ADMINISTRATIVE CORE

项目总结（见说明）： 行政核心将协调中心的科学、教育和外联活动。 该核心的主要活动是推进个别项目研究的进展和整合。这将通过几种机制来实现，包括每周PI会议，所有参与者的秋季会议，将强调所有项目的新发现，春季务虚会，将审查年度进展 和未来的方向与外部顾问团的参与，PI和每个项目PI之间的季度审查，每年访问NIMH，和年度学生审查。我们的顾问委员会将包括该领域的5位杰出领导人，他们将每年评论我们的进展，并帮助我们制定明年的目标。 行政核心还指导研究生和博士后研究员的职业发展活动，包括与导师定期会议，每周午餐科学会议，以及几个职业发展活动，包括实践讲座和海报，课程规划，赠款写作和研究会议的负责任行为。核心将管理一个中心网站，该网站将发布论文，一个神经网络， 模拟器，以及公众可以访问和使用的新数据分析程序。行政核心还将协调许多外联活动，包括每周一次的记忆午餐演讲系列。 在学年本科研究机会，并为高中生的各种活动。此外，行政核心将协调一个中心的夏季本科生研究计划，该计划将招收有前途的本科生，特别强调招收少数民族学生。这些学生将参加中心实验室的研究，包括旅行的学生 从一个参与机构的实验室到另一个参与机构的夏季工作。这些学生还将有一个广泛的辅助活动，包括一对一和小组辅导，在研究演示，丰富的研讨会，并在中心的秋季会议的参与培训。暑期项目的成功将通过之前和之后的调查和跟踪继续参与STEM研究进行密切监测。

PROJECT SUMMARY (See instructions): The Administrative Core will coordinate the scientific, educational, and outreach activities of the Center. The main activity of this Core is to advance the progress and integration of the research in Individual Projects. This will be accomplished via several mechanisms including weekly PI meetings, a Fall Meeting of all participants that will highlight new findings in all projects, a Spring Retreat that will review annual progress and future directions with the participation of an External Advisory Panel, quarterly review between the PI and each project PI, an annual visit to NIMH, and annual student reviews. Our Advisory Board will include 5 emminent leaders in the field who will annually critique our progress and help us set goals for the next year. The Administrative Core also directs Career Development for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows with activities including periodic meetings with mentors, weekly lunch scientific sessions, and several career development activities including practice talks and posters, course planning, grant writing, and responsible conduct of research sessions. The Core will administer a Center website that will post papers, a neural simulator, and new data analysis programs that are accessable and useble by the public. The Administrative Core will also coordinate numerous outreach activities, including a weekly Memory Lunch speaker series. Undergraduate Research Opportunities in the academic year, and a variety of activities for high school students. In addition, the Administrative Core will coordinate a center Summer Undergraduate Research Program that will recruit promising undergraduate students, with special emphasis on recruitment of minorities. These students will participate in research in Center laboratories, including students that travel from a laboratory at one participating institution to work for the summer at another. These students will also have a broad range of ancillary activities, including one-on-one and group mentoring, training in research presentations, enrichment workshops, and participation in the Fall Meeting of the Center. The Summer Program success will be closely monitored via before and after surveys and tracking of continued participation in STEM research.