Neuro-aCSis – Bonn Neuroscience Clinician Scientist Program

我们在这里建议建立一个结构化的神经科学为中心的初级CS（JCS）程序，神经aCSis。该计划旨在补充波恩大学医学院现有的没有特定主题重点的结构，如初级和高级临床医生科学家计划BONFOR和BMBF资助的高级临床医生科学家计划ACCENT。在当前临床医生科学家的投入指导下，我们开发了一种创新概念，以识别和解决他们在Neuro-aCSis计划中未满足的需求。神经aCSis将专注于了解神经系统与其他器官系统的复杂相互作用如何影响人类疾病过程，从而将医学系和波恩大学的核心研究领域联系起来。总体目标是促进跨学科，更好地了解系统，外部或环境因素如何导致神经和精神疾病，以及如何利用这一点来预测，诊断，预防或治疗这些疾病。JCS将通过个人指导，职业发展建议，国际轮换，科学和临床培训和网络活动的旅行赠款来支持。他们将可以使用波恩技术生命科学园区，提供各种核心设施。此外，一项联合合作计划（CAP）将使JCS与科学机构建立联系，进一步提供尖端技术和实验室，并增加跨学科性和翻译潜力。JCS将进一步受益于研究行政支持中心（RASC）。在3年的计划中，JCS将在第一年获得100%的受保护研究时间，在第二年和第三年获得50%的受保护研究时间，以及项目资金和合同，其中包括董事会认证的时间。在该计划期间，JCS可以从校内BONFOR计划申请额外的人员资金。临床部门的主任将通过灵活的工作时间、快速的临床轮换、科学独立性和长期的合同承诺来支持JCS。我们计划的另一个核心方面是促进性别平等和多样性的措施，目标是支持至少50%的女性JCS。院长，作为神经aCSis职业委员会的一部分，将讨论每个JCS的个人职业计划，长期就业机会和职业选择与JCS和各自的临床部门负责人一起。医学院为成功完成该项目的JCS提供职业支持措施，包括几个高级临床医生-科学家项目。总之，JCS Neuro-aCSis项目将加强波恩大学的临床和转化概况，并促进未来的转化研究网络和临床研究小组。因此，医学院承诺在资助期结束后继续开展神经-aCSis项目。

We here propose to establish a structured Neuroscience-centered junior CS (JCS) Program, Neuro-aCSis. This program is designed to complement existing structures without a specific thematic focus at the Medical Faculty of Bonn University, such as the Junior and Advanced Clinician Scientist program BONFOR and the BMBF-funded Advanced Clinician Scientist Program ACCENT. Guided by input from current clinician scientists, we have developed an innovative concept to identify and address their unmet needs in the Neuro-aCSis program. Neuro-aCSis will be focused on understanding how the complex interactions of the nervous system with other organ systems influence human disease processes, thus linking core research areas of the Medical Faculty and the University of Bonn. The overall goals are to foster interdisciplinarity and to better understand how systemic, external or environmental factors contribute to neurological and psychiatric diseases, and how this can be leveraged to predict, diagnose, prevent or treat these diseases.JCS will be supported by individual mentoring, career development advice, travel grants for international rotations, scientific and clinical training and networking activities. They will have access to the Bonn Technology Campus Life Sciences, offering a large range of core facilities. In addition, a Co-Affiliation-Program (CAP) will affiliate JCS with scientific institutes, providing further access to cutting-edge technologies and laboratories, and increasing interdisciplinarity and the potential for translation. JCS will further benefit from a Research Administrative Support Center (RASC).Within the 3-year program, JCS will be granted 100% protected research time in the first and 50% in the second and third year, together with project funding and a contract which covers the time until board certification. During the program, JCS can apply for additional personnel funding from the intramural BONFOR program. The directors of the clinical departments will support the JCS with flexible work times, fast access to clinical rotations, scientific independence and a long-term contractual commitment. Another core aspect of our program are measures to promote gender equality and diversity, with the goal to support at least 50% female JCS in the program. The Dean, as part of the Neuro-aCSis Career Committee, will discuss each JCS’s individual career plans, long-term employment opportunities and career options together with the JCS and the respective clinical department head. The Medical Faculty offers career support measures to JCS who have successfully completed the program, including several advanced clinician-scientist programs.In summary, the JCS Neuro-aCSis program will strengthen the clinical and translational profile of Bonn University, and promote future translational research networks and clinical research groups. The Medical Faculty therefore has made a commitment to continue the Neuro-aCSis program beyond the funding period.