# Graduate Training in Neuroscience

> **NIH NIH T32** · UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER · 2022 · $210,089

## Abstract

The goal of this Neuroscience Training Program is to generate highly creative and productive neuroscientists
who are broadly trained in neuroscience, well trained in their research specialty and equipped to address
tomorrow’s important neuroscience questions in a broad range of neuroscience-related careers. The University
of Rochester has recently made neuroscience the number one priority in its strategic plan, allowing growth in
neuroscience research resources, and an expansion of training opportunities. This application takes advantage
of this opportunity to expand and enhance graduate training in neuroscience, creating a catalytic and diverse
cohort of trainees. Training support is requested for 6 predoctoral students in each of 5 years. This support will
be used exclusively for broad and basic support of students in their first two years of graduate study. A diverse
and interactive faculty composed of both basic and translational researchers dedicated to excellence in teaching
and collaborative research, and committed to neuroscience training fosters a nurturing training environment.
These experienced training faculty, with strong records of extramural funding, offer research training
opportunities in a wide variety of neuroscience disciplines. Core elements of our training program include: 1.
Core and elective coursework as well as discussion of current literature in required weekly journal clubs and
seminars; 2. Training in oral and written communication; 3. Training in ethical conduct of research; 4. Training in
experimental design and statistical analysis; 5. A strong focus on mentoring from thesis advisors, committees,
as well as other faculty and students; 6. Career development leveraging the program Broadening Experiences
in Scientific Training (UR BEST) and the Center for Professional Development to provide students with
opportunities to follow their own career path. We propose to further enhance training by developing a new
curriculum that allows students to develop quantitative skills through a required summer-long course on data
analysis and computation using MATLAB as a platform, and a separate annual workshop that addresses issues
in rigor, reproducibility and ethics in an on-going hands-on fashion. We will continue to strengthen our already
successful strategies to recruit and nurture minority and women students and to provide all of the trainees with
the essential skills to become independent scientists with an appreciation for the ethical conduct of research.
These trained scientists will provide the next generation of neuroscientists who will further advances in basic
science and translational studies, teach future generations, set science policy and alter the landscape of
neuroscience through many different paths.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10414031
- **Project number:** 5T32NS115705-03
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER
- **Principal Investigator:** Anna K Majewska
- **Activity code:** T32 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2022
- **Award amount:** $210,089
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2020-07-15 → 2025-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10414031

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10414031, Graduate Training in Neuroscience (5T32NS115705-03). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-22 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10414031. Licensed CC0.

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