The proposed program will emphasize interdisciplinary predoctoral training in neuroscience within the framework of the existing Committee on Neuroscience at the University of Arizona. The program will support predoctoral trainees during the initial two years of study towards the Ph.D. degree and will focus on the fundamental concepts of neuroscience that are essential regardless of the eventual area of specialization. The training faculty will consist of 35 members of the interdepartmental Committee on Neuroscience, who were selected on the basis of their distinguished records in research and training. Training faculty members hold appointments in 18 different departments on the main campus and College of Medicine, which are contiguous. Research strengths in several disciplines are represented, including developmental neuroscience, insect neurobiology, motor control, cognition, learning and memory, speech production, and neuropharmacology. Based upon the current size of the training faculty and their level of research activity, we are requesting 6 predoctoral training positions, with two years of support being offered to the most promising new students seeking training in neuroscience. All trainees will complete a common set of core requirements, and may choose to seek the Ph.D. degree either through the interdepartmental doctoral Program in Neuroscience (in which all of the training faculty participate) or through one of the departmental doctoral programs in which the training faculty participate, including Cell Biology & Anatomy, Molecular & Cellular Biology, Psychology, Physiological Sciences and Pharmacology. Facilities for research training include the extensive equipment and expertise in individual faculty laboratories, as well as comprehensive shared resources at the University of Arizona.

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Institute on Aging (NIA)
Type
Institutional National Research Service Award (T32)
Project #
5T32AG007434-10
Application #
7415082
Study Section
Special Emphasis Panel (ZAG1-ZIJ-4 (J2))
Program Officer
Wise, Bradley C
Project Start
1997-09-30
Project End
2009-04-30
Budget Start
2008-05-01
Budget End
2009-04-30
Support Year
10
Fiscal Year
2008
Total Cost
$116,352
Indirect Cost
Name
University of Arizona
Department
Type
Organized Research Units
DUNS #
806345617
City
Tucson
State
AZ
Country
United States
Zip Code
85721
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