IGERT: Ecosystem Restoration through Interdisciplinary Exchange (ERIE)

该综合研究生教育和研究培训（IGERT）奖支持布法罗大学与合作机构布法罗州立学院和尼亚加拉大学合作，通过跨学科交流（ERIE）在生态系统恢复方面开展新的多学科研究生教育和研究培训计划。该计划将为博士生提供跨学科的培训，以推进生态系统恢复的理论基础，并使概念适应复杂区域生态系统的具体情况，重点是五大湖及其周边流域。研究将强调生态系统评估、建模和管理方面的综合项目，并参考现实世界的应用。通过课程模块、美国土著学者领导的研究以及与土著伙伴的互动，将特别关注周围土著社区的重要环境文化问题。生态环境研究所将通过向工作人员注入经过培训的专业人员，以整合和交流科学、工程、政策和文化方面的考虑，并通过展示跨学科教育的新方法，来改变生态系统恢复的理论和实践。培训将强调专业发展和基于地方的科学教育意识，这些教育是由通过当地恢复项目获得的知识推动的。具体活动包括由经验丰富的研究人员和国家专家讲授的面向实地的短期课程，跨学科团队动态的领导讲习班，与外部合作伙伴的专业实习，案例研究方法的指导和指导，以及开发和传播新的K-16材料。招收学生将以现有的少数民族奖学金项目和以前成功招收的美洲土著博士生为基础，并结合针对当地和地区美洲土著社区学生的新活动。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 Traineeship (IGERT) award supports a new multidisciplinary graduate training program of education and research in Ecosystem Restoration through Interdisciplinary Exchange (ERIE) at the University at Buffalo, in cooperation with partner institutions Buffalo State College and Niagara University. The program will provide doctoral students with interdisciplinary training to advance the theoretical foundations of ecosystem restoration and adapt concepts to the particulars of complex regional ecosystems, with an emphasis on the Great Lakes and surrounding watersheds. Research will emphasize integrative projects in ecosystem assessment, modeling, and management, referenced to real world applications. Special attention will be given to important environmental cultural issues of surrounding indigenous communities through course modules, research led by Native American scholars, and interactions with Native partners. ERIE will transform the theory and practice of ecosystem restoration by infusing the workforce with professionals trained to integrate and exchange science, engineering, policy and cultural considerations, and by demonstrating new approaches to interdisciplinary education. Training will emphasize both professional development and sense of place-based science education fueled by knowledge gained through the local restoration projects. Specific activities include field-oriented short courses taught by experienced researchers and national experts, leadership workshops on interdisciplinary team dynamics, professional internships with external partners, instruction and mentoring in case study methods, and the development and dissemination of new K-16 materials. Student recruitment will build on existing minority fellowship programs and previously successful recruitment of Native American doctoral students, in conjunction with new activities targeting students from local and regional Native American communities. 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.