title: Neuroscience Training for the 21st Century.
abstract: The field of neuroscience is enjoying a rapid expansion in scope, coupled with a remarkable broadening of conceptual approaches, scientific tools, and clinical applications. This growth poses new challenges for academic training programs as they prepare young neuroscientists for a more complex, competitive, and diverse career landscape. Multiple stakeholders, including academia, federal funding agencies, industry, scientific societies, private foundations, and other public and private sector contributors, need to be actively engaged in supporting this broad training effort. A renewed commitment to a more forward-looking, flexible yet integrative training vision offers opportunities for a bright future for young neuroscientists as they assume the role of vanguard of the enterprise that enriches our understanding of the brain.
authors.affiliation: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA. Electronic address: akil@med.umich.edu.
authors.forename: Huda
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Akil
authors.affiliation: Neuroscience and Pain Research Unit, Pfizer, Inc., Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
authors.forename: Rita
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Balice-Gordon
authors.affiliation: Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
authors.forename: David Lopes
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Cardozo
authors.affiliation: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
authors.forename: Walter
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Koroshetz
authors.affiliation: Forum on Neuroscience and Nervous System Disorders, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Washington, DC 20001, USA.
authors.forename: Sheena M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Posey Norris
authors.affiliation: The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research, New York, NY 10163, USA.
authors.forename: Todd
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sherer
authors.affiliation: The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA.
authors.forename: S Murray
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Sherman
authors.affiliation: National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA 22230, USA.
authors.forename: Edda
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Thiels
mesh_terms: D002321:Career Choice; D006801:Humans; D009488:Neurosciences / Q000193:education* / Q000639:trends*; D017149:Private Sector; D017150:Public Sector