Summer Program for Under Represented Students (SPURS)

描述（由申请人提供）：哥伦比亚大学的“弱势学生暑期项目”（SPURS）项目为哥伦比亚大学内科和外科医生学院校园内的有才华的学生提供了一个强烈的本科研究经历，这些学生来自传统上在生物和化学领域代表性不足的背景。马刺队的参与者主要来自纽约城市大学（CUNY）的高级学院，包括亨特学院、布鲁克林学院、皇后区学院和城市学院。马刺提供有意义的生物医学研究培训，并提高学生通过攻读高级学位（博士学位）实现科学事业的可能性。为了扩大少数族裔本科生参与高质量、专注和持续的神经科学研究经验的机会，P&S神经科学系主任Steven Siegelbaum博士（P.I.）与哥伦比亚大学马刺项目创始人Andrew Marks博士合作。通过NIH的夏季研究经验项目征集（PAR-11-050, CFDA 93.853）获得支持的学生将在NINDS支持的哥伦比亚大学神经科学家（目前有86名哥伦比亚大学教师获得NINDS支持）的指导下进行为期10周的暑期实践研究。除了神经科学方面的专门培训外，学生们还将接受研究方法方面的深入培训，包括：(a)实验的设计和分析；(b)通过期刊俱乐部和科学伦理讨论批判性阅读科学文献；(c)在实验室会议上介绍科学成果；(d)在海报会议上介绍他们的研究；(e)向科学家听众口头介绍他们的研究；（六）职业咨询。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Columbia University's Summer Program for Underrepresented Students (SPURS) program provides an intense undergraduate research experience on the campus of Columbia's College of Physicians & Surgeons for talented students from backgrounds that are traditionally under- represented in the biology and chemistry fields. SPURS participants are accepted primarily from the City University of New York (CUNY) senior colleges, including Hunter, Brooklyn, Queens, and City Colleges. SPURS provides meaningful training in biomedical research, and enhances the likelihood that the students will achieve a career in science by pursuing an advanced degree (Ph.D.). To expand opportunities for minority undergraduate students to participate in high quality, focused and sustained research experiences in the neurosciences, Dr. Steven Siegelbaum (P.I.), Chair of the Department of Neuroscience at P&S, has joined forces with Dr. Andrew Marks, founder of Columbia University's SPURS program. Students selected for support through NIH's Summer Research Experience Programs solicitation (PAR-11-050, CFDA 93.853) will perform hands-on research for ten summer weeks under the mentorship of NINDS-supported Columbia University neuroscientists (currently 86 Columbia University faculty receive NINDS support). In addition to specific training in neuroscience, the students will receive in-depth training in research methodology including: (a) the design and analysis of experiments; (b) critical reading of the scientific literature through journal clubs and discussions of ethics in science; (c) the presentation of scientific results at laboratory meetings; (d) presentation of their research at poster sessions; (e) an oral presentation of their research to an audience of scientists; and (f) career counseling.