Neuroscience Training Grant

 描述(由申请人提供)：这是一项联合赞助的培训助学金的竞争性更新，目前为科罗拉多大学医学院神经科学培训计划(NSP)的6名博士研究生提供资金。NSP是一个跨学科的博士学位授予学位，始于1986年，自2001年以来一直由联合赞助的培训补助金资助。NSP有60名教职员工，其中56人参与了这项申请。教职员工有出色的培训记录。我们的毕业生作为院士和科学家取得了很好的成就。我们研究生在校期间平均发表的稿件数量为3篇。NSP的重点是培养杰出的神经科学家和院士，他们将对神经生物学做出重大贡献，成为该领域的领导者，并将这些品质传授给未来几代神经科学家。此外，我们的目标是培养学生以负责任的、专业的方式进行研究。在上一个供资期间，新战略计划进行了外部审查，并迅速采取行动，将审查人员的建议付诸实施。课程委员会与署长密切合作，改进了为实现这些目标而设计的课程。NSP的重点是通过第一年的课程和实验室轮换培养越来越多的独立性、负责任的行为和批判性思维，以便在第二年和以后，我们有学生 他们独立思考，并有效地开发、解决问题和交流他们自己假设驱动的项目的结果。

 DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This is a competitive renewal of a Jointly Sponsored Training Grant that currently funds 6 slots for pre-thesis Ph.D. students in the Neuroscience Training Program (NSP) at the University of Colorado, School of Medicine. The NSP is an interdisciplinary Ph.D. granting degree started in 1986 that has been funded by the Jointly Sponsored Training Grant since 2001. The NSP has 60 faculty members of whom 56 are on this application. The faculty have an outstanding training record. Our graduates have a strong record of achievements as academicians and scientists. The average number of manuscripts published by our graduate students during their tenure was 3 manuscripts. The focus of the NSP is on training outstanding neuroscientists and academicians who will make significant contributions to neurobiology, become leaders in the field and impart these qualities to future generations of neuroscientists. In addition, we aim to foster development of students who approach research in a responsible, professional manner. In the last funding period, the NSP had its external review and acted quickly to put the reviewers' recommendations into practice. The Curriculum Committee, working in close collaboration with the Director, refined the curriculum designed to attain these goals. The emphasis of NSP is on fostering increasing independence, responsible conduct and critical thinking through courses and laboratory rotations in the first year of instruction so that, in the second year and beyond, we have students who think independently and develop, troubleshoot and communicate effectively the results of their own hypothesis-driven projects.