IGERT: Montana-Ecology of Infectious Disease: Integrative Graduate Training on Multi-Scalar Computational, Mathematical and Empirical Approaches to Complex Biological Problems

这个IGERT奖在蒙大拿大学建立了蒙大拿传染病生态学（M-EID）项目。该计划侧重于传染病生态学，解决了在具有相当科学、社会、伦理和政策方面的全球和地方重要性的新兴领域培养领导者的需要。M-EID有三个主要组成部分：1)跨学科的、基于团队的数学、计算和生物学培训；2)在学科之间和与其他社会部门之间建立协作、团队建设和有效沟通的具体培训；3)专业发展和职业提升。M-EID的教师来自数学、计算、生态系统和生物科学。主要研究领域涵盖了不同的时空尺度和不同层次的生物组织，为生物学界面的数学和计算机科学创新提供了肥沃的土壤。通过一个相互交织的课程和有指导的应用和实验，M-EID学员将在一个将应用于跨学科研究问题的初级学科中发展专门知识。受训者将在团队建设、跨科学交流和有效教学方面接受明确的培训。M-EID与美国和国外的个人、机构和机构建立了关系，为研究员提供了发展学术成就和职业机会的额外场所。M-EID的重点是通过与部落学院和为少数民族和妇女服务的本科暑期学院的联系，招收印第安人和其他代表性不足的群体。该项目将成为中小院校有效跨学科研究生教育的典范，强调学术卓越和有效的协作和沟通技巧。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 IGERT award establishes the Montana Ecology of Infectious Disease (M-EID) program at the University of Montana. The program focus on ecology of infectious diseases addresses the need to train leaders in an emerging field of global and local importance with considerable scientific, societal, ethical and policy aspects. M-EID has three major components: 1) interdisciplinary, team-based training in mathematics, computation, and biology; 2) specific training in establishing collaboration, team-building, and effective communication among disciplines and to other societal sectors; 3) professional development and career enhancement. M-EID faculty are from mathematical, computational, ecosystem, and biological sciences. The main research focus areas encompass different temporal and spatial scales and different levels of biological organization, providing fertile ground for innovation in mathematics and computer science at the interface of biology. Through an interwoven curriculum and guided application and experimentation, M-EID trainees will develop expertise in a primary discipline that will be applied to an interdisciplinary research problem. Trainees will have explicit training in team building, communication across the sciences, and effective teaching. M-EID has relationships with individuals, institutions, and agencies in the U.S. and abroad providing Fellows with additional venues to develop academic excellence and career opportunities. M-EID focuses on recruitment of Native Americans and other underrepresented groups through ties with tribal colleges and undergraduate summer institutes serving minorities and women. This program will serve as a model for small- to mid-sized institutions in effective interdisciplinary graduate education emphasizing both academic excellence and effective collaborative and communication skills. 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.