Neuroscience Research Opportunities to Increase Diversity (NeuroID)

 描述（由申请人提供）： 这项提案题为神经科学研究机会，以增加多样性（NeuroID）从波多黎各里约Piedras校区的大学旨在增加本科生在神经科学领域的机会。该提案建立在当前资助期间收集的经验基础上，以提高和加强NeuroID计划的指导和培训活动，重点是发展主动学习技能和加强情感能力。NeuroID利用UPR调查人员强大的神经科学专业知识，加强了基础神经科学网络，将本科生，岛屿调查人员及其在大陆机构的合作者联系起来。NeuroID计划的主要目标是通过建立一批感兴趣的学生来增加神经科学的多样性，这些学生将接受神经科学相关研究的学术和专业培训。被选中的学生将是来自不同性别，种族，社会地位和身体需求的西班牙裔。该计划的核心是基于研究目的培训理念为本科生提供全面的研究体验。该培训计划包括三个主要组成部分：（1）研究经验-在学年和两个研究夏季经验密集的研究经验：一个在普遍定期审议，另一个在实验室在美国大陆的一个机构，有活跃的T32培训赠款在神经科学和/或在招聘和培训代表性不足的少数民族优秀的记录。(2)学术培训-基于积极学习活动，研讨会，研讨会和精选课程的学术计划，以提高他们在神经生物学，定量生物学和研究生涯的理解方面的知识。(3)学生发展活动-参与者将进入一个辅导计划，其中包括社区外展活动，科学写作，口头陈述和职业咨询，以提高他们的专业能力。拟议的活动与神经科学界的种族和种族代表成员作为榜样的既定指导计划一起，将有助于提高学生的竞争力，并提高他们继续神经科学研究生涯的兴趣。NeuroID计划将扩大波多黎各大学其他成功计划的影响，不仅关注神经科学领域，还将该计划扩展到圣胡安大都市地区的小学本科院校的学生，这增加了可用申请人的数量，并提供了包容性和更广泛的培训计划。

 DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This proposal entitled Neuroscience Research Opportunities to Increase Diversity (NeuroID) from the University of Puerto Rico Rio Piedras Campus aims to increase the opportunities available for undergraduate students in the area of Neurosciences. This proposal builds upon the experiences gathered during the current funding period to enhance and strengthen the mentoring and training activities of the NeuroID program, incorporating an emphasis in developing active-learning skills and strengthen emotional competence. NeuroID takes advantage of the strong Neuroscience expertise among UPR investigators and fortifies the underlying neuroscience network that joins undergraduate students, island investigators and their collaborators in mainland institutions. The main goal of the NeuroID program is to increase diversity in the neurosciences by establishing a cohort of interested students that will receive academic and professional training in neuroscience-related research. The selected students will be Hispanics from different gender, race, social status and physical needs. The core of the program is a comprehensive research experience for undergraduate students based on a research-with-purpose training philosophy. The training program consists of three major components: (1) Research Experience - An intense research experience during the academic year and two research summer experiences: one at the UPR and the other in a laboratory at an institution in the mainland USA that have active T32 training grants in neuroscience and/or excellent track record in recruiting and training underrepresented minorities. (2) Academic training - an academic program based on active learning activities, seminars, workshops and selected courses to enhance their knowledge in neurobiology, quantitative biology and understanding of a research career. (3) Student development activities - Participants will enter a mentoring program that includes community outreach activities, writing in science, oral presentations and career counseling to enhance their professional capabilities. The proposed activities together with an established mentoring program with ethnic and race-representative members of the Neuroscience community as role models will serve to increase the student competitiveness and enhance their interest in continuing a research career in neuroscience. The NeuroID program will extend the impact of other successful programs at the University of Puerto Rico, not only by focusing on the neuroscience field but also by greatly expanding the program to students from primarily-undergraduate institutions in the San Juan metropolitan areas, which increases the pool of available applicants as well as providing an inclusive and broader training program.