IGERT: Biosphere-Atmosphere Research and Training Phase II

这项综合研究生教育和研究培训（IGERT）奖支持密歇根大学生物站（UMBS）与五个主要合作机构（印第安纳大学、俄亥俄州立大学、普渡大学、华盛顿州立大学、密歇根大学、密歇根大学和密歇根大学）合作，进一步发展多学科、多机构的生物圈-大气研究培训（BART）教育和研究研究生培训计划。和西密歇根大学)以及所有参与的美国博士生的机构。知识价值。该计划的目的是为博士生提供加强的多学科培训，使其具备在生物圈和大气科学界面进行研究所需的技能。首要的研究主题是提高对生物圈和大气特性和过程之间发生的相互作用和反馈的理解。更广泛的影响包括这一新的环境学科的培训。BART建立在UMBS存在的独特科学家，研究项目和学术课程的基础上。旧金山湾区捷运系统的培训开始于一项新颖的为期10周的住宿研究体验。学生使用最先进的设备和设施进行大气成分、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都有两位共同导师：一位大气科学家和一位生物圈科学家。在第二阶段，学生们将参加密歇根大学的生物圈-大气相互作用基础课程。讲座将以BART第一阶段基础研讨会的材料为基础，课程将有一个新的、广泛的实验室组成部分。第二阶段的学生还将有机会参加技术短期课程（例如，生态生理学方法、热、辐射和气体物种交换以及大气监测）和两年一次的国际会议。与第一阶段一样，第二阶段的学生也将参加阅读小组和观点研讨会（如政策、行业、指导和资助）。除了住宿研究经验外，学生还接受持续的多学科培训，包括年度研讨会和参加大气和生物圈专业会议。IGERT是一项nsf范围内的计划，旨在满足教育美国博士科学家和工程师的挑战，他们具有跨学科背景，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模式，在一个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。

This Integrative Graduate Education and Research Training (IGERT) award supports the further development 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 five key partner institutions (Indiana University, Ohio State University, Purdue University, Washington State University, and Western Michigan University) and the institutions of all participating U.S. doctoral students. Intellectual merit. 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. Broader impacts include the training in this new environmental discipline. BART builds on the unique collection of scientists, research projects and academic programs that exist at UMBS. BART training commences with a novel 10-week residential research experience. Students conduct research on atmospheric composition, atmospheric flux measurements, and ecosystem dynamics using state-of-the-art equipment and facilities. Each student has two co-mentors for his/her doctoral career: an atmospheric scientist and a biospheric scientist. During Phase II, students will participate in a new University of Michigan course in the Essentials of Biosphere-Atmosphere Interactions. Lectures will be based upon material developed for BART Phase I Fundamentals Workshops, and the course will have a new, extensive laboratory component. Phase II Students will also have the opportunity to participate in technical short courses (e.g., in Ecophyisological Methods, Heat, Radiative, and Gaseous Species Exchange, and Atmospheric Monitoring) and a biennial International Conference. As in Phase I, Phase II students will also participate in reading groups and Perspectives Workshops (e.g. on policy, industry, mentoring, and grantsmanship). In addition to the residential research experience, students receive continuing multidisciplinary training including an annual workshop and participation in atmospheric and biospheric professional conferences. 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.