NSF Org:	IOS Division Of Integrative Organismal Systems
Recipient:	UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
Initial Amendment Date:	July 16, 2009
Latest Amendment Date:	July 16, 2009
Award Number:	0925332
Award Instrument:	Standard Grant
Program Manager:	Mary Ann Asson-Batres IOS  Division Of Integrative Organismal Systems BIO  Directorate for Biological Sciences
Start Date:	August 1, 2009
End Date:	July 31, 2013 (Estimated)
Total Intended Award Amount:	$150,000.00
Total Awarded Amount to Date:	$150,000.00
Funds Obligated to Date:	FY 2009 = $150,000.00
History of Investigator:	Gene Robinson (Principal Investigator) generobi@illinois.edu
Recipient Sponsored Research Office:	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 506 S WRIGHT ST URBANA IL  US  61801-3620 (217)333-2187
Sponsor Congressional District:	13
Primary Place of Performance:	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 506 S WRIGHT ST URBANA IL  US  61801-3620
Primary Place of Performance Congressional District:	13
Unique Entity Identifier (UEI):	Y8CWNJRCNN91
Parent UEI:	V2PHZ2CSCH63
NSF Program(s):	Organization
Primary Program Source:	01000910DB NSF RESEARCH & RELATED ACTIVIT
Program Reference Code(s):	1096, 9178, 9179, 9183, BIOT
Program Element Code(s):	771200
Award Agency Code:	4900
Fund Agency Code:	4900
Assistance Listing Number(s):	47.074

ABSTRACT

This project will support the Illinois Summer Neuroscience Institute (ISNI) for three years. The Institute provides students with an introduction to neuroscience research, to graduate school, to careers in neuroscience, and to the neuroscience community. The ISNI is a one-week intensive introduction to neuroscience, targeting mainly students from underrepresented groups in science, in their first two years of undergraduate study. The ISNI is held at the campus of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) and is organized and led by the UIUC Neuroscience Program. Students learn about state of the art questions and techniques from UIUC faculty who are experts in a broad range of areas within neuroscience. After hearing about research from the faculty, the students conduct a laboratory exercise that allows them to experience the challenge, excitement, and the inevitable frustrations of research. The exercises will take advantage of the expertise in insect neuroethology and Drosophila genetics at UIUC. The purpose of the Institute is to attract students to neuroscience who might not otherwise have the opportunity or exposure to the discipline and to the neuroscience community. The ultimate goal is to expand the pool of applicants, especially from underrepresented groups, to UIUC and to other neuroscience programs in the US.

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