IGERT Formal Proposal

这一综合性研究生教育和研究培训(IGERT)奖支持建立计算神经科学教育和研究的多学科研究生培训计划。其目标是培训一批年轻的研究人员，使他们能够在神经科学的理论和实验工作之间无缝切换。我们将为两类学生提供服务：a)那些希望从物理和数学转到生物学的学生，b)那些在生物学或心理学方面有经验的学生，他们希望在开发和实施神经生物学数据的分析和建模的量化方法方面进行更多的培训。将有来自6个学术系(生物、生物化学、化学、物理、计算机科学和心理学)的18名培训人员联合起来，培训学生使用量化方法理解大脑和行为。将开发和建立新的课程和培训方案。所有受训者都将有一位实验和理论导师。研究目标包括：1)开发细胞过程的模型，2)了解突触短期可塑性的功能后果，3)模拟记忆，4)模拟视觉过程，5)研究运动控制，6)了解振荡和节奏过程。IGERT是一个NSF范围的项目，旨在促进创新的、以研究为基础的研究生项目的建立，将培训不同的科学家和工程师群体，为充分利用广泛的职业选择做好准备。IGERT为博士机构提供了一个机会，以开发新的、重点明确的、超越组织边界的多学科研究生课程，并团结来自几个系或机构的教师，为培训和研究建立一个高度互动、协作的环境。在该计划的第二年，将向21个机构颁发奖项，这些机构的项目共同涵盖了NSF支持的所有科学和工程领域。该奖项由生物科学理事会、社会科学、行为科学和经济科学理事会、计算机和信息科学与工程理事会、数学和物理科学理事会(多学科活动办公室)以及教育和人力资源理事会资助。

This Integrative Graduate Education and Research Training (IGERT) award supports the establishment of a multidisciplinary graduate training program of education and research in computational neuroscience. The goal is to train a cohort of young investigators to move seamlessly between theoretical and experimental work in the neurosciences. We will serve two populations of students: a) those wishing to move from the physical sciences and mathematics into biology, and b) those with prior experience in biology or psychology who wish additional training in exploiting and implementing quantitative methods for the analysis and modeling of neurobiological data. There will be 18 training faculty from 6 academic departments (biology, biochemistry, chemistry, physics, computer science, and psychology) united by an interest in training students to use quantitative methods to understand the brain and behavior. New courses and training programs will be developed and established. All trainees will have both an experimental and theoretical mentor. Research aims include: 1) developing models of cellular processes, 2) understanding the functional consequences of short-term plasticity of synapses, 3) modeling memory, 4) modeling visual processes, 5) studying motor control, and 6) understanding oscillatory and rhythmic processes.IGERT is an NSF-wide program intended to facilitate the establishment of innovative, research-based graduate programs that will train a diverse group of scientists and engineers to be well-prepared to take advantage of a broad spectrum of career options. IGERT provides doctoral institutions with an opportunity to develop new, well-focussed multidisciplinary graduate programs that transcend organizational boundaries and unite faculty from several departments or institutions to establish a highly interactive, collaborative environment for both training and research. In this second year of the program, awards are being made to twenty-one institutions for programs that collectively span all areas of science and engineering supported by NSF. This specific award is supported by funds from the Directorates for Biological Sciences, for Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences, for Computer and Information Science and Engineering, for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (Office of Multidisciplinary Activities), and for Education and Human Resources.