IGERT: Nitrogen Systems: Policy-oriented Integrated Research & Education (NSPIRE)

该奖项是根据2009年美国复苏和再投资法案（公法111-5）资助的。活性氮的管理是21世纪世纪重大的科学和社会挑战之一。将技术理解转化为公共政策可能更具挑战性。该综合研究生教育和研究培训（IGERT）奖的目标是培养在氮循环方面受过严格培训的毕业生，并对氮科学有综合见解，以促进与公共政策制定者的有效沟通。课程包括综合氮循环课程;跨学科氮方法研讨会;系统动力学建模课程;新的和独特的公共政策工作室课程;与政策制定组织为期四个月的实习;和个人综合论文研究。工作室课程将通过将系统模型应用于政策评估，同时与政策利益相关者直接互动，使学生沉浸在重大政策问题中。实习将作为一个顶点的经验，并允许跨学科的培训应用到真实的世界局势。该计划将通过对学生学习的研究，学生将参与正在进行的研究项目的方法研讨会，以及政策应用系统模型的开发和应用，将研究和教学结合起来。代表性不足的群体将被积极招募，以使科学和工程领域的研究生培训项目多样化。作为这些学生和他们的导师开发的能力，将他们的研究在更广泛的政策背景下，作为公共政策的决定开始，以反映综合氮循环的最佳可用的科学理解，整个社会将受益。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 award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5). Managing reactive nitrogen is one of the great scientific and social challenges of the 21st century. Translating technical understanding to public policy may be even more challenging. The goal of this Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) award is to produce graduates who have rigorous training in nitrogen cycling and an integrated view of nitrogen science to promote effective communication with public policy makers. The curriculum consists of an integrated nitrogen cycle course; an interdisciplinary nitrogen methods workshop; a systems dynamics modeling course; a new and unique public policy studio course; a four month internship with a policy formulating organization; and individual integrated dissertation research. The studio course will immerse students in major policy issues by applying system models to policy evaluation while interacting directly with policy stakeholders. The internship will serve as a capstone experience and allow application of interdisciplinary training to real world situations. This program will integrate research and teaching through research on student learning, the methods workshop in which students will participate in ongoing research projects, and the development and application of systems models for policy applications. Underrepresented groups will be aggressively recruited to diversify graduate training programs within sciences and engineering. As these students and their mentors develop the ability to integrate their research within a broader policy context, society as a whole will benefit as public policy decisions begin to reflect the best available scientific understanding of the integrated nitrogen cycle. 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.