IGERT: Biological and Computational Foundations of Language Diversity

人类语言在物种内部是通用的，在不同的种群之间也是高度可变的。这个综合研究生教育和研究培训（IGERT）项目将培养年轻的科学家和工程师，通过结合行为，计算和生物研究的工具，了解语言多样性，利用广泛的合作网络，跨越九个部门在五个学院在马里兰州的大学。该项目旨在促进语言科学的可持续变革，通过地方和国际合作和外联努力，加强基础科学与临床和工程应用之间的联系，并通过高中和本科生伙伴关系建立对语言科学的认识，为不同语言的跨学科研究建立基础设施。该培训计划提供课程作业、研究培训以及一个旨在为学生进行跨学科研究做好准备并帮助他们在未来的职业生涯中建立协作网络的环境。跨学科研究的准备将通过广泛的课程，综合性的专业研讨会和候选人后的实验室轮换来提供，这将使学员与其他学科的学生配对。该项目的一个核心组成部分是冬季风暴，这是一个为期两周的密集研讨会，将提供基础技能培训，研究规划和专业发展。该项目将加强在非典型语言和第二语言学习研究中使用计算和神经科学技术，并将与位于Gallaudet大学的NSF支持的学习科学中心合作，该中心专注于视觉语言。 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。

Human language is both universal within the species and highly variable across populations. This Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) project will train young scientists and engineers to understand language diversity by combining the tools of behavioral, computational and biological research, drawing upon an extensive collaborative network that spans nine departments in five colleges at the University of Maryland. The project aims to promote sustainable change in the science of language by building infrastructure for interdisciplinary research on diverse languages through local and international collaborations and outreach efforts, by strengthening links between basic science and clinical and engineering applications, and by building awareness of the science of language through high school and undergraduate partnerships. The training plan provides coursework, research training, and an environment geared towards preparing students for interdisciplinary research and equipping them to build collaborative networks in their future careers. Preparation for interdisciplinary research will be provided by broad coursework, integrative pro-seminars and a post-candidacy lab rotation that will pair trainees with students from other disciplines. A central component of the project is the Winter Storm, an intensive two-week workshop that will provide foundational skills training, research planning, and professional development. The project will enhance the use of computational and neuroscientific techniques in studies of atypical language and second language learning, and will partner with an NSF-supported Science of Learning Center based at Gallaudet University that focuses on visual language. 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.