IGERT - Entrepreneurship at the Interface of Polymer Science and Medicinal Chemistry

IGERT - 高分子科学与药物化学交叉领域的创业精神

• 批准号: 0333136
• 负责人: Joe Whitehead
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University of Southern Mississippi
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2003
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2003-10-01 至 2009-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0333136&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: IGERT; Entrepreneurship; Interface; Polymer; Science

This IGERT program addresses America's long-term need for top-notch scientists capable of translating research results into new technologies and new businesses. It combines excellent interdisciplinary science education with entrepreneurial and business training. Faculty and students from two Mississippi universities will form teams and develop joint projects exploring how polymer science and medicinal chemistry can synergistically extend the methods of making and evaluating new materials, new bioactive agents and new applications of biomaterials. Participants will be centered in the School of Pharmaceutical Science at the University of Mississippi and the School of Polymers and High Performance Materials at the University of Southern Mississippi. They will be tied together through research projects, broad education in business and entrepreneurialism, and interactions with industry in the US and abroad. Specific components of the intellectual merit include: Basic research projects coupling medicinal/pharmaceutical science and polymeric materials; Discipline-centered, interdisciplinary and entrepreneurial education involving students-teaching-students, workshops, seminars, short-courses, industrial internships and international experiences; and Continuous reinforcement of the discipline and entrepreneurial components by team-building activities, video conferencing plus joint proposals, presentations, publications and business plans.Broader impact of this program is inherent in the materials and methods being developed, and in how the projects and business plans are implemented: Within the state, bringing together two excellent programs to teach and do research at a truly innovative and socially important science interface; Within the US, by developing a successful model for research and teaching in science that uniquely combines structured education, training and hands-on experience in business and entrepeneurialism; and World-wide, through learning from and teaching students and industrial practitioners in other countries and other disciplines.Students experiencing this program will be able to start their own companies, perhaps even at or before graduation, and to be highly effective members of larger company research and development teams. The methods and education materials developed will also be made available to members of the local community, industry in the state and throughout the nation, and students and faculty at universities everywhere through workshops, seminars, books and training manuals, and distance-learning courses and degrees. It is expected that this IGERT program will serve as a model for integration of science and entrepeneurial education that have immediate and long-term impact on other programs in Mississippi, and will result in new businesses that will enhance economic development in the state and quality of life everywhere.IGERT is an NSF-wide program intended to meet the challenges of educating U.S. Ph.D. scientists and engineers with the interdisciplinary background, deep knowledge in a chosen discipline, and the technical, professional, and personal skills needed for the career demands of the future. The program is intended to catalyze a cultural change in graduate education by establishing innovative new models for graduate education and training in a fertile environment for collaborative research that transcends traditional disciplinary boundaries. In this sixth year of the program, awards are being made to institutions for programs that collectively span the areas of science and engineering supported by NSF.

IGERT计划旨在满足美国对能够将研究成果转化为新技术和新业务的顶尖科学家的长期需求。 它将优秀的跨学科科学教育与创业和商业培训相结合。 来自密西西比两所大学的教师和学生将组成团队并开发联合项目，探索聚合物科学和药物化学如何协同扩展制造和评估新材料，新生物活性剂和生物材料新应用的方法。 参与者将集中在密西西比大学的药物科学学院和南密西西比大学的聚合物和高性能材料学院。 他们将通过研究项目，广泛的商业和商业教育，以及与美国和国外行业的互动联系在一起。 知识价值的具体组成部分包括：基础研究项目耦合医学/制药科学和聚合物材料;以药物为中心，跨学科和创业教育，涉及学生教学学生，讲习班，研讨会，短期课程，工业实习和国际经验;通过团队建设活动、视频会议和联合提案，演示文稿，出版物和商业计划。该计划的更广泛的影响是在正在开发的材料和方法中固有的，以及如何实施项目和商业计划：在国家内，汇集两个优秀的计划，在一个真正的创新和社会重要的科学接口进行教学和研究;在美国，通过开发一个成功的科学研究和教学模式，独特地结合了结构化的教育，培训和商业和创业实践经验;和世界范围内，通过学习和教学的学生和行业从业人员在其他国家和其他学科。经历这个计划的学生将能够开始自己的公司，甚至在毕业或之前，并成为大型公司研发团队的高效成员。 还将通过讲习班、研讨会、书籍和培训手册以及远程学习课程和学位，向地方社区成员、该州和全国的工业界以及各地大学的学生和教职员工提供所制定的方法和教材。 预计IGERT计划将成为科学与创业教育相结合的典范，对密西西比州的其他计划产生直接和长期的影响，并将产生新的业务，这将促进该州的经济发展和各地的生活质量。IGERT是一个全国性的计划，旨在迎接教育美国博士的挑战。具有跨学科背景的科学家和工程师，在所选学科的深厚知识，以及未来职业需求所需的技术，专业和个人技能。该计划旨在通过建立创新的研究生教育和培训新模式，在超越传统学科界限的合作研究的肥沃环境中促进研究生教育的文化变革。在该计划的第六个年头，奖项正在颁发给那些共同跨越NSF支持的科学和工程领域的计划机构。