Research Innovation in NeuroScience Education for Underserved Populations (RISE UP)

典型的机构努力增加生物医学管道中种族/少数民族和弱势大学生（urm）的数量，主要侧重于培养研究和专业发展技能。事实上，提高这些技能将为研究生院做好准备。然而，许多urm在追求神经科学博士学位方面面临着传统的暑期本科研究项目无法解决的额外障碍。为了满足这一关键需求，辛辛那提大学的“面向服务不足人群的神经科学教育研究创新”（RISE UP）暑期研究项目的目标是提供一种独特的学习体验，将传统和创新的方法结合起来，激励本科urm从事神经科学方面的职业。我们将通过以下方法来实现这一目标：(1)在拟议的资助期内，积极而集中地从全国各地招募50名对神经科学感兴趣的优秀RISE UP暑期学者；(2)提供辛辛那提大学研究基本要素的培训（例如，负责任的研究行为/伦理培训）和神经科学研究的基础知识；(3)在一流的神经科学实验室中创造个性化的研究体验，与自己的职业兴趣紧密匹配；(4)设计创新的研讨会和工作坊，加强学术和专业发展，促进进入神经科学博士课程；(5)领导鼓舞人心的社会情感研讨会和讲习班，为urm在追求神经科学博士学位时不成比例地面临的当代问题提供解决方案；(6)为整个RISE UP社区提供文化能力和内隐偏见培训；(7)提供双管齐下的指导策略，包括RISE UP的教师导师和多元化大使；(8)确保对每位RISE UP学者的长期投资超出了拟议的夏季资助期。重要的是，NINDS对RISE UP项目的资助将补充医学院对神经科学教育多样性招聘和包容性的强大财政支持。考虑到目前的资金环境，在神经科学领域吸引、招募和留住学生变得越来越困难，尤其是urm，迫切需要创新的方法来鼓励和支持历史上代表性不足的学生留在生物医学领域。为RISE UP项目提供的资金将使我们能够通过早期干预教育管道来做到这一点，使我们的学者为研究生院的学术和社会情感的严格要求做好准备。

Typical institutional efforts to increase the number of racial/ethnic minority and disadvantaged college students (URMs) in the biomedical pipeline primarily focus on building research and professional development skills. Indeed, enhancing these skills will increase preparedness for graduate school. However, many URMs face additional barriers in pursuit of a neuroscience doctoral degree that are not addressed by conventional summer undergraduate research programs. To address this critical need, the goal of the Research Innovation in NeuroScience Education for Underserved Populations (RISE UP) summer research program at the University of Cincinnati is to provide a unique learning experience that combines both traditional and innovative approaches to inspire undergraduate URMs to pursue a career in neuroscience. We will accomplish this goal using the following methods: (1) an aggressive and focused effort to recruit 50 outstanding RISE UP summer scholars from around the country with an interest in neuroscience over the proposed funding period; (2) provide training in the essentials of research at the University of Cincinnati (e.g., responsible conduct of research/ethics training) and the fundamentals of neuroscience research; (3) create individualized research experiences in top-notch neuroscience laboratories that closely match their career interests; (4) design innovative seminars and workshops that strengthen academic and professional development to facilitate entry into neuroscience doctoral programs; (5) lead inspiring socio-emotional seminars and workshops that tap into and provide solutions for contemporary issues that URMs disproportionately face in pursuit of a neuroscience doctoral degree; (6) provide cultural competency and implicit bias training for the entire RISE UP community; (7) provide a two-pronged mentoring strategy that includes a RISE UP faculty mentor and a diversity ambassador; (8) ensure long-term investment in each RISE UP scholar that extends beyond the proposed summer funding period. Importantly, NINDS funding for the RISE UP program will supplement the strong financial support from the College of Medicine for diversity recruitment and inclusion in neuroscience education. Considering the current funding climate, it is becoming increasingly difficult to attract, recruit, and retain students, especially URMs, in neuroscience, and innovative approaches are urgently needed to encourage and support historically underrepresented students to remain in the biomedical pipeline. Funding for the RISE UP program will allow us to do this by intervening early on in the educational pipeline to prepare our scholars for the academic and socio-emotional rigors of graduate school.