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NSF PR 98-60 - September 30, 1998
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NSF Awards Grants for Integrative Innovation in Graduate
Education
The National Science Foundation (NSF) today announced
the awarding of $40.5 million over five years to 17
doctorate-granting institutions to promote integrative
graduate education and research training. These training
grants are intended to produce a diverse group of
engineers and scientists well-prepared for a broad
spectrum of emerging career opportunities in industry,
government and academe.
NSF's Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship
(IGERT) grants will provide students with an in-depth,
multidisciplinary education through coursework and
research experience. In addition, career development
will be emphasized by the high priority placed on
students' communication and teamwork skills, experience
with modern instrumentation, responsible conduct of
research and international awareness.
"A new pedagogical approach is needed to meet the needs
of tomorrow's Ph.D.s," said NSF acting deputy director
Joseph Bordogna. "As well as being astute in a discipline,
they must also be prepared to address intellectual
issues that transcend disciplinary boundaries, since
much new knowledge is increasingly created at the
interfaces of traditional disciplines. The IGERT investment
is an attempt to develop educational models toward
this end, with a direct focus on the integration of
education and research," he said.
The resulting programs will also offer experiences
relevant to both academic and non-academic careers
by linking graduate research with research in industry,
national laboratories, and other non- academic settings.
NSF's Assistant Director of Education and Human Resources,
Luther Williams, described the agency-wide program
as being consistent with NSF's overall education agenda
to encourage change at all levels of science, mathematics,
engineering, and technology education. "IGERT is the
first NSF program to demonstrate concretely NSF's
strategic goal to integrate education and research
at the graduate level, consistent with the National
Science Board's commitment," Williams noted of the
Board's recent recommendation on graduate education.
"Further, through collaborations between academe and
industry, graduates will be well-positioned to take
the lead in facing multidisciplinary challenges of
the future," he said.
IGERT also responds, in part, to recommendations of
the National Academy of Science's Committee on Science,
Engineering, and Public Policy (COSEPUP), whose 1995
report, Reshaping the Graduate Education of Scientists
and Engineers, advised repairing the "misalignment"
between how graduate students are trained and what
employers seek. COSEPUP identified communication and
teamwork skills, multidisciplinary and applied research
experience, and adaptability as essential elements
in training.
Graduate students supported under these traineeships
will be exposed to multidisciplinary graduate programsdeveloped
by the awardee institutionsin emerging areas of science
and engineering, areas that penetrate traditional
boundaries and unite faculty from several departments
and/or institutions. Supported projects are based
upon a multidisciplinary research theme and organized
around a diverse group of investigators from U.S.
doctorate-granting institutions.
In addition to NSF's Office of Polar Programs and institutions
in EPSCoR (Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive
Research), all NSF directorates are participating
in the IGERT program.
Attachment: List of Integrative
Graduate Education Research Grants
Attachment
Integrative Graduate Education and Research Grants
(1998)
This listing of the first round of IGERT awards includes
award number, principal investigator, institution,
and title. Abstracts can be accessed by award number
on the world-wide web at: http://www.nsf.gov/verity/srchawdf.htm
Number |
Investigator
|
Institution
|
Title |
Contact |
|
9870665 |
Dana Z. Anderson |
Univ. of Colorado-Boulder
|
Graduate Training
in Optical Science and Engineering |
Jim Scott
303-492-3114 |
|
9870720 |
Gregory W. Auner |
Wayne State Univ.
|
Smart Sensors and
Integrated Devices |
Tom Tigani
313-577-2150 |
|
9870691 |
Leonaidas G. Bachas
|
Univ. of KY |
Res. Foundation Integrated
Sensing Architectures |
Carl Nathe
606-257-1754 |
|
9870710 |
Charles DeLisi |
Boston University
|
Graduate Research
Training in Bioinformatics |
Joan Schwartz
617-353-4626 |
|
9870711 |
Joseph S. Devinny
|
Univ. of Southern
California |
Urban Environmental
Sustainability: A Multidisciplinary Doctoral
Education Program |
Bob Calverley
213-740-2215 |
|
9870633 |
Timothy J. Ebner
|
Univ. of MN-Twin Cities
|
Integrative Graduate Training of Neuroscientists
and Computational/ Physical Scientists |
Teri Charest
612-624-4604 |
|
9870676 |
Mark E. Johnson |
Brown Univ. |
Learning and Action
in the Face of Uncertainty: Cognitive,
Computational and Statistical Approaches |
Kristen Lans
401-863-7508 |
|
9870668 |
David M. Mark |
SUNY-Buffalo |
Integrated Graduate
Education and Research Training in Geographic
Information Science |
Ellen Goldbaum
716-645-2626 |
|
9870682 |
Patricia Mokhtarian
|
Univ. of California-Davis |
Transportation Technology
and Policy Program |
Sylvia Wright
530-752-7704 |
|
9870703 |
Peter J. Nowak |
Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison
|
Human Dimensions
of Social and Aquatic System Interactions |
Jeff Iseminger
608-262-8287 |
|
9870653 |
Rebecca Richards-Kortum
|
Univ. of Texas-Austin
|
A New Pathway for
Multidisciplinary Graduate Education in
Optical Molecular Bio Engineering |
Robert Meckel
512-475-7847 |
|
9870717 |
Jin-Joo Song |
Oklahoma State Univ.
|
Advanced Graduate
Training in Photonics Research |
Nestor Gonzales
405-744-6260 |
|
9870713 |
James T. Staley |
Univ. of Washington
|
Astrobiology: Life
in and Beyond Earth's Solar System |
Vince Stricherz
206-543-2580 |
|
9870631 |
Steven H. Strogatz
|
Cornell Univ. |
Program in Nonlinear
Systems |
Bill Steele
607-255-7164 |
|
9870659 |
Michael Tabor |
Univ. of Arizona |
Multidisciplinary
Training at the Interface of Biology,
Mathematics and Physics |
Julieta Gonzales
520-626-4336 |
|
9870646 |
Thomas L. Theis |
Clarkson Univ. |
Environmental Manufacturing Management |
Michael Griffin
315-268-6481 |
|
9870661 |
William J. Wilson
|
Harvard Univ. |
Multidisciplinary Program in Inequality
and Social Policy |
Susan Green
617-495-1585 |
|