IGERT Formal Proposal:Integrated Training in the Evolution of Development

这个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的教育和研究领域建立一个多学科研究生培训计划。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化——缺乏对生物在发育过程中获得形态的机制的综合理解，以及形态多样化是通过种群遗传机制产生的。为了克服这些智力障碍，我们正在启动一个以发展演变为重点的跨学科培训项目，据我们所知，这是第一个此类项目。我们培训活动的新方面包括：1)一个基于合作研究的项目，将发育和进化生物学的培训联系起来，重点是基因组学；2)正式研究生课程的演变发展；3)一个独特的双师徒系统，包括一组杰出的发育和进化生物学教师；4)关于进化发育生物学专门领域的年度活动计划；5)资助项目，促进少数民族和校外学生的参与。这个项目的建立，加上预期的国家资助计划，将有助于将俄勒冈大学定义为进化发育生物学新兴领域的国际中心。IGERT是一项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，培养多样化的科学家和工程师群体，为充分利用广泛的职业选择做好准备。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，并将来自几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，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。该奖项由生物科学部、计算机与信息科学与工程部、教育与人力资源部提供资金支持。

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.