Summer Program for Under Represented Students (SPURS)

项目摘要 此申请是为了更新对代表不足的学生暑期计划的资助 （SPURS）。哥伦比亚大学的SPURS计划提供了一个密集的本科研究 在哥伦比亚的内科医生和外科医生学院（P&S）的校园里， 来自生物医学研究背景的学生。开始与 来自纽约公立大学的学生SPURS现在吸引了代表性不足的少数民族（URM） 全国学生，包括来自传统少数民族占多数的大学的申请者， 大学以及其他顶级学术机构。SPURS提供广泛的培训， 基础科学研究，并提高学生将实现职业生涯的可能性， 科学通过追求一个先进的程度（医学博士）和/或博士）。扩大城市资源管理的机会 本科生参与高质量，重点和持续的研究 Steven Siegelbaum博士（P.I.），系主任 神经科学在P&S，和安德鲁·马克斯博士，生理学和细胞系主任 生物物理学和哥伦比亚大学SPURS项目的创始人加入了扩大 SPURS程序。在上一个资助期内，申请人数激增，在即将到来的 在此期间，我们建议扩大该计划，以包括更多的高素质的少数民族 学生参与者。被选入SPURS的学生在九个夏天进行实践研究 在NINDS支持的哥伦比亚大学神经科学家的指导下，此外 到神经科学的具体训练，学生们都得到了深入的研究训练 方法包括：（a）实验的设计和分析;（B）科学的批判性阅读 通过期刊俱乐部和科学伦理讨论提供文献;（c）介绍 在实验室会议上展示科学成果;（d）在海报展示会上展示其研究成果;（e） 向科学家听众口头介绍他们的研究;（f）职业咨询。 最后，研究培训将提供一个独特的丰富的设置，包括每周 与在生物医学研究中代表性不足的少数群体榜样举行会议。马刺 该计划解决了迫切需要增加高素质的少数民族受训人员的管道 神经科学

PROJECT SUMMARY This application is to renew funding for the Summer Program for Under-Represented Students (SPURS). Columbia University's SPURS Program provides an intense undergraduate research experience on the campus of Columbia's College of Physicians & Surgeons (P&S) for talented students from backgrounds that are under-represented in biomedical research. Begun with students from NYC public colleges SPURS now attracts under-represented minority (URM) students nationwide, including a pool of applicants from traditional minority-majority colleges and universities as well as other top academic institutions. SPURS provides extensive training in basic science research, and enhances the likelihood that the students will achieve a career in science by pursuing an advanced degree (M.D. and/or Ph.D.). To expand opportunities for URM undergraduate students to participate in high quality, focused and sustained research experiences in the neurosciences, Dr. Steven Siegelbaum (P.I.), Chair of the Department of Neuroscience at P&S, and Dr. Andrew Marks, Department Chair of Physiology and Cellular Biophysics and founder of Columbia University's SPURS program have joined to expand the SPURS program. Over the last funding period, applications have soared and in the upcoming period, we propose the expansion of the program to include even more highly qualified minority student participants. Students selected for SPURS perform hands-on research for nine summer weeks under the mentorship of NINDS-supported Columbia University neuroscientists. In addition to specific training in neuroscience, the students have received in-depth training in research methodology including: (a) the design and analysis of experiments; (b) critical reading of scientific literature through journal clubs and discussions of ethics in science; (c) the presentation of scientific results at laboratory meetings; (d) presentation of their research at poster sessions; (e) an oral presentation of their research to an audience of scientists; and (f) career counseling. Finally, the research training will be provided in a uniquely enriching setting that includes weekly meetings with under-represented minority role models in biomedical research. The SPURS program addresses the critical need to increase the pipeline of highly qualified minority trainees into neuroscience.