Deadlines
White Paper: Friday, March 30, 2012
Committee Decision: Friday, April 20, 2011 (anticipated)
NSF Letter of Intent Deadline: Tuesday, May 1, 2012
NSF proposal Deadline: Monday, July 2, 2012
Program Synopsis
The Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) program has been developed to meet the challenges of educating U.S. Ph.D. scientists and engineers with interdisciplinary backgrounds, deep knowledge in chosen disciplines, and technical, professional, and personal skills. The program is intended to establish new models for graduate education and training in a fertile environment for collaborative research that transcends traditional disciplinary boundaries. It is also intended to facilitate diversity in student participation and preparation, and to contribute to a world-class, broadly inclusive, and globally engaged science and engineering workforce. Continue reading