NSF-IGERT
The NSF Integrated Graduate Education and Research Training Grant is an initiative designed to meet the challenges of educating U.S. Ph.D. scientists and engineers within problem centered interdisciplinary programs. The goal is to produce scientists and engineers with interdisciplinary backgrounds, deep knowledge of their chosen fields, technical professional skills, and personal communicative strengths. The program is intended to establish new models for graduate education and training in fertile environments for collaborative research that transcends traditional disciplinary boundaries. It is also intended to achieve greater diversity in student participation and preparation, and to contribute to a world-class, broadly inclusive, and globally engaged science and engineering workforce.
Building upon the IGERT platform previously established, the current RFP is intended to support new models in graduate education in which students are engaged in an environment that supports innovation enabling them to learn through hands-on experiences how their own research may contribute in new ways to benefit society and to learn the processes for the successful implementation of such contributions.
Learn more about IGERT: http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=12759
Visit the websites of currently funded IGERT projects active on the Urbana campus:
- Neuroengineering (2009)
- Cellular and Molecular Mechanics and Bionanotechnology (2010)
- Vertically Integrated Training With Genomics (VInTG) (2011)
Due date for the traditional IGERT campus preproposal review was April 2, 2012
PowerPoint slides from the January 30th informational meeting (PDF)
IGERT-CIF21
The NSF has announced an additional funding opportunity within the 2012 NSF Interdisciplinary Graduate Education and Research Training Grant (IGERT) competition. This new focus within the IGERT program is the Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship Program-CIF21 Track (IGERT-CIF21).
This track, announced Sunday, April 22, is designed “to address the training and education needs in computational and data enabled science and engineering (CDS&E) and cyberinfrastructure research.” This announcement indicates that institutions can submit one more IGERT proposal through this solicitation. As a result, the campus will submit 2 IGERT proposals this year, one to the “traditional” IGERT program and one to the CIF21 track.
Due date for the 2012 IGERT-CIF21 track campus preproposal is May 15, 2012
2012 IGERT-CIF21 Campus Submissions Guidelines