Chemistry-Biology Interface Training Program

麻省理工学院的化学/生物学接口培训计划（CBiTP）将汇集来自化学和生物学系以及生物工程系的32名教师，培训年轻科学家进行创新研究并广泛交流，因为他们将化学和物理原理应用于分子，细胞，有机体和系统层面的挑战性生物问题。我们要求的资金将主要用于支持一年级的研究生。该计划的目标是培养学生跨越传统的学术界限，培养他们在物理和化学科学的基础领域，并告知他们可以用新兴的物理和化学方法研究的生物系统。我们预计，在这个程序中受过教育的学生将继续作出重大贡献的研究，教育和科学政策，许多人将承担在学术界和工业界的领导地位。CBiTP的共同要素旨在通过跨学科课程，轮换和论文委员会成员资格来平衡扩大学员学术经验的使命，同时提供专业研究领域的严格背景。具体而言，每个学员将被要求：1。完成18个单元的分级课程（B级或更高）从父母部门以外的产品选择; 2。参加研讨会和讨论课程（前沿研究在化学/生物学接口- 6个单位，通过/失败分级）; 3.参与至少一次本科室以外的实验室轮换;成立论文委员会，委员中至少有一名系外人员; 5.教两个学期后，该计划的第一年; 6。参加跨部门研讨会项目; 7.接受负责任地开展研究的培训。CBiTP的教师参与者还将参与麻省理工学院夏季研究计划（MSRP）本科生的培训，这将为未来招聘具有不同种族和社会背景的人才到CBiTP和麻省理工学院提供宝贵的机制。化学，生物学和生物工程的负责人致力于这一计划，并已同意提供资金，以弥补津贴和学费的短缺，为所有学员在该计划，并支持五个额外的学生隶属于该计划。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Chemistry/Biology Interface Training Program (CBiTP) at MIT will bring together 32 faculty from the Departments of Chemistry and Biology, and the Biological Engineering Division to train young scientists to carry out innovative research and to communicate broadly, as they apply chemical and physical principles to challenging biological problems at the molecular, cellular, organismal, and systems levels. We request funds that will be used predominantly for the support of first-year graduate students. The goal of this program is to train students to move fluidly across traditional academic boundaries, to train them in fundamental areas of the physical and chemical sciences, and inform them about the biological systems that can be studied with emerging physical and chemical methods. We anticipate that students educated in this program will move on to make significant contributions to research, education, and scientific policy and that many will assume leadership positions in academia and industry. The common elements of the CBiTP are designed to balance the mission of broadening the trainees' academic experience, through cross-disciplinary coursework, rotations and thesis committee membership, while at the same time providing a rigorous background in a specialized field of study. Specifically, each trainee will be required to: 1. Complete 18 units of graded coursework (B grade or better) selected from offerings outside of the parent department; 2. Participate in a seminar and discussion course (Frontiers in Research at the Chemistry/Biology Interface - 6 units, pass/fail grading); 3. Participate in at least one laboratory rotation outside parent department; 4. Establish a thesis committee that includes at least one member outside the parent department; 5. Teach two semesters after the first year of the program; 6. Participate in cross-department seminar programs; and 7. Undergo training in the responsible conduct of research. Faculty participants in the CBiTP will also be engaged in the training of MIT Summer Research Program (MSRP) undergraduate students, which will provide a valuable mechanism for the future recruitment of talented individuals with diverse ethnic and social backgrounds to the CBiTP and MIT. The Heads of Chemistry, Biology and Biological Engineering are committed to this program and have agreed to provide funds to cover the shortfall in stipend and tuition for all the trainees in the program and to support five additional students affiliated with the program.