IGERT: Biosphere-Atmosphere Research and Training Phase II

该综合研究生教育和研究培训（IGERT）奖支持密歇根大学生物站（UMBS）与五个主要合作机构合作，进一步发展多学科，多机构的研究生教育和研究培训计划，包括生物圈-大气研究培训（BART）（印第安纳州大学、俄亥俄州州立大学、普渡大学、华盛顿州立大学和西密歇根大学）以及所有参与的美国博士生所在的机构。智力上的优点。 该计划的目的是为博士生提供在生物圈和大气科学的接口进行研究所需的技能加强多学科培训。总体研究主题是提高对生物圈和大气特性和过程之间的相互作用和反馈的理解。更广泛的影响包括在这一新的环境学科的培训。 BART建立在UMBS独特的科学家，研究项目和学术项目的基础上。BART培训从一个为期10周的住宅研究体验开始。学生使用最先进的设备和设施进行大气成分，大气通量测量和生态系统动力学研究。每个学生有两个共同导师为他/她的博士生涯：大气科学家和生物圈科学家。在第二阶段，学生将参加密歇根大学的一门新课程，即生物圈-大气相互作用的基本要素。 讲座将基于为BART第一阶段基础研讨会开发的材料，课程将有一个新的，广泛的实验室组成部分。 第二阶段学生还将有机会参加技术短期课程（例如，在生态生理学方法，热，辐射，和气体物种交换，和大气监测）和两年一度的国际会议。 与第一阶段一样，第二阶段的学生也将参加阅读小组和观点研讨会（例如关于政策，行业，指导和资助）。 除了住宅研究经验，学生接受持续的多学科培训，包括年度研讨会和参加大气和生物圈专业会议。 IGERT是一个NSF范围内的计划，旨在满足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。

This Integrative Graduate Education and Research Training (IGERT) award supports the further development of a multidisciplinary, multi-institutional graduate training program of education and research in Biospheric-Atmospheric Research Training (BART) at the University of Michigan Biological Station (UMBS), in collaboration with five key partner institutions (Indiana University, Ohio State University, Purdue University, Washington State University, and Western Michigan University) and the institutions of all participating U.S. doctoral students. Intellectual merit. The purpose of this program is to provide doctoral students with enhanced multidisciplinary training in the skills required for conducting research at the interface of the biospheric and atmospheric sciences. The over-arching research theme is to improve the understanding of the interactions and feedbacks that occur between biospheric and atmospheric properties and processes. Broader impacts include the training in this new environmental discipline. BART builds on the unique collection of scientists, research projects and academic programs that exist at UMBS. BART training commences with a novel 10-week residential research experience. Students conduct research on atmospheric composition, atmospheric flux measurements, and ecosystem dynamics using state-of-the-art equipment and facilities. Each student has two co-mentors for his/her doctoral career: an atmospheric scientist and a biospheric scientist. During Phase II, students will participate in a new University of Michigan course in the Essentials of Biosphere-Atmosphere Interactions. Lectures will be based upon material developed for BART Phase I Fundamentals Workshops, and the course will have a new, extensive laboratory component. Phase II Students will also have the opportunity to participate in technical short courses (e.g., in Ecophyisological Methods, Heat, Radiative, and Gaseous Species Exchange, and Atmospheric Monitoring) and a biennial International Conference. As in Phase I, Phase II students will also participate in reading groups and Perspectives Workshops (e.g. on policy, industry, mentoring, and grantsmanship). In addition to the residential research experience, students receive continuing multidisciplinary training including an annual workshop and participation in atmospheric and biospheric professional conferences. 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.