Chemistry-Biology Interface Training Program

描述（由申请人提供）：麻省理工学院化学/生物界面培训计划（CBiTP）将汇集来自化学系和生物系以及生物工程系的32名教师，培训年轻科学家进行创新研究并广泛交流，因为他们将化学和物理原理应用于分子，细胞，有机体和系统层面的挑战性生物问题。我们要求的资金将主要用于支持一年级研究生。该计划的目标是培养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进行培训，并告知他们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在研究、教育和科学政策方面做出重大贡献，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课程，轮岗和论文委员会成员来扩大受训者的学术经验，同时提供专业研究领域的严格背景，从而平衡其使命。具体来说，每个受训者将被要求：完成18个单元的评分课程（B级或更高），从母系以外的课程中选择；2. 参加研讨会和讨论课程（化学/生物界面研究前沿- 6个单元，及格/不及格评分）；3. 参加至少一次家长部门以外的实验室轮转；4. 成立论文委员会，至少包括一名系外成员；5. 在项目的第一年之后教两个学期；6. 参与跨部门研讨会；和7。接受负责任的研究行为方面的培训。参与CBiTP的教师还将参与麻省理工学院暑期研究项目（MSRP）本科生的培训，这将为CBiTP和麻省理工学院未来招聘不同种族和社会背景的人才提供有价值的机制。化学、生物和生物工程系主任承诺参与该项目，并同意提供资金，以弥补项目中所有学员的津贴和学费缺口，并支持另外五名与该项目有关的学生。

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.