IGERT Proposal: Biosphere-Atmosphere Research and Training

这一综合性研究生教育与研究培训(IGERT)奖支持与其他11所大学合作，在密歇根大学生物站(UMBS)建立一个多学科、多机构的生物圈-大气研究培训(BART)教育与研究研究生培训计划。该方案的目的是为博士生提供在生物圈和大气科学交界处开展研究所需的技能方面的多学科强化培训。总体研究主题是增进对生物圈和大气特性和过程之间的相互作用和反馈的理解。BART建立在UMBS现有的科学家、研究项目和学术项目的独特集合基础上。BART培训将从为期10周的新颖住宿研究体验开始。学生将使用最先进的设备和设施进行研究，以进行大气成分、大气通量测量和生态系统动力学的研究。每个学生的博士生涯将有两位共同导师：一位大气科学家和一位生物圈科学家。除了驻地研究经验，学生还将接受持续的多学科培训，包括：一年两次的研讨会，以及通过互联网讨论小组和BART网站支持的活动。IGERT是一个NSF范围内的计划，旨在促进建立创新的、以研究为基础的研究生课程，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。这一具体奖项由地球科学理事会、生物科学理事会、教育和人力资源理事会以及极地方案办公室资助。

This Integrative Graduate Education and Research Training (IGERT) award supports the establishment of a multidisciplinary, multi-institutional graduate training program of education and research in Biospheric-Atmospheric Research Training (BART) at the University of Michigan Biological Station (UMBS), in collaboration with eleven other universities. The purpose of this program is to provide doctoral students with enhanced multidisciplinary training in the skills required for conducting research at the interface of the biospheric and atmospheric sciences. The over-arching research theme is to improve the understanding of the interactions and feedbacks that occur between biospheric and atmospheric properties and processes. BART builds on the unique collection of scientists, research projects and academic programs that exist at UMBS. BART training will commence with a novel 10-week residential research experience. Students will conduct research using state-of-the-art equipment and facilities for conducting research on atmospheric composition, atmospheric flux measurements, and ecosystem dynamics. Each student will have two co-mentors for his/her doctoral career: an atmospheric scientist and a biospheric scientist. In addition to the residential research experience, students will receive continuing multidisciplinary training including: biannual workshops, and activities suppported through Internet discussion groups, and the BART web site.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 Geosciences, for Biological Sciences, and for Education and Human Resources, and the Office of Polar Programs.