NSF Releases Solicitation for IGERT Program
The National Science Foundation has released a revised solicitation for
the Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT).
Please see the solicitation for complete information about the program
http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf06525.
The National Science Foundation continues the Integrative Graduate
Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) program into its ninth annual
competition. Proposals for new IGERT projects as well as for renewals of
existing IGERT projects are invited. The IGERT program has been
developed to meet the challenges of educating U.S. Ph.D. scientists and
engineers who will pursue careers in research and education with the
interdisciplinary backgrounds, deep knowledge in chosen disciplines, and
technical, professional, and personal skills to become, in their own
careers, leaders and creative agents for change. The program is intended
to catalyze a cultural change in graduate education, for students,
faculty, and institutions, by establishing innovative models for
graduate education and training in a fertile environment for
collaborative research that transcends traditional disciplinary
boundaries. It is also intended to facilitate diversity in student
participation and preparation, and to contribute to the development of a
diverse, globally-engaged, science and engineering workforce.
IGERT is an NSF-wide endeavor involving the Directorates for Biological
Sciences (BIO), Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE),
Education and Human Resources (EHR), Engineering (ENG), Geosciences
(GEO), Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS), Social, Behavioral, and
Economic Sciences (SBE), the Office of Polar Programs (OPP), and the
Office of International Science and Engineering (OISE). The IGERT
program is managed by the Division of Graduate Education in EHR.
For investigators planning proposals for IGERT programs involving
research in the Arctic or Antarctic, feel free to contact Renee Crain
(rcrain [at] nsf.gov) or Vladimir Papitashvili (vpapita [at] nsf.gov) in the
Office of Polar Programs for more information specific to polar IGERT
programs.