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Updates
Q&A: Approaches to broadening participation in STEM graduate education
September 1, 2024
Upcoming NRT Webinars
August 21, 2024
New program solicitation: NSF Research Traineeship (NRT)
August 19, 2024
NSF invites public participation in identifying evolving topics in STEM workforce development
August 16, 2024
NSF celebrates two years of “Chips and Science”
August 7, 2024
This week with NSF Director Panchanathan
July 29, 2024
Partnering with museums to support a new generation of scientists
July 16, 2024
NSF's New Mentoring Requirements for Graduate Students
July 1, 2024
Collaborative approaches improve materials informatics workforce training
June 18, 2024
Upcoming NRT Webinar: Approaches to Broadening Participation
May 28, 2024
Bringing interdisciplinary STEM graduate education to take on deepening environmental challenges
May 3, 2024
Program Solicitation: National Science Foundation Research Traineeship Institutional Partnership Pilot (NRT-IPP) Program
April 24, 2024
NRT research and innovation: Disaster prevention & mitigation
April 22, 2024
NRT research and innovation: Advancing the understanding of complex living systems
April 21, 2024
NRT research and innovation: Quantum information science and technology
April 2, 2024
2024 total eclipse on April 8: A celestial spectacle
March 29, 2024
NRT research and innovation: Harnessing the Data Revolution
March 3, 2024
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Overview:
Empowering a new generation of STEM innovators
Discoveries in science and technology will shape our collective future. From harnessing the potential of artificial intelligence to combating climate change, STEM researchers are uncovering solutions to the most critical scientific and societal challenges.
The U.S. National Science Foundation's Research Traineeship Program is empowering a new generation of scientists with the tools to pioneer needed innovation.
By transforming the STEM graduate education experience — blending cutting-edge, interdisciplinary research training with comprehensive, inclusive professional development — the program prepares future scientists to make discoveries of national and global significance.
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Credit: Navajo Technical University
Since 2014, over 130 research institutions in 43 states, the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands have launched NSF Research Traineeships to transform STEM graduate education and advance cutting-edge, convergence research.
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Credit: NASA Earth Observatory/NOAA NGDC
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Research themes:
From the implications of artificial intelligence to fighting climate change in the Arctic, NSF's research traineeships are driving research on national and global priorities.
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Impact and innovation:
NSF has invested more than $400 million in research traineeships to give trainees the tools and knowledge to become innovative, high-impact leaders.
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Meet the researchers:
From the lab to the field, learn how research trainees and principal investigators are driving cutting-edge research through innovative STEM graduate education.