IGERT: Montana-Ecology of Infectious Disease: Integrative Graduate Training on Multi-Scalar Computational, Mathematical and Empirical Approaches to Complex Biological Problems

IGERT：蒙大拿州传染病生态学：针对复杂生物学问题的多标量计算、数学和经验方法的综合研究生培训

• 批准号: 0504628
• 负责人: William Holben
• 金额: $ 304.47万
• 依托单位: University of Montana
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2005
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2005-09-01 至 2013-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0504628&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: IGERT; Montana; Ecology; Infectious; Disease

This IGERT award establishes the Montana Ecology of Infectious Disease (M-EID) program at the University of Montana. The program focus on ecology of infectious diseases addresses the need to train leaders in an emerging field of global and local importance with considerable scientific, societal, ethical and policy aspects. M-EID has three major components: 1) interdisciplinary, team-based training in mathematics, computation, and biology; 2) specific training in establishing collaboration, team-building, and effective communication among disciplines and to other societal sectors; 3) professional development and career enhancement. M-EID faculty are from mathematical, computational, ecosystem, and biological sciences. The main research focus areas encompass different temporal and spatial scales and different levels of biological organization, providing fertile ground for innovation in mathematics and computer science at the interface of biology. Through an interwoven curriculum and guided application and experimentation, M-EID trainees will develop expertise in a primary discipline that will be applied to an interdisciplinary research problem. Trainees will have explicit training in team building, communication across the sciences, and effective teaching. M-EID has relationships with individuals, institutions, and agencies in the U.S. and abroad providing Fellows with additional venues to develop academic excellence and career opportunities. M-EID focuses on recruitment of Native Americans and other underrepresented groups through ties with tribal colleges and undergraduate summer institutes serving minorities and women. This program will serve as a model for small- to mid-sized institutions in effective interdisciplinary graduate education emphasizing both academic excellence and effective collaborative and communication skills. 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.

该IGERT奖项在蒙大拿大学建立了蒙大拿州传染病生态学（M-EID）计划。该计划侧重于传染病的生态学，解决了在具有相当大的科学，社会，道德和政策方面的全球和地方重要性的新兴领域培养领导者的需要。M-EID有三个主要组成部分：1）数学，计算和生物学的跨学科，基于团队的培训; 2）在学科之间和其他社会部门建立合作，团队建设和有效沟通的具体培训; 3）专业发展和职业提升。M-EID教师来自数学，计算，生态系统和生物科学。主要的研究重点领域包括不同的时间和空间尺度以及不同层次的生物组织，为生物学接口的数学和计算机科学创新提供了肥沃的土壤。通过相互交织的课程和指导应用和实验，M-EID学员将在将应用于跨学科研究问题的主要学科中发展专业知识。学员将在团队建设，跨学科沟通和有效教学方面接受明确的培训。M-EID与美国和国外的个人，机构和机构建立了关系，为研究员提供了额外的场所，以发展学术卓越和职业机会。M-EID的重点是通过与部落学院和为少数民族和妇女服务的本科暑期学院的联系，招募美洲原住民和其他代表性不足的群体。该计划将作为中小型机构有效跨学科研究生教育的典范，强调学术卓越和有效的协作和沟通技能。 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。