Project Grant 2348950

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) Project Grant award of $371,991 to the University of Wisconsin-Madison provides funding for the Psychology Research Experience Program (PREP), a 10-week summer research program for undergraduate students from underrepresented groups in psychology and neuroscience. The program aims to increase participation and retention of these students in STEM disciplines by providing immersive mentored research experiences coupled with hands-on training in data science and professional development. The program places each student in a psychology or neuroscience laboratory under the supervision of a faculty mentor, graduate student, and alumni mentor. The goal is to integrate principles and methods of data science into the students' research projects, addressing a common need expressed by psychology and neuroscience faculty for incoming graduate students to have prior technical skills. The award period runs from Sep 1, 2024 to Aug 31, 2027.