Chemistry-Biology Interface Training Program

描述(由申请人提供)：麻省理工学院的化学/生物接口培训计划(CBiTP)将汇集来自化学和生物系以及生物工程系的32名教师，以培训年轻科学家开展创新研究并进行广泛的交流，因为他们将化学和物理原理应用于在分子、细胞、有机体和系统层面上挑战生物问题。我们要求的资金将主要用于支持一年级研究生。这个项目的目标是训练学生流畅地跨越传统的学术界限，在物理和化学科学的基础领域对他们进行培训，并让他们了解可以用新兴的物理和化学方法研究的生物系统。我们预计，在这个项目中接受教育的学生将继续为研究、教育和科学政策做出重大贡献，许多人将在学术界和工业界担任领导职务。CBiTP的共同要素旨在通过跨学科的课程作业、轮换和论文委员会成员来平衡扩大受训者学术经验的使命，同时提供专业研究领域的严格背景。具体而言，每个受训者将被要求：1.完成18个单元的分级课程(B级或更高)，从母系以外的课程中挑选出来；2.参加研讨会和讨论课程(化学/生物接口的研究前沿-6个单元，合格/不及格评分)；3.参加至少一次母系外的实验室轮换；4.建立一个论文委员会，其中至少包括母系以外的一名成员；5.在项目第一年后教授两个学期；6.参加跨部门研讨会项目；以及7.接受负责任的研究指导培训。CBiTP的教师参与者还将参与MIT暑期研究计划(MSRP)本科生的培训，这将为CBiTP和MIT未来招募具有不同种族和社会背景的人才提供宝贵的机制。化学、生物和生物工程系的负责人致力于这一计划，并同意提供资金，以弥补该计划中所有学员的津贴和学费缺口，并支持另外五名与该计划相关的学生。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Chemistry/Biology Interface Training Program (CBiTP) at MIT will bring together 32 faculty from the Departments of Chemistry and Biology, and the Biological Engineering Division to train young scientists to carry out innovative research and to communicate broadly, as they apply chemical and physical principles to challenging biological problems at the molecular, cellular, organismal, and systems levels. We request funds that will be used predominantly for the support of first-year graduate students. The goal of this program is to train students to move fluidly across traditional academic boundaries, to train them in fundamental areas of the physical and chemical sciences, and inform them about the biological systems that can be studied with emerging physical and chemical methods. We anticipate that students educated in this program will move on to make significant contributions to research, education, and scientific policy and that many will assume leadership positions in academia and industry. The common elements of the CBiTP are designed to balance the mission of broadening the trainees' academic experience, through cross-disciplinary coursework, rotations and thesis committee membership, while at the same time providing a rigorous background in a specialized field of study. Specifically, each trainee will be required to: 1. Complete 18 units of graded coursework (B grade or better) selected from offerings outside of the parent department; 2. Participate in a seminar and discussion course (Frontiers in Research at the Chemistry/Biology Interface - 6 units, pass/fail grading); 3. Participate in at least one laboratory rotation outside parent department; 4. Establish a thesis committee that includes at least one member outside the parent department; 5. Teach two semesters after the first year of the program; 6. Participate in cross-department seminar programs; and 7. Undergo training in the responsible conduct of research. Faculty participants in the CBiTP will also be engaged in the training of MIT Summer Research Program (MSRP) undergraduate students, which will provide a valuable mechanism for the future recruitment of talented individuals with diverse ethnic and social backgrounds to the CBiTP and MIT. The Heads of Chemistry, Biology and Biological Engineering are committed to this program and have agreed to provide funds to cover the shortfall in stipend and tuition for all the trainees in the program and to support five additional students affiliated with the program.