划在新墨西哥州州立大学（NMSU）科学学士学位课程;以及科罗拉多大学丹佛市中心校区（UCD）心理学系的本科大脑和行为项目。重要的是，在BRAiN，这些本科课程与位于安舒茨医学校区（UCAMC的NSP）的科罗拉多丹佛大学的神经科学研究生课程进行了全面合作，该校区拥有T32神经科学培训补助金。广泛参与Ph.D.神经科学/行为管道将通过追求三个具体目标来实现：（1）从全国生物医学和行为神经科学研究代表性不足的不同人口群体中招募55名BRAiN学者;（2）发展神经科学/行为研究专业知识和BRAiN学者的专业技能;（3）通过研究生课程的招生保留BRAiN学者在神经科学/行为研究。在过去的资助期间，BRAiN取得了坚实的成就。BRAiN将提供强化培训，将指导独立研究与学生发展神经科学核心概念和计算神经生物学的丰富知识基础相结合，通过UCAMC的夏季课程使用MATLAB。重点将放在加强导师技能，通过活动，如神经科学导师学院，教师将开会讨论学生培训，计划评估和课程改革。总的来说，拟议的活动将提供跨多个站点的综合研究和专业发展经验，利用21世纪世纪的科学调查资源，并对当代学生生活的实际方面作出反应。

 DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Building Research Achievement in Neuroscience (BRAiN): Student Training through Institutional Partnerships will bridge the neuroscience research participation gap by preparing in the Rocky Mountain and Southwest Region undergraduates nationally underrepresented in biomedical and behavioral sciences for successful entry to neuroscience Ph.D. programs. BRAiN unites preexisting formal research and education programs at diverse institutions: the BRIDGE program to advance Native American students to Baccalaureate of Science degree programs in biomedical sciences program and the Biomedical Research Support (MBRS) Research Initiative for Scientific Enhancement (RISE) programs at New Mexico State University (NMSU); and the undergraduate Brain and Behavior program of the Department of Psychology at the University of Colorado Denver downtown campus (UCD). Importantly in BRAiN these undergraduate programs collaborate thoroughly with the Neuroscience Graduate Program at the University of Colorado Denver in the Anschutz Medical Campus (NSP at UCAMC), home to a T32 Neuroscience Training Grant. Broad participation in the Ph.D. neuroscience/behavior pipeline will be enabled through pursuit of three specific aims: (1) Recruitment of 55 BRAiN Scholars from diverse demographic groups that are nationally underrepresented in biomedical and behavioral neuroscience research; (2) Development of the Neuroscience/Behavior research expertise and professional skills of BRAiN Scholars; (3) Retention of BRAiN Scholars in Neuroscience/Behavior research through enrollment in postgraduate programs. In the past funding period BRAiN has attained solid achievement. BRAiN will provide intensive training that combines mentored independent research with student development of a rich knowledge base in neuroscience core concepts and computational neurobiology using MATLAB through summer courses at UCAMC. Emphasis will be placed on enhancement of mentorship skills through activities such as the Neuroscience Mentor Academy where faculty will meet to discuss student training, program evaluation, and curriculum reform. Taken together, proposed activities will provide an integrated research and professional development experience across multiple sites that leverages 21st century resources for scientific investigation and is responsive to practical aspects of contemporary student life.