REU Site: Mind, Brain, Body and Behavior

该项目由社会，行为和经济科学局（SBE）和空军科学研究办公室（ASSURE）计划的本科生研究经验（REU）网站计划资助。心理学是一门研究行为和应用由此产生的知识来帮助解决个人和社会问题的科学。目前缺乏来自不同背景的科学家阻碍了该领域的创新和解决问题。埃默里大学的MB3计划将通过为来自不同背景的本科生提供导师，研究培训和早期职业支持来解决这个问题。MB3将专注于那些希望在心理学领域进行跨学科研究生培训，但在其家乡机构缺乏资源的学生。具体来说，该REU计划将（a）确定来自全国各地代表性不足的背景的本科生，他们在没有心理学研究生培训课程的机构（B）接受领先专家的培训，从头到尾完成跨学科的心理学研究，以及（c）帮助他们为研究生水平的培训和心理学相关的职业做好准备。MB3计划的目标是增加对重要的个人和社会问题的观点的多样性，我们希望通过创建一个有才华的和多样化的本科生成为下一代心理学家的管道来解决这些问题。每年，10名大三或大四本科生将被选中参加为期一年的有偿研究经验，与导师一起在四个领域之一（即，发展、认知和计算、行为和系统神经科学以及临床科学）。在春季研讨会期间，学生参加为期10周的虚拟研讨会，了解项目导师，进行研究的基础知识，并完善他们的兴趣。春季研讨会完成后，学生开始他们的10周，在人的夏季研究计划在埃默里大学与他们指定的导师。在此期间，学生全职从事研究和专业发展活动。通过这种实践经验结束时，学生将产生一个跨学科的基础科学研究项目。主题包括强迫行为的遗传学影响，啮齿动物社会行为的生物学机制，听觉认知控制的灵长类动物模型，以及人类的适应和恢复力，仅举几例。学生将在研究方法，数据科学，道德和职业发展方面建立能力。在秋季研讨会，该计划的最后阶段，学生将会见他们的导师几乎建立强大的研究生院申请。总的来说，这些机会将通过增加来自不同背景的心理科学家的数量来建立行为科学的能力。该网站由国防部ASSURE计划与NSF REU计划合作支持。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This project is funded from the Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Sites program in the Directorate for Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (SBE) and the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (ASSURE) Program. Psychology is the science of behavior and application of the resulting knowledge to help solve individual and societal problems. The current lack of scientists from diverse backgrounds hinders innovation and problem-solving in the field. The MB3 Program at Emory University will address this issue by providing mentorship, research training, and early career support to undergraduate students from diverse backgrounds. MB3 will focus on students who would like to pursue interdisciplinary graduate training in psychology but lack resources at their home institution. Specifically, this REU program will (a) identify undergraduate students from underrepresented backgrounds across the nation who are at institutions without psychology graduate training programs to (b) be trained by leading experts, in completing interdisciplinary psychological research from start to finish, and (c) help prepare them for graduate level training and psychology related careers. The goal of the MB3 Program is to increase the diversity of perspectives on important individual and societal problems that we look to solve as a field by creating a pipeline of talented and diverse undergraduate students to become the next generation of psychologists. Each year, 10 junior or senior undergraduate students will be selected to participate in a year-long, paid research experience to work with a mentor to execute a research project in one of four areas (i.e., developmental, cognitive and computational, behavioral and systems neuroscience, and clinical science). During the Spring Workshop, students engage in a 10-week virtual seminar to learn about the program mentors, the basics of conducting research, and refine their interests. Upon completion of the Spring Workshop, students begin their 10-week, in-person summer research program at Emory University with their assigned mentor. During this period students engage full-time in research and professional development activities. By the end of this hands-on experience, students will have produced an interdisciplinary, basic science research project. Topics include the genetics influences of compulsive behaviors, biological mechanisms of social behavior in rodents, primate models of auditory cognitive control, and human adjustment and resilience, to name a few. Students will build competency in research methods, data science, ethics, and career development. During the Fall Workshop, the final phase of the program, students will meet with their mentor virtually to build strong graduate school applications. Overall, these opportunities will build capacity in behavioral science by increasing the number of psychological scientists from diverse backgrounds.This site is supported by the Department of Defense ASSURE program in partnership with the NSF REU program.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.