IGERT Formal Proposal:Integrated Training in the Evolution of Development

该综合研究生教育和研究培训（IGERT）奖支持在进化发育生物学领域建立多学科研究生教育和研究培训计划。生物学的一个主要目标是了解生物多样性起源的机制。解决这些问题的一个重大障碍是生命科学的历史分割-对生物体在发育过程中获得其形态的机制以及形态多样化通过种群遗传机制起源的机制缺乏综合了解。为了克服这些智力障碍，我们正在启动一个跨学科的培训计划，重点是发展的演变，据我们所知，这是第一个。我们的培训活动的新方面包括建立：1）一个合作的研究为基础的计划，连接在发育和进化生物学的培训，重点是基因组学; 2）在发展的进化正式研究生课程; 3）一个独特的双指导系统，涉及一组杰出的教师在发育和进化生物学; 4）一个专注于进化发育生物学专业领域的年度活动计划; 5）一个促进少数民族和校外学生参与的资助计划。该计划的建立，与预期的国家资助的倡议相结合，应该有助于将俄勒冈州大学定义为新兴的进化发育生物学领域的国际中心。IGERT是一个NSF范围内的计划，旨在促进建立创新的，以研究为基础的研究生课程，将培养一批不同的科学家和工程师，准备利用广泛的职业选择。IGERT为博士机构提供了一个开发新的，重点突出的多学科研究生课程的机会，这些课程超越了组织界限，并将来自多个部门或机构的教师联合起来，为培训和研究建立一个高度互动，协作的环境。在该计划的第二年，该奖项将颁发给21个机构，这些机构的项目涵盖了NSF支持的所有科学和工程领域。该奖项由生物科学、计算机和信息科学与工程以及教育和人力资源局提供资金支持。

This Integrative Graduate Education and Research Training (IGERT) award supports the establishment of a multidisciplinary graduate training program in education and research in the field of evolutionary developmental biology. A major goal of biology is to understand the mechanisms responsible for the origin of biodiversity. A significant impediment to resolving these issues is the historical fractionation of the life sciences -- the lack of an integrated understanding of the mechanisms by which organisms obtain their form during development and by which morphological diversification originates via population-genetic mechanisms. To overcome these intellectual barriers, we are initiating an interdisciplinary training program focused on the evolution of development, to our knowledge the first of its kind. Novel aspects of our training activities include the establishment of: 1) a collaborative research-based program linking training in developmental and evolutionary biology, with a strong emphasis on genomics; 2) a formal graduate course in the evolution of development; 3) a unique dual-mentoring system involving a distinguished set of faculty in developmental and evolutionary biology; 4) an annual program of events focused on specialized areas in evolutionary developmental biology; and 5) a funding program that facilitates the involvement of minorities and off-campus students. Establishment of this program, combined with an anticipated state-funded initiative, should help define the University of Oregon as an international center in the emerging field of evolutionary developmental biology.IGERT is an NSF-wide program intended to facilitate the establishment of innovative, research-based graduate programs that will train a diverse group of scientists and engineers to be well-prepared to take advantage of a broad spectrum of career options. IGERT provides doctoral institutions with an opportunity to develop new, well-focussed multidisciplinary graduate programs that transcend organizational boundaries and unite faculty from several departments or institutions to establish a highly interactive, collaborative environment for both training and research. In this second year of the program, awards are being made to twenty-one institutions for programs that collectively span all areas of science and engineering supported by NSF. This specific award is supported by funds from the Directorates for Biological Sciences, for Computer and Information Science and Engineering, and for Education and Human Resources.