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IGERT 
Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship
www.nsf.gov/igert

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- Program designed to give universities and faculty an opportunity to experiment with graduate education
- Facilitate graduate student development in addition to new knowledge generation

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Literature

1. Association of American Universities Committee on Graduate Education -- October 1998
2. Reshaping the Graduate Education of Scientists and Engineers, National Academy Press, 1995 "COSEPUP REPORT"
3. Graduate Education and Postdoctoral Training in the Mathematical and Physical Sciences, June 1995
4. Producing the Finest Scientists and Engineers for the 21st Century, Mary Good and Neal Lane, Science, Vol. 266, November 1994

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Recommendations from these papers

- Greater breadth of knowledge
- Career development and mentoring
- Diverse workforce
- Global awareness
- Improvement in communication skills
- Improvement in professional skills
- Computational skills

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Features of IGERT trainesship

- Multidisciplinary research theme
- Innovative graduate education protocol
- Professional skills development
- Personal skills development
- Diversity
- Global perspective

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Support level

- 5-year awards
- Up to $500k per year
- Up to $200k in first year for equipment
- Approximately 20 awards per year

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IGERT competitions

Cohort		Preproposals	Proposals	Awards
1. FY1998	622		62		17
2. FY1999	419		66		21
3. FY2000	305		63		19
4. FY2001	300		80		22
5. FY2002	254				21
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						100

[IGERT award: up to $2.7M over 5 years;
primarily for student stipends and other education costs]

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