National Science Foundation Research Traineeship (NRT) Limited Submission Program
Posted June 23, 2021
Disciplines: All
SIUE Internal Competition Submission Deadlines
- Email Letter of Intent to Jill Laughlin jilaugh@siue.edu by July 1st at 4:30PM.
- Should an internal Competition be required, you will receive a link via email to our Kuali Build System to upload your Pre-Submission Material (single pdf in order indicated) by 4:30 on July 5th by 4:30PM.
- Route for Internal Approval August 24th, 2021
- NSF Deadline for full proposal submission to agency (only two SIUE applicants allowed) by 5 p.m. on September 6th, 2021
The NSF Research Traineeship (NRT) program seeks proposals that explore ways for graduate students in research-based master’s and doctoral degree programs to develop the skills, knowledge, and competencies needed to pursue a range of STEM careers. The program is dedicated to effective training of STEM graduate students in high priority interdisciplinary or convergent research areas, through a comprehensive traineeship model that is innovative, evidence-based, and aligned with changing workforce and research needs.
Proposals are requested that address any interdisciplinary or convergent research theme of national priority, as noted above. The NRT program addresses workforce development, emphasizing broad participation, and institutional capacity building needs in graduate education. The program encourages proposals that involve strategic collaborations with the private sector, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), government agencies, national laboratories, field stations, teaching and learning centers, informal science centers, and academic partners. NRT especially welcomes proposals that include partnership with NSF Inclusion across the Nation of Communities of Learners of Underrepresented Discoverers in Engineering and Science (INCLUDES) and leverage INCLUDES project efforts to develop STEM talent from all sectors and groups in our society (https://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/big_ideas/includes.jsp).
Collaborations between NRT proposals and existing NSF INCLUDES projects should strengthen both NRT and INCLUDES projects.
