IGERT: Integrative Training in Motor Control and Movement

这一综合性研究生教育和研究培训(IGERT)项目在芝加哥科学界建立了广泛的联系，为美国博士生开发运动控制和运动综合培训计划。为了发展对运动的综合理解，有必要同时讨论所涉及的系统的生物学和工程学，以及它们如何协同工作。芝加哥大学和西北大学研究生课程的学生将获得所需的生物和工程背景，以开发将该领域带入新方向所需的综合方法。教育工具包括新兵训练营、四分之三共同核心课程、讨论系列、必要的实验室轮换以及外地博物馆的讲习班和研讨会。该计划将涉及到芝加哥地区的当地学校，对学生和教职员工进行有效拓展的培训。IGERT研究生培训生对本科生的指导将与当地大学密切合作，这些大学主要服务于芝加哥地区代表性不足的少数族裔。一个跨机构的网站将突出与该项目IGERT目标相关的机会和成果，并为教师和学生提供资源。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 Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) project builds links broadly across Chicago's scientific community to develop an integrative training program for U.S. doctoral students in motor control and movement. To develop an integrative understanding of movement, it is necessary to address both the biology and the engineering of the systems involved and how they work together. Students from graduate programs at the University of Chicago and Northwestern University will obtain the biological and engineering backgrounds required to develop the integrative approach needed to take the field in new directions. Educational tools include a boot camp, a three-quarter common core curriculum, a discussion series, required laboratory rotations, and workshops and seminars at the Field Museum. The program will involve outreach to local Chicago-area schools, with training for students and faculty in the development and conduct of effective outreach. Mentoring of undergraduate students by IGERT graduate trainees will be done in close collaboration with local universities that primarily serve underrepresented minorities in the Chicago area. A trans-institutional website will highlight opportunities and results related to this program's IGERT goals and provide resources for teachers and students. 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.