# Multidisciplinary Training in Neuroscience.

> **NIH NIH T32** · OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY · 2021 · $295,493

## Abstract

Summary/Abstract
This project would continue support for the Multidisciplinary Training Program in
Neuroscience at the Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU) in Portland. The
program, about to enter its 20th year, provides broad, early stage training for graduate
students entering the Neuroscience Graduate Program (NGP). The program is based at
the Vollum Institute but includes faculty and students in many centers, department and
institutes on the OHSU campus. The program includes 55 students (ca. 10 per year).
Our training faculty of 55 scientists offers thesis research opportunities that include all
levels of modern neuroscience research from state-of-the-art cryoEM studies of
membrane proteins to systems neuroscience to disease-oriented and translational
neuroscience. The program has undergone a number of innovations and changes since
the last renewal as fully outlined in the proposal, highlighted by the recruitment of new
leaders and new faculty in the neuroscience community at OHSU. The new faculty
members bring new areas of research strength that supplement the ongoing research
strengths in the NGP. The innovations include a unique core curriculum structure that
begins with a week-long Boot Camp of followed by a 12-week intensive course that
provides a broad foundation in neuroscience for all students in the program. The
curriculum format, now in its 3rd year, allows first year student to engage in fulltime
laboratory rotations within 4 months of entry into graduate school. The core curriculum is
supplemented by workshops and individual instruction in specific techniques as well as
professional skills, ethics and career planning. Additional emphasis is placed on
fostering skills in experimental design, programming, and quantitative approaches to
address NIH mandates in rigor, reproducibility and transparency. The spirit of at OHSU
among the large neuroscience community, numbering approximately 150 affiliated
scientists, combined with the diversity of its many research institutes, and the close
proximity of basic and clinical research facilities provide a unique opportunity for early
stage pre-doctoral students to establish and benefit from cross-disciplinary
collaborations. This foundation will foster the skills necessary for graduates to be
successful in a variety of science-related careers needed to fully understand and treat
complex neuropsychiatric diseases.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10189706
- **Project number:** 5T32NS007466-23
- **Recipient organization:** OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** Kelly R Monk
- **Activity code:** T32 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $295,493
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 1999-07-01 → 2024-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10189706

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10189706, Multidisciplinary Training in Neuroscience. (5T32NS007466-23). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10189706. Licensed CC0.

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