IGERT Formal Proposal: Education of the Next Generation of Environmental Scientists and Engineers

这一综合性研究生教育和研究培训(IGERT)奖支持建立环境科学和工程教育和研究的多学科研究生培训计划。来自不同领域的研究生将在充满活力的多学科背景下接受培训，培养出能够领导制定全球环境问题解决方案的环境科学家和工程师。这些专业人员将具有与其他学科的专家合作的强烈愿望，为工业和学术职业生涯做好准备，并能够跨越文化和国家障碍。受训者将与来自西澳州立大学三所学院八个系的研究人员在同一地点的实验室工作，进行尖端、基础和应用研究，重点是了解物质相之间发生的物理、化学和生物现象。学生将参加一项综合培训计划，其中包括正式的教学指导计划以及专门的课程和教育活动。该计划通过在国家实验室、政府机构、工业设施、印度国家环境部门或合作国际机构的实习来加强。优秀的研究生将通过本科生研究参与和与目标地区学院和大学的互动来招募，包括两所部落学院。女性、西班牙裔和美国原住民参与者将被积极招募。在为期五年的培训计划中，预计至少有66名学生参加。IGERT是一项NSF范围的计划，旨在促进建立创新的、以研究为基础的研究生计划，培训不同的科学家和工程师群体，为充分利用广泛的职业选择做好准备。IGERT为博士机构提供了一个机会，以开发新的、重点明确的、超越组织边界的多学科研究生课程，并团结来自几个系或机构的教师，为培训和研究建立一个高度互动、协作的环境。在该计划的第二年，将向21个机构颁发奖项，这些机构的项目共同涵盖了NSF支持的所有科学和工程领域。这一具体奖项由生物科学理事会、地球科学理事会、工程理事会、教育和人力资源理事会以及极地计划办公室资助。

This Integrative Graduate Education and Research Training (IGERT) award supports the establishment of a multidisciplinary graduate training program of education and research in environmental science and engineering. Graduate students from a variety of fields will be trained in a dynamic multidisciplinary context that will produce environmental scientists and engineers who will be able to lead the development of solutions to global environmental problems. These professionals will have a strong desire to work with experts in other disciplines, be ready for both industrial and academic careers, and be able to cross cultural and national barriers. Trainees will work in co-located laboratories with researchers from eight departments in three colleges at WSU, performing cutting-edge, fundamental, and applied research focused on understanding the physical, chemical, and biological phenomena that occur at the interfaces between material phases. Students will participate in an integrated training program that includes a formalized instructional mentoring program and specialized coursework and educational activities. The program is enhanced by internships at national laboratories, government agencies, industrial facilities, Indian nation environmental departments, or at cooperating international institutions. Outstanding graduate students will be recruited via undergraduate research participation and interactions with targeted regional colleges and universities, including two Tribal colleges. Women, Hispanic and Native American participants will be actively recruited. During the five-year training program, participation by at least 66 students is anticipated.IGERT is an NSF-wide program intended to facilitate the establishment of innovative, research-based graduate programs that will train a diverse group of scientists and engineers to be well-prepared to take advantage of a broad spectrum of career options. IGERT provides doctoral institutions with an opportunity to develop new, well-focussed multidisciplinary graduate programs that transcend organizational boundaries and unite faculty from several departments or institutions to establish a highly interactive, collaborative environment for both training and research. In this second year of the program, awards are being made to twenty-one institutions for programs that collectively span all areas of science and engineering supported by NSF. This specific award is supported by funds from the Directorates for Biological Sciences, for Geosciences, for Engineering, for Education and Human Resources, and from the Office of Polar Programs.