IGERT: Returning the Radio to Chemistry: Integrating Radiochemistry into a Chemistry Ph.D. Program

这一综合性研究生教育和研究培训(IGERT)计划支持放射化学跨学科、多机构研究生培训计划的发展。分子成像、环境修复、核能和国家安全等跨学科领域越来越依赖专门的放射化学知识。但是，具备培养放射化学家能力的化学研究生课程很少，从事放射化学研究的学生也很少。该项目的目标是激发博士生对放射化学的兴趣，培养出能够满足这一关键需求的科学家。纽约州立大学亨特学院、纪念斯隆-凯特琳癌症中心、密苏里大学哥伦比亚分校、内华达大学拉斯维加斯分校和其他几家领先的放射化学机构(包括国家实验室和工业)将共同培养跨多个科学学科的未来科学家，以有效地创新、理解和使用放射化学。这一模式将包括一个发展有效沟通技能的场所，以培养更知情的公众，他们更容易接受和了解放射化学的用途、好处和安全。通过合作研究所的合作努力以及Hunter在招聘和培训女性和少数族裔方面的经验，IGERT旨在增加具有深厚放射化学背景的博士科学家的数量和多样性。IGERT是一个NSF范围的项目，旨在应对培养具有跨学科背景、选定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 Training (IGERT) program supports the development of an interdisciplinary, multi-institutional graduate training program in radiochemistry. Interdisciplinary fields such as molecular imaging, environmental remediation, nuclear energy, and national security rely increasingly on specialized radiochemical knowledge. But few chemistry graduate programs exist with the capabilities to train radiochemists and few students engage in radiochemical research. The goal of this program is to stimulate a resurgence of interest in radiochemistry among Ph.D. students, producing scientists who can fill this critical need. Hunter College of CUNY, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, University of Missouri at Columbia, University of Nevada Las Vegas, and several other leading radiochemistry institutions (including national laboratories and industry) will together train future scientists across multiple scientific disciplines to innovate, understand and employ radiochemistry effectively. This model will include a venue for the development of effective communication skills to foster a better-informed public who are more accepting and knowledgeable about the use, benefits and safety of radiochemistry. By drawing upon the collaborative efforts of the partnering institutes as well as Hunter's experience in recruiting and training women and minorities, this IGERT aims to increase the number and diversity of Ph.D. scientists with strong radiochemistry backgrounds.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.