Center for Visual and Cognitive Neuroscience

 描述（由申请人提供）：NDSU COBRE视觉和认知神经科学中心（CVCN）在实现其第一阶段和第二阶段的具体目标方面取得了重大进展。我们通过创建和维护六个多用户科学/技术核心设施来加强生物医学研究基础设施。我们扩大了视觉和认知神经科学的研究能力，招募了六名新创建的终身教职人员。我们提升了我们作为系统神经科学科学发现贡献者的声誉，并通过提高我们的科学生产力水平，增强了我们吸引优秀教师和学生加入我们企业并获得外部资金的能力。六个CVCN核心设施在进行450多个科学项目中发挥了重要作用，迄今为止，这些项目已经产生了400多个演讲和300多个同行评审的出版物。技术服务核心员工因其卓越的服务而受到国家国防科学研究院的认可。CVCN研究人员的研究空间增加了两倍; CVCN现在占据了8，500平方英尺的Minard Hall，最近获得了1800万美元的翻新。该试点项目计划已经获得了9个奖项，产生了58篇同行评审论文，142篇科学报告和41项申请3280万美元的资助提案，并成功竞争了15项总计330万美元的资助奖。

 DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The NDSU COBRE Center for Visual and Cognitive Neuroscience (CVCN) has made significant progress toward fulfilling its Specific Aims in Phases I and II. We enhanced the biomedical research infrastructure by creating and maintaining six multiuser Scientific/Technical Core facilities. We expanded research capability in visual and cognitive neuroscience by recruiting six additional faculty into newly created tenure-track lines. We elevated our reputation as a contributor to scientific discovery in systems neuroscience, and enhanced our ability to attract highly talented faculty and students to join our enterprise and to secure external funding, by increasing our level of scientific productivity. The six CVCN Core facilities have been instrumental in conducting over 450 scientific projects which have resulted in over 400 presentations and over 300 peer- reviewed publications to date. Technical Services Core staffs have been recognized by NDSU for excellence in service. Research space for CVCN researchers has tripled; the CVCN now occupies 8,500 ft2 of Minard Hall, which recently received an $18M renovation. The Pilot Project Program has made nine awards resulting in 58 peer-reviewed papers, 142 scientific presentations, and 41 grant proposals requesting $32.8 M, and competing successfully for 15 grant awards totaling $3.3 M.