IGERT FORMAL PROPOSAL: Graduate Research Training in Bioinformatics

9870710德利西 这个综合研究生教育和研究培训（IGERT）奖将支持在计算科学和生物信息学方面建立一个基础广泛的研究生培训计划，强调各种生物学问题的计算方法，包括功能和结构基因组学，生物信息学，神经科学和细胞运动。该计划将是来自生物学，生物医学工程，化学，电气和计算机工程，数学和药理学，其研究兴趣反映在数学和实验科学的技能部门绘制的26名教师的共同努力。 NSF的支持将为每年14名研究生提供津贴，并支付学生研究培训的相关费用。 教育机会将要求研究生具有或获得分子生物学和生物化学，发育生物学，计算和数据库的基本知识。 高级课程将在分子进化，生物力学和工程系统分析等领域提供。 简短的教程将训练学生使用和修改数据可视化和分析所需的计算机软件和硬件。 该培训计划将提供每周研讨会和晚间研究讨论，并将举办两次全国性研讨会，专门讨论计算生物学领域的前沿科学或技术问题。培训计划将包括由两名导师监督的论文研究，书面和口头交流培训，参观工业研究实验室和延长工业实习的机会。 学生将通过不同的努力，包括招募，除了标准途径，科学工程和数学学术支持网络的高等教育的新英格兰委员会的使用和主办的年度，为期一周的研讨会在数据库和软件的教师从15-20个小学院和大学。 该计划的进展将由一个由杰出的工业和学术科学家组成的外部咨询委员会进行监督，该委员会每年举行一次会议。 IGERT是一个新的，NSF范围内的计划，其目标是赞助建立创新的，以研究为基础的研究生课程，这将培养一批新的科学家和工程师的多元化，为私营和公共部门的各种职业做好准备。 IGERT为开发新的，重点突出的多学科课程提供了机会，这些课程跨越了传统的组织障碍，将来自多个部门或机构的教师团结起来，为培训和研究建立一个高度互动的协作环境。 在第一年，该计划将为17个机构提供支持，以支持新的或新生的项目，这些项目涵盖了符合NSF支持条件的科学，工程和数学的所有领域。

9870710 DeLisi This Integrative Graduate Education and Research Training (IGERT) award will support the establishment of a broadly- based graduate training program in computational science and bioinformatics that emphasizes computational approaches to diverse biological problems, including functional and structural genomics, bioinformatics, neuroscience and cell motility. The program will be a joint effort of 26 faculty drawn from the Departments of Biology, Biomedical Engineering, Chemistry, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Mathematics and Pharmacology, whose research interests reflect skill in both mathematics and experimental science. NSF support will provide stipends for 14 graduate students each year, and for related costs of student research training. Educational opportunities will require that the graduate students have or acquire basic knowledge of molecular biology and biochemistry, developmental biology, computation and databases. Advanced coursework will be offered in areas as varied as molecular evolution, biomechanics and engineering systems analysis. Short tutorials will train students in the use and modification of computer software and hardware needed for data visualization and analysis. The training program will offer weekly seminars and evening research discussions, and will host two national workshops devoted to leading edge scientific or technological issues in computational biology. The training program will include thesis research supervised by two mentors, training in written and oral communication, visits to industrial research labs and opportunities for extended industrial internships. Students will be recruited through varied efforts including, in addition to standard avenues, the use of the Science Engineering and Math Academic Support Network of the New England Board of Higher Education and the hosting of an annual, week-long workshop in databases and software for teachers from 15-20 small colleges and universities. Th e progress of the program will be monitored by an external advisory committee of distinguished industrial and academic scientists that meets annually. IGERT is a new, NSF-wide program whose goal is to sponsor the establishment of innovative, research-based graduate programs that will train a diverse group of new scientists and engineers to be well-prepared for varied careers in the private and public sectors. IGERT provides an opportunity for the development of new, well-focused multidisciplinary programs that bridge traditional organizational barriers, uniting faculty from several departments or institutions to establish a highly-interactive collaborative environment for both training and research. In its first year, the program will provide support to 17 institutions for new or nascent programs that collectively span all areas of science, engineering and mathematics eligible for support by the NSF.