OpportunityTitle: Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship Program
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: *Organization Limit: Proposals may only be submitted by the following:   -U.S. academic institutions in the United States, its territories or possessions that grant the Ph.D. degree in the sciences and engineering may submit proposals. Projects may involve more than one institution, but a single institution must accept overall management responsibility. The lead institution must independently grant the Ph.D. degree in at least one of the science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields supported by the National Science Foundation and at least one Ph.D. granting unit should participate in the IGERT.Non-Ph.D. granting institutions, nonacademic, and international organizations may serve as collaborating organizations.   *PI Limit:The PI must be on the faculty of the submitting institution.
Description: The Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (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 a world-class, broadly inclusive, and globally engaged science and engineering workforce.
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CloseDateExplanation: Preliminary Proposal Due Date(s) (required) (due by 5 p.m. proposer&apos;s local time): March 29, 2010 Full Proposal Deadline(s): September 30, 2010 BY INVITATION ONLY