IGERT: REN@WVU - Research and Education in Nanotoxicology at West Virginia University

这一综合性研究生教育和研究培训(IGERT)奖支持对博士生进行跨学科培训，以在不断增长的关键纳米毒性领域进行研究和创新。该项目针对每个学生-S的个人和职业目标-个性化，确保对纳米材料与人和环境相互作用的科学理解与新纳米材料的发展及其在消费产品中的应用保持同步。智力优势：如果不详细了解这些创新材料、使用它们的人和使用它们的环境之间的相互作用，纳米材料将彻底改变从能源效率到健康的方方面面的承诺就无法实现。该IGERT项目与国家职业安全与健康研究所的研究人员合作，通过将物理学家和工程师与生物/生物医学科学家和工程师联系起来的合作研究项目，促进跨学科的视角。研究将涉及已经用于消费产品的纳米材料，那些正在为未来应用开发的纳米材料，以及开发快速纳米毒性评估的新方法。学员将通过研讨会、实习和多学科团队商业计划竞赛获得创业技能。广泛影响：学生从多个角度获得对纳米毒性领域的广泛了解：不同的科学和工程学科；工业、学术和国家实验室背景；以及国际视角。学员学习如何与其他科学和工程领域的同行有效合作，并培养向公众和政策制定者传达这一重要且可能引起争议的领域的细微差别的技能。特别关注的是使科学家和工程师能够直接与公众互动的数字通信工具。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。该计划旨在为研究生教育和培训建立新的模式，为超越传统学科界限的合作研究创造一个肥沃的环境，并让学生了解将研究转化为创新以造福社会的过程。

This Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) award supports the interdisciplinary training of Ph.D. students to pursue research and innovation in the growing and critical field of nanotoxicity. The program, which is individualized for each student?s personal and career goals, ensures that scientific understanding of the interaction of nanomaterials with people and the environment keeps pace with the development of new nanomaterials and their applications in consumer products.Intellectual Merit: The promise of nanomaterials to revolutionize everything from energy efficiency to health cannot be realized without detailed understanding of the interactions between these innovative materials, the people who use them, and the environments in which they are used. This IGERT project, in collaboration with researchers from the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, facilitates an interdisciplinary perspective via collaborative research projects that link physical scientists and engineers with biological/biomedical scientists and engineers. Research will address nanomaterials already used in consumer products, those in development for future applications, and developing new methods for rapid nanotoxicity evaluation. Trainees will acquire entrepreneurial skills through workshops, internships, and a multidisciplinary team business plan competition.Broader Impacts: Students acquire a broad-based understanding of the field of nanotoxicity from multiple perspectives: varied scientific and engineering disciplines; industrial, academic and national laboratory contexts; and from an international perspective. Participants learn to work effectively with their counterparts in other scientific and engineering fields, as well as develop the skills to communicate the nuances of this important and potentially controversial field to the public and to policy makers. Special focus is placed on digital communications tools that allow scientists and engineers to interact directly with the public. 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 establish new models for graduate education and training in a fertile environment for collaborative research that transcends traditional disciplinary boundaries, and to engage students in understanding the processes by which research is translated to innovations for societal benefit