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

这一IGERT奖项建立了蒙大拿大学的蒙大拿州传染病生态学(M-EID)项目。该计划侧重于传染病的生态学，旨在满足在具有全球和地方重要性的新兴领域培训领导者的需要，该领域具有相当大的科学、社会、伦理和政策方面的重要性。M-EID有三个主要组成部分：1)数学、计算和生物方面的跨学科、基于团队的培训；2)在学科之间和与其他社会部门之间建立协作、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的教师来自数学、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和不同的生物组织水平，为生物学界面上的数学和计算机科学的创新提供了肥沃的土壤。通过一个相互交织的课程和指导性的应用和实验，M-EID学员将在一个主要学科中发展专业知识，该专业知识将应用于跨学科研究问题。学员将接受团队建设、跨科学交流和有效教学方面的明确培训。M-EID与美国和海外的个人、机构和机构建立了关系，为研究员提供了更多的场所来发展学术卓越和职业机会。开斋节的重点是通过与部落学院和为少数族裔和妇女服务的本科生暑期学校建立联系，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的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范围内的项目，旨在应对培养具有跨学科背景、所选学科的深厚知识以及满足未来职业需求所需的技术、专业和个人技能的美国博士科学家和工程师的挑战。该项目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，催化研究生教育的文化变革。

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.