Vision Training Grant

摘要 这是一份申请继续资助大学视力训练补助金(VTG)的申请书 华盛顿大学(UW)包括六个部门和四个部门的27名教官 跨部门计划。我们的目标是培养下一代独立的视力 科学家在视觉子领域广泛交流和获取技术，并 重视基础研究和临床研究之间的联系，以求发展 视觉系统疾病的治疗。请拨资金为四名学生提供培训 两名博士后实习生有效地将科学原理传达给 广泛的受众，在赠款写作中作为独立的途径，并提供接触 视觉研究中的广泛主题和技术，从单个蛋白质和 从分子到系统层面的神经科学和认知。实习生必须参加一个 周刊俱乐部，每周，讲师们讨论他们所在领域的一篇有影响力的论文。 学员还将参加每月的午餐会，在午餐会上讨论包括道德在内的各种主题 并将讨论其他职业选择。受训者每人将展示他们的作品两次 一次是在VTG学员年度研讨会上的演讲，另一次是在 “在翻译中获得”愿景研讨会，参加VTG研讨会和参加VTG午餐 与来访的演讲者一起，准备一份独立的奖助金提交，并参与培训 以负责任的方式进行研究。博士后实习生也被要求参加HIT 这是一个为博士后提供指导的项目。学员还将得到指导 与成功完成研究项目和选择替代职业有关。 对博士后实习生支持两年，对博士后实习生支持一年。这个 视力培训补助金目前是支持博士后和博士后学员的唯一来源 他们想要致力于视觉和眼科的生物医学研究。

ABSTRACT This is an application for continued funding for the Vision Training Grant (VTG) at the University of Washington (UW) which includes 27 preceptors in six Departments and four Interdepartmental Programs. Our goal is to train the next generation of independent vision scientists to communicate and access techniques broadly across vision sub-fields, and to appreciate the links between fundamental and clinical research with the aim of developing treatments for diseases of the visual system. Funds are requested to provide training for four pre- and two post-doctoral trainees in the effective communication of scientific principles to a broad audience, in grant-writing as a pathway to independence, and to provide exposure to a broad range of topics and techniques in vision research ranging from individual proteins and molecules to systems-level neuroscience and cognition. Trainees are required to attend a weekly journal club where, each week, preceptors discuss an influential paper in their sub-field. Trainees will also participate in monthly lunches where a wide variety of topics including ethics and alternative career options will be discussed. Trainees will present their work twice each year--once as a talk at an annual symposium for VTG trainees, and another as a poster at the “Gained in Translation” Vision symposium, attend VTG seminars and participate in VTG lunches with the visiting speaker, prepare an independent grant for submission and participate in training for responsible conduct of research. Postdoctoral trainees are also required to participate in “Hit the Ground Running”, a mentoring program for postdocs. Trainees will also receive mentorship related to the successful completion of research projects and options for alternative careers. Predoctoral trainees will be supported for two years and postdoctoral trainees for one year. The Vision Training Grant is currently the only source of support for pre- and post-doctoral trainees who want to commit to biomedical research in Vision and Ophthalmology.