Neurobiological Engineering Training Program

摘要 NBETP的使命是培养早中期的研究生成为未来的领导者 处于神经生物学和工程学的交界处。这是通过混合使用 神经科学和工程学的课程要求，包括几个专门的神经技术- Nology课程，以及通过导师和与社区相关的活动鼓励 学生领导力和职业发展。被录取进入该项目的学生将被选中 基于智力水平、领导潜力、对神经生物工程的承诺 研究，愿意承担高风险和可能改变游戏规则的项目，以及多样性。学生-- Dentes致力于新兴生物工程技术的创新，使基础- 与广泛的神经生物学相关的具有翻译潜力的TAL生物学发现- 精神疾病，包括神经精神和神经疾病，以及成瘾。目标 因此，该计划的目标与NIBIB资助的T32赠款的目标非常一致，并 NIBIB的整体使命，他们还与NIMH，NINDS， 和NIDA。行政机构监督培训计划的方向，学生崇拜- Sion和评估。与NBETP相关的教员包括一组教职员工，他们都有- Verse，涵盖多个部门和多学科交叉的多学科专业知识 许多传统学科，如生物工程、电气工程、化学和神经学-- 生物学。因此，该计划非常符合“基础广泛的NRSA培训计划”的概况，因为 在NOT-EB-07-005中描述。基金目前为四名博士后学生提供助教-- 在该计划中每项为期两年。在最初的五年里，该计划吸引了不同的 一组实习生，并在培训期间和之后为他们提供了重要和丰富的经验 资助期。该计划还为实质性的研究和领导力做出了贡献。 个别受训人员的完成，以及足迹的显著扩大和 神经工程研究和教育在麻省理工学院和其他地方的可见度。在接下来的五年， 如果我们的续期申请获得支持，我们将有令人兴奋的机会来提高 GRAM，为我们的学员开发更多的经验，并开始观察以下结果 我们第一批学员的毕业典礼。我们希望该计划能得到进一步的续签 来自美国国立卫生研究院的资助，我们相信该计划能够继续提供出色的 为我们的实习生和更广泛的社区带来好处。

SUMMARY The mission of the NBETP is to train early-mid stage graduate students to become future leaders at the interface between neurobiology and engineering. This is accomplished via a blend of course requirements in neuroscience and engineering, including several dedicated neurotech- nology classes, as well as through mentorship and community-associated events that encourage student leadership and career development. Students admitted into the program are selected based on intellectual caliber, leadership potential, commitment to neurobiological engineering research, willingness to take on risky and potentially game-changing projects, and diversity. Stu- dents are engaged in innovation of emerging bioengineered technologies that enable fundamen- tal biological discoveries with translational potential related to a broad spectrum of neurobiolog- ical diseases including neuropsychiatric and neurological conditions, as well as addiction. Goals of the program are thus very well aligned to the objectives of NIBIB-funded T32 grants and to the mission of NIBIB overall, and they also synergize with interests of ICs such as NIMH, NINDS, and NIDA. An administrative structure oversees the training program’s direction, student admis- sion, and assessments. Preceptors associated with the NBETP include a set of faculty with di- verse, multidisciplinary expertise encompassing multiple departments and intersection of multi- ple traditional disciplines such as bioengineering, electrical engineering, chemistry, and neuro- biology. The program thus closely fits the profile of a “broad-based NRSA training program,” as described in NOT-EB-07-005. Funding currently provides for four predoctoral students to partic- ipate in the program for two years each. In its first five years, the program has attracted a diverse set of trainees and offered them important and enriching experiences during and after their funded periods. The program has also contributed to substantial research and leadership ac- complishments by individual trainees, as well as to significant expansion of the footprint and visibility of neuroengineering research and education at MIT and beyond. In the next five years, if our renewal application is supported, we will have exciting opportunities to enhance the pro- gram, develop further experiences for our trainees, and begin to observe outcomes following graduation of our first cohorts of trainees. We hope that the program can be renewed with further funding from the NIH, and we are confident that the program can continue to offer outstanding benefits to our trainees and to the broader community.