NSF has announced a new IGERT-CIF21 track to address the training and education needs in computational and data enabled science and engineering and cyberinfrastructure research. The description of the program and solicitation amendment can be found here: http://nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=504772. This is a limited funding opportunity. UM is limited to one proposal only.

The Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Talent Expansion Program (STEP) seeks to increase the number of students (U.S. citizens or permanent residents) receiving associate or baccalaureate degrees in established or emerging fields within science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). Type 1 proposals are solicited that provide for full implementation efforts at academic institutions. Type 2 proposals are solicited that support educational research projects on associate or baccalaureate degree attainment in STEM.

The IGERT program was 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, to facilitate diversity in student participation and preparation, and contribute to a world-class, broadly inclusive, and globally engaged science and engineering workforce.

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has announced a program to build mutually beneficial relationships between higher education institutions and USAID to solve major development challenges by: