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Graduate Program in Bio-inspired Motion Systems Operating in Complex Environments

Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) Supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF)
Center for Interdisciplinary Bio-Inspiration in Education & Research (CiBER)


What is IGERT?



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 who will pursue careers in research and education, with the interdisciplinary backgrounds, deep knowledge in chosen disciplines, and technical, professional, and personal skills to become, in their own careers, leaders and creative agents for change. The program is intended to catalyze a cultural change in graduate education, for students, faculty, and institutions, by establishing innovative 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.



CiBER-IGERT: University of California at Berkeley
Principle Investigator and Director: Professor Robert Full (rjfull@berkeley.edu)
Program Coordinator: Pauline Jennings (pauline@berkeley.edu)
Department of Integrative Biology, UC Berkeley,
3060 Valley Life Sciences Bldg #3140
Berkeley CA 94720-3140.
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