IGERT: Biological and Computational Foundations of Language Diversity

人类语言在物种中是普遍的，在不同种群之间也是高度可变的。这个综合性研究生教育和研究培训(IGERT)项目将培训年轻的科学家和工程师，通过结合行为、计算和生物学研究的工具，利用覆盖马里兰大学五所学院九个系的广泛合作网络，了解语言多样性。该项目旨在通过以下方式促进语言科学的可持续变化：通过地方和国际合作和外联努力，为不同语言的跨学科研究建立基础设施；加强基础科学与临床和工程应用之间的联系；以及通过高中和本科伙伴关系提高对语言科学的认识。培训计划提供了课程作业、研究培训和一个环境，旨在帮助学生为跨学科研究做准备，并使他们能够在未来的职业生涯中建立合作网络。跨学科研究的准备工作将通过广泛的课程作业、综合的专业研讨会和候选后实验室轮换来提供，该轮换将使受训者与来自其他学科的学生配对。该项目的一个核心组成部分是冬季风暴，这是一个为期两周的密集研讨会，将提供基础技能培训、研究规划和专业发展。该项目将加强计算和神经科学技术在非典型语言和第二语言学习研究中的使用，并将与设在加拉德特大学的以视觉语言为重点的国家科学基金会支持的学习科学中心合作。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。

Human language is both universal within the species and highly variable across populations. This Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) project will train young scientists and engineers to understand language diversity by combining the tools of behavioral, computational and biological research, drawing upon an extensive collaborative network that spans nine departments in five colleges at the University of Maryland. The project aims to promote sustainable change in the science of language by building infrastructure for interdisciplinary research on diverse languages through local and international collaborations and outreach efforts, by strengthening links between basic science and clinical and engineering applications, and by building awareness of the science of language through high school and undergraduate partnerships. The training plan provides coursework, research training, and an environment geared towards preparing students for interdisciplinary research and equipping them to build collaborative networks in their future careers. Preparation for interdisciplinary research will be provided by broad coursework, integrative pro-seminars and a post-candidacy lab rotation that will pair trainees with students from other disciplines. A central component of the project is the Winter Storm, an intensive two-week workshop that will provide foundational skills training, research planning, and professional development. The project will enhance the use of computational and neuroscientific techniques in studies of atypical language and second language learning, and will partner with an NSF-supported Science of Learning Center based at Gallaudet University that focuses on visual language. 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.