Neuroscience Research Opportunities to Increase Diversity (NeuroID)

这份名为《神经科学研究机会增加多样性（NeuroID）》的提案来自波多黎各大学（UPR）里约热内卢Piedras校区，旨在增加本科生在神经科学领域的机会。这项建议是基于在两个资助期间收集的经验，以加强和加强对少数民族学生的指导和培训活动，使他们在研究生院和以后的竞争中具有竞争力。NeuroID利用普遍定期审议研究者中强大的神经科学专业知识，并加强了本科生、岛屿研究者及其合作者之间的基础神经科学网络。这一更新也扩大了该计划对来自大都市地区五所主要本科私立机构的学生的影响。NeuroID计划的主要目标是通过建立一群感兴趣的学生来增加神经科学的多样性，这些学生将接受神经科学相关研究的学术和专业培训。该项目将惠及超过95%的拉美裔学生，他们的性别、种族、社会地位和身体需求各不相同。该计划的核心是为本科生提供全面的研究体验和一系列强化学生作为神经科学家身份的活动。培训计划包括三个主要部分：(1)研究经历-在学年期间有一次密集的研究经历和两次暑期研究经历：一次是在普遍定期审议中，另一次是在美国大陆的一个机构的实验室中，该机构在神经科学方面有积极的T32培训资助和/或在招募和培训未被充分代表的少数民族方面有出色的记录。(2)学术培训-基于主动学习活动、研讨会、讲习班和选定课程的学术计划，以提高他们在神经生物学、定量生物学方面的知识和对研究事业的理解。(3)学生发展活动——参与者将参加一个指导计划，包括社区拓展活动、科学写作、口头报告和职业咨询，以提高他们的专业能力。拟议的活动将有助于提高学生的竞争力，并提高他们继续从事神经科学研究的兴趣。NeuroID项目将扩大波多黎各大学其他成功项目的影响，不仅专注于神经科学领域，而且还将该项目大大扩展到圣胡安大都市区主要本科院校的学生，这增加了可用申请人的数量，并提供了一个包容性和更广泛的培训项目。

This proposal entitled Neuroscience Research Opportunities to Increase Diversity (NeuroID) from the University of Puerto Rico (UPR) Rio Piedras Campus aims to increase the opportunities available for undergraduate students in the area of Neurosciences. This proposal builds upon the experiences gathered during two funding period to enhance and strengthen the mentoring and training activities of Underrepresented Minority students to make them competitive for graduate school and beyond. NeuroID takes advantage of the strong Neuroscience expertise among UPR investigators and fortifies the underlying neuroscience network that joins undergraduate students, island investigators and their collaborators. This renewal also expands the impact of the program to students from five mainly undergraduate private institutions in the metropolitan area. The main goal of the NeuroID program is to increase diversity in the neurosciences by establishing a cohort of interested students that will receive academic and professional training in neuroscience-related research. The program will benefit a student population over 95% Hispanics of different gender, race, social status and physical needs. The core of the program is a comprehensive research experience for undergraduate students and a series of activities that reinforce student’s identity as neuroscientists. The training program consists of three major components: (1) Research Experience - An intense research experience during the academic year and two research summer experiences: one at the UPR and the other in a laboratory at an institution in the mainland USA that have active T32 training grants in neuroscience and/or excellent track record in recruiting and training underrepresented minorities. (2) Academic training – an academic program based on active learning activities, seminars, workshops and selected courses to enhance their knowledge in neurobiology, quantitative biology and understanding of a research career. (3) Student development activities - Participants will enter a mentoring program that includes community outreach activities, writing in science, oral presentations and career counseling to enhance their professional capabilities. The proposed activities will serve to increase the student competitiveness and enhance their interest in continuing a research career in neuroscience. The NeuroID program will extend the impact of other successful programs at the University of Puerto Rico, not only by focusing on the neuroscience field but also by greatly expanding the program to students from primarily-undergraduate institutions in the San Juan metropolitan areas, which increases the pool of available applicants as well as providing an inclusive and broader training program.