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

这个综合研究生教育和研究培训（IGERT）奖支持博士生的跨学科培训，以追求纳米毒性日益增长和关键领域的研究和创新。这个项目是为每个学生量身定制的？确保对纳米材料与人类和环境相互作用的科学理解与新型纳米材料的发展及其在消费产品中的应用保持同步。知识价值：如果不详细了解这些创新材料、使用它们的人以及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一切，就无法实现。这个IGERT项目与国家职业安全与健康研究所的研究人员合作，通过将物理科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，促进了跨学科的观点。研究将涉及已经用于消费品的纳米材料，那些正在开发用于未来应用的纳米材料，以及开发用于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。更广泛的影响：学生从多个角度获得对纳米毒性领域的广泛理解：不同的科学和工程学科；工业、学术和国家实验室环境；从国际的角度来看。参与者将学习与其他科学和工程领域的同行有效地合作，并培养向公众和政策制定者传达这一重要且可能存在争议的领域的细微差别的技能。特别关注的是数字通信工具，使科学家和工程师能够直接与公众互动。IGERT是一项nsf范围内的计划，旨在满足教育美国博士科学家和工程师的挑战，他们具有跨学科背景，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。该项目旨在建立研究生教育和培训的新模式，在一个超越传统学科界限的合作研究的肥沃环境中，让学生了解研究转化为社会效益创新的过程

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