# Duke Impact Neuroscience Program

> **NIH NIH R25** · DUKE UNIVERSITY · 2024 · $264,182

## Abstract

PROJECT SUMMARY
The purpose of the Impact Neuroscience Program is to enhance rigorous scientific training in neuroscience at
Duke University and change the culture of science. The program will embrace and engage students from
backgrounds under-represented in science together with their peer colleagues and mentors, and improve the
academic scientific training environment for all. The Impact Neuroscience Program includes targeted
neuroscience training and professional development activities for graduate students from backgrounds under-
represented in science, and perhaps even more importantly programs for their peer colleagues and mentors.
The targeted neuroscience training includes specific neuroscience methods and skills training within faculty
labs, specialized training in data science and open science, and active trainee and faculty participation in
a professional seminar that provides resources for career development. A critical broader focus of the program
includes supporting the scientist through community interventions that evolve the training infrastructure at Duke
to facilitate thriving for all. Our goal is not to fix students who are disadvantaged in science, it is rather to
change our paradigms and culture in order to enrich our community and catalyze achievement. In
addition to activities with strong extant evidentiary support, we propose several new interventions based on the
neuroscience of motivated learning, to be tested and evaluated in the program. We predict improved retention,
training, and long-term performance for the primary graduate student fellows. We also predict broad benefits
for the community including enhanced overall performance of host labs.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10886698
- **Project number:** 5R25MH135523-02
- **Recipient organization:** DUKE UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** Rachel Alison Adcock
- **Activity code:** R25 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2024
- **Award amount:** $264,182
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2023-07-12 → 2028-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10886698

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10886698, Duke Impact Neuroscience Program (5R25MH135523-02). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-26 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10886698. Licensed CC0.

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