Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT)
7th Annual Competition
National Science Foundation
Deadlines:
Mandatory pre-proposals due Thursday, 29 April 2004
Invited proposals due Friday, 29 October 2004
For further information, please contact:
Renee Crain, Office of Polar Programs
Phone: 703-292-8029
E-mail: (rcrain [at] nsf.gov)
or consult the IGERT solicitation:
http://www.nsf.gov/pubsys/ods/getpub.cfm?nsf04550
or go to the IGERT website:
http://www.nsf.gov/home/crssprgm/igert/start.htm
The National Science Foundation continues the Integrative Graduate
Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) program into its seventh
annual competition. Proposals for new IGERT projects as well as
proposals based on 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 new 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 one of NSF's Crosscutting programs 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).
Proposals submitted to the IGERT program must be integrative,
research-based, graduate education and training activities in emerging
areas of science and engineering. The graduate experience should
contribute to the professional and personal development of the students
and equip them to understand and integrate scientific, technical,
business, social, ethical, and policy issues to confront the challenging
problems of the future.
For further information, please contact:
Renee Crain, Office of Polar Programs
Phone: 703-292-8029
E-mail: (rcrain [at] nsf.gov)
or consult the IGERT solicitation:
http://www.nsf.gov/pubsys/ods/getpub.cfm?nsf04550
or go to the IGERT website:
http://www.nsf.gov/home/crssprgm/igert/start.htm