UAB Blazer BRAIN (Broadening Representation And Inclusion in Neuroscience) Summer Program

项目摘要 我们为Blazer大脑寻求NINDS R25资金(扩大神经科学的代表性和包容性) 阿拉巴马大学伯明翰分校(UAB)的课程。尽管来自美国的公民人数 在过去，获得科学博士学位的代表不足的少数群体(URM)有所增加 十年来，URM仍然只占美国科学家的一小部分。我们的UAB开拓者 Brain Program是一项夏季研究体验，针对阻碍成功的障碍，目标是 增加神经科学研究领域不同背景的学员数量。我们将招收优秀人才 来自我们在AL和全国的五所HBCU合作机构的本科生，重点是东南部 区域。我们的目标是让Blazer Brain本科生研究健康的神经系统 在我们联邦资助的教师导师的实验室里，UAB的神经疾病。(续) UAB医学院和综合神经科学中心对神经科学的投资， Blazer Brain计划的未来是安全的，学者们将从充满活力的神经科学中受益 目前，NIH的资金超过6000万美元，其中约2400万美元来自NINDS。 Blazer Brain计划将包括由计划主任和研究人员导师提供的职业建议。 此外，Blazer Brain计划将与NIH R25资助的UAB路线图学者(RMS)合作 该计划也旨在促进神经科学研究的多样性，但在研究生层面，通过匹配 开拓者大脑学者与RMS志向导师(RAMS)，让我们的学者“看到自己” 从事生物医学研究事业的科学家。Blazer Brain学者也将被邀请参加RMS神经 会议，每年夏天在UAB举行。Blazer Brain计划的其他增值部分包括 作为一名主要生物医学的神经学家，向他们的导师学习职业和工作生活的平衡 研究型大学；提高科学交流能力；有机会在 区域(UAB夏季研究博览会)和国家(ABRCMS、SACNAS或SFN)会议；并在 准备研究生入学申请。我们最初资助期的主要目标是展示 博士生项目录取率最低为60%。制定了严格的评估计划 通过旨在实现这一成功的指标，以及将从Blazer Brain学者、导师、 以及内部和外部咨询委员会。如果成功，UAB Blazer Brain计划将增加 神经科学研究的多样性，并反过来促进丰富多样的劳动力在 生物医学科学。

PROJECT ABSTRACT We seek NINDS R25 funding for the Blazer BRAIN (Broadening Representation And Inclusion in Neuroscience) Program at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). Although the number of U.S. citizens from underrepresented minority (URM) groups earning doctoral degrees in science has increased over the past decade, URMs continue to represent a small proportion of the scientists in the United States. Our UAB Blazer BRAIN Program is a summer research experience that targets the obstacles impeding success with the goal of increasing the number of trainees from diverse backgrounds in neuroscience research. We will recruit talented undergraduates from our five partner HBCU institutions in AL, and nationally with a focus on the southeast region. We aim to expose Blazer BRAIN undergraduate Scholars to research on the healthy nervous system and neurological disease at UAB in laboratories of our federally funded faculty mentors. With continued investment in Neuroscience at UAB by the School of Medicine and the Comprehensive Neuroscience Center, the future of the Blazer BRAIN program is secure, and Scholars will benefit from the vibrant neuroscience environment at UAB that currently exceeds $60M in NIH funding, with approximately $24M of that from NINDS. The Blazer BRAIN Program will include career advising by the Program directors and research faculty mentors. In addition, the Blazer BRAIN Program will partner with the NIH R25-funded UAB Roadmap Scholars (RMS) Program, which also aims to promote diversity in neuroscience research but at the graduate level, by matching Blazer BRAIN Scholars with RMS Aspirational Mentors (RAMs), to allow our Scholars to “see themselves” as scientists in biomedical research careers. Blazer BRAIN Scholars will also be invited to attend the RMS NEURAL conference, held every summer at UAB. Other value-added components of the Blazer BRAIN Program include learning from their mentors about careers and work life balance as a neuroscientist at a major biomedical research university; improvement of scientific communication skills; opportunities to present research at a regional (UAB Summer Research EXPO) and national (ABRCMS, SACNAS or SfN) meeting; and assistance in preparing applications for graduate school. Our primary goal for the initial funding period is to demonstrate minimum 60% acceptance rate of Blazer BRAIN Scholars to PhD Programs. A rigorous evaluation plan is place with metrics designed to achieve this success, with input to be received from Blazer BRAIN Scholars, mentors, and internal and external advisory committees. If successful, the UAB Blazer BRAIN Program will increase diversity in neuroscience research, and in turn promote the development of a richly diverse workforce in the biomedical sciences.