IGERT: Integrative Graduate Research and Training in Evolutionary Primatology--Reinvigoration and Reorientation of NYCEP (New York Consortium in Evolutionary Primatology)

NYCEP，进化灵长类动物学的纽约联盟，是一个研究生研究和培训计划，在过去的10年里由NSF研究培训组（RTG）奖资助。在吸引来自纽约城市大学，哥伦比亚大学，纽约大学，美国自然历史博物馆和野生动物保护协会的教师，NYCEP代表了一个罕见的公立和私立大学与私人捐赠（和公共援助）的机构一起致力于将科学带给公众。我们的联盟链接超过45个教师，其对人类和非人类灵长类动物的研究观点包括比较形态学，古生物学，系统学，分子和群体遗传学，行为，生态学和保护生物学。学生参加所有这些领域的课程，参加所有五个机构工作人员的研讨会，并有多种机会在实地，实验室和博物馆进行原创研究。NYCEP是独一无二的，它提供的课程和研究机会的范围和多样性。 这个IGERT奖将通过实施一系列创新的教育，课程和研究计划，进一步加强和重新调整我们成功的研究生培训计划，并为一批有才华的研究生的培训提供支持，否则他们将无法从这个综合计划中受益。我们已经培训了110名学生（包括63名女性和15名来自科学领域代表性不足的群体），受益于NSF/RTG的资助，我们授予了49名博士学位。在那些直接获得NYCEP资助的人中，有22人已经获得了博士学位，许多人在大学、动物园和工业界获得了引人注目的职位。我们将在这些成功的基础上进一步加强以下方面的工作：（1）通过学生演讲和新课程的专业发展，包括科学道德行为，口头和书面沟通技巧，资助申请和求职;（2）学生参与行为生态学，保护和古生物学的国际实地研究;（3）知名度和公众意识，通过年度会议展示NYCEP活动，提高科学素养和兴趣;（4）通过与我们校园和其他地方的大学科学课程的互动，与本科生，特别是少数民族学生进行外联。这些功能中的每一个都将提高我们计划的智力价值和更广泛的影响。这IGERT补助金和相关的大学财政援助将支持超过35名新生和资金约180学生年的研究生教育。IGERT是一个NSF范围内的计划，旨在满足教育美国博士的挑战。具有跨学科背景的科学家和工程师，在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。该计划旨在通过建立创新的研究生教育和培训新模式，在超越传统学科界限的合作研究的肥沃环境中促进研究生教育的文化变革。在该计划的第六个年头，奖项正在颁发给那些共同跨越NSF支持的科学和工程领域的计划机构。

NYCEP, the New York Consortium in Evolutionary Primatology, is a graduate research and training program funded for the past 10 years by an NSF Research Training Groups (RTG) award. In drawing faculty from City University of New York, Columbia University, New York University, the American Museum of Natural History, and the Wildlife Conservation Society, NYCEP represents a rare combination of public and private universities together with privately endowed (and publicly assisted) institutions dedicated to bringing science to the public. Our consortium links over 45 faculty whose research perspectives on human and nonhuman primates include comparative morphology, paleontology, systematics, molecular and population genetics, behavior, ecology, and conservation biology. Students take courses in all these areas, attend seminars drawing on the staff of all five institutions, and have multiple opportunities to conduct original research at field sites, laboratories, and museums. NYCEP is unique for the range and diversity of courses and research opportunities that it offers. This IGERT award will further enhance and refocus our successful graduate training program by implementing a series of innovative educational, curricular, and research initiatives, as well as to provide support for the training of a cohort of talented graduate students who would not otherwise benefit from this integrative program.Since 1992, we have trained 110 students (including 63 females and 15 from groups underrepresented in science) with benefit from NSF/RTG funding, and we awarded 49 Ph.D.s. Of those with direct NYCEP funding, 22 have already received Ph.D.s, and many have obtained high-profile positions in universities, zoos and industry. We will build upon these successes by increasing our emphasis on the following areas: (1) professional development through student presentations and a new course covering the ethical conduct of science, oral and written communication skills, grant application, and job search; (2) student participation in international field research on behavioral ecology, conservation and paleontology; (3) visibility and public awareness, through an annual conference to showcase NYCEP activities and improve science literacy and interest; and (4) outreach to undergraduate, especially minority, students through interaction with college science programs on our campuses and elsewhere. Each of these features will enhance both the intellectual merit and the broader impacts of our program. This IGERT grant and associated university financial aid will support over 35 new students and fund about 180 student-years of graduate education.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 catalyze a cultural change in graduate education by establishing innovative new models for graduate education and training in a fertile environment for collaborative research that transcends traditional disciplinary boundaries. In this sixth year of the program, awards are being made to institutions for programs that collectively span the areas of science and engineering supported by NSF.