# UT Southwestern Advancement of Neuroscience Research Careers (UT SWANS)

> **NIH NIH R25** · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · 2022 · $1

## Abstract

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT
The UT Southwestern Advancement of Neuroscience Research Careers (UTSWANS) program promotes the
development of future clinician-neuroscientists. The program is available to talented clinical residents and
fellows in Neurology (adult and pediatric), Neurosurgery, and Neuropathology. Participants in UTSWANS
receive a structured plan for integrating research activities as well as research education and mentorship into
their clinical training. This goals of the program are to attract and encourage talented neuroscience clinicians
toward a career as physician-investigators and to increase the likelihood that these individuals will succeed in
obtaining initial independent funding for their research. UT Southwestern is an excellent environment for this
training program. In the first cycle of funding, UTSWANS has been successful with its first participants and has
a growing pipeline of potential participants. We have made refinements in the training plan and administrative
structure of the program to further strengthen recruitment, to leverage resources and opportunities that are
available to trainees through the O’Donnell Brain Institute and expanded the number and diversity of potential
research mentors.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10330936
- **Project number:** 2R25NS098987-06
- **Recipient organization:** UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER
- **Principal Investigator:** MARC I DIAMOND
- **Activity code:** R25 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2022
- **Award amount:** $1
- **Award type:** 2
- **Project period:** 2017-07-01 → 2024-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10330936

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10330936, UT Southwestern Advancement of Neuroscience Research Careers (UT SWANS) (2R25NS098987-06). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-25 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10330936. Licensed CC0.

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