Supplement to Neurobiological Engineering Training Program

总结 NBETP的使命是培养早期和中期阶段的研究生成为未来的领导者 神经生物学和工程学的结合点这是通过混合 神经科学和工程的课程要求，包括几个专门的神经技术， nology类，以及通过指导和社区相关的活动，鼓励 学生领导和职业发展。被录取进入该计划的学生被选中 基于智力水平，领导潜力，对神经生物工程的承诺 研究，愿意承担风险和可能改变游戏规则的项目，以及多样性。斯图- 研究人员致力于新兴生物工程技术的创新，使基础， 谈论与广泛神经生物学相关的具有转化潜力的生物学发现， 精神疾病，包括神经精神和神经病症，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， NIBIB的整体使命，它们还与NIMH，NINDS， 和NIDA。一个行政结构监督培训计划的方向，学生admis- 锡永和评估。与NBETP相关的Preceptors包括一组具有双- 诗，多学科的专业知识，包括多个部门和多个交叉点， 将生物工程、电气工程、化学和神经科学等传统学科结合起来， 生物学因此，该计划非常符合“基础广泛的NRSA培训计划”的轮廓， 如NOT-EB-07-005所述。目前资助四名博士生参加- 每个人都要参加两年的项目。在最初的五年里，该计划吸引了各种各样的 培训期间和之后，为他们提供了重要和丰富的经验。 供资期间。该计划还有助于大量的研究和领导能力， 学员个人的成就，以及足迹的显著扩大， 在麻省理工学院及其他地方的神经工程研究和教育的可见性。在接下来的五年里， 如果我们的续约申请获得支持，我们将有令人兴奋的机会，以提高亲， 克，为我们的学员开发更多的经验，并开始观察以下结果 第一批学员的毕业典礼我们希望该计划能得到进一步的更新， 从NIH的资金，我们有信心，该计划可以继续提供杰出的 对我们的学员和更广泛的社区都有好处。

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.