BRAiN: Building Research Achievement in Neuroscience

描述（由申请人提供）：建立神经科学研究成果（BRAIN）：通过机构合作伙伴关系的学生培训将通过为落基山脉和西南地区的不同本科生成功进入神经科学博士学位，弥合神经科学研究参与差距。程序. BRAiN联合了不同机构先前存在的正式研究和教育项目：位于安舒茨医学校区的科罗拉多丹佛大学的神经科学研究生项目（UCD-AMC的NSP），T32神经科学培训补助金的所在地;新墨西哥州州立大学（NMSU）的卓越生物医学研究教育计划，这是一个西班牙裔服务少数民族机构;以及科罗拉多大学丹佛市中心校区心理学系的本科生大脑和行为项目（UCD-DT）。BRAIN渴望通过与科罗拉多州立大学-普韦布洛和该地区其他学院的发展伙伴关系来扩大规模。广泛参与Ph.D.神经科学/行为管道将通过追求三个具体目标来实现：（1）从全国生物医学和行为神经科学研究代表性不足的不同人口群体中招募67名BRAiN学者;（2）发展神经科学/行为研究专业知识和BRAiN学者的专业技能;（3）通过研究生课程的招生保留BRAiN学者在神经科学/行为研究。BRAIN将提供强化培训，将指导独立研究与学生在神经科学核心概念中丰富知识基础的发展相结合。课程整合将通过一个共同的神经科学研讨会系列和神经科学核心课程实现。重点将放在加强导师技能，通过活动，如神经科学导师学院，教师将开会讨论学生培训，计划评估和课程改革。总的来说，拟议的活动将提供跨多个站点的综合研究和专业发展经验，利用21世纪世纪的科学调查资源，并对当代学生生活的实际方面作出反应。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Building Research Achievement in Neuroscience (BRAiN): Student Training through Institutional Partnerships will bridge the Neuroscience research participation gap by preparing diverse undergraduates in the Rocky Mountain and Southwest Region for successful entry to Neuroscience Ph.D. programs. BRAiN unites preexisting formal research and education programs at diverse institutions: the Neuroscience Graduate Program at the University of Colorado Denver in the Anschutz Medical Campus (NSP at UCD-AMC), home to a T32 Neuroscience Training Grant; the RISE to Excellence biomedical research education program at New Mexico State University (NMSU), a Hispanic serving minority institution; and the undergraduate Brain and Behavior program of the Department of Psychology at the University of Colorado Denver downtown campus (UCD-DT). BRAiN aspires to expand through developmental partnerships with Colorado State University- Pueblo and other colleges in the region. Broad participation in the Ph.D. Neuroscience/Behavior pipeline will be enabled through pursuit of three specific aims: (1) Recruitment of 67 BRAiN Scholars from diverse demographic groups that are nationally underrepresented in biomedical and behavioral neuroscience research; (2) Development of the Neuroscience/Behavior research expertise and professional skills of BRAiN Scholars; (3) Retention of BRAiN Scholars in Neuroscience/Behavior research through enrolment in postgraduate programs. BRAiN will provide intensive training that combines mentored independent research with student development of a rich knowledge base in Neuroscience core concepts. Curriculum integration will be achieved through a common Neuroscience Seminar Series and a Neuroscience Core Course. Emphasis will be placed on enhancement of mentorship skills through activities such as the Neuroscience Mentor Academy where faculty will meet to discuss student training, program evaluation, and curriculum reform. Taken together, proposed activities will provide an integrated research and professional development experience across multiple sites that leverages 21st century resources for scientific investigation and is responsive to practical aspects of contemporary student life.