IGERT: The Interdisciplinary Minerals, Metals, Metalloids, and Toxicity (3MT) Graduate Training and Education Program

该综合研究生教育和研究培训（IGERT）奖支持在斯托尼布鲁克大学建立矿物，金属，类金属和毒性（3MT）教育和研究的多学科研究生培训计划。 3MT计划将培养新一代的科学家，他们将在环境和生命科学的接口工作，以了解矿物，金属和类金属如何影响生物过程，最终影响人类和动物的健康。 跨学科研究小组，由来自地球科学，药理科学，物理，化学，海洋科学，生物化学，病理学和医学部门的教师提供咨询，将解决与主题相关的具体研究问题。 此外，3MT计划将与美国地质勘探局的一个科学家团队合作，领导该机构的新的、全国性的、长达十年的倡议，以评估人类与其周围环境之间的相互作用。 通过这种合作，学生将在全国范围内的环境计划的背景下进行他们的研究。 3MT计划将提供新的模块化课程和研讨会。 这些讲习班将提供支持研究项目的实用技能培训，并为学生成为跨学科科学家做好准备。 3MT的学生将组织一个年度区域聚会的研究生学者从相关的培训计划在大纽约都会区。 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。

This Integrative Graduate Education and Research Training (IGERT) award supports the establishment of a multidisciplinary graduate training program of education and research in Minerals, Metals, Metalloids, and Toxicity (3MT) at Stony Brook University. The 3MT program will train a new generation of scientists who will work at the interface of environmental and life sciences to understand how minerals, metals and metalloids affect biological processes that ultimately impact on the health of human and animals. Interdisciplinary research teams, advised by faculty drawn from the departments of Geosciences, Pharmacological Sciences, Physics, Chemistry, Marine Sciences, Biochemistry, Pathology, and Medicine, will address specific research questions related to the theme. In addition, the 3MT program will collaborate with a team of USGS scientists leading the agencys new, nation-wide and decade-long initiative to assess the interaction between humans and their surficial environment. Through this collaboration, students will conduct their research in the context of a nation-wide environmental program. The 3MT Program will offer new modular courses and workshops. The workshops will provide training in practical skills in support of research projects and prepare students for careers as interdisciplinary scientists. 3MT students will organize an annual regional gathering for graduate scholars from related training programs in the greater New York Metropolitan area. 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.