Vision
Create a community of scholars with the unique tools and insights needed to balance the technological, environmental, and social dimensions of a sustainable energy economy.
Program - Fellow Requirements
UW BioResources IGERT Fellow Requirements
Fellows will participate in a 2-year multidisciplinary research and educational experience that will prepare them to understand the environmental and societal implications of their Ph.D. dissertation research. Student responsibilities during the 2-year fellowship period and beyond include:
- Successful completion of all IGERT curriculum elements, including technical and multicultural coursework culminating in a major multidisciplinary design project that tackles an energy, resource, and sustainability issue identified by one of our Native American partner communities.
- Fellows are given guidance by the IGERT team to plan and then develop a dissertation chapter that uses tools from the IGERT courses and project work to assess the life cycle environmental and societal context of their dissertation research.
- Fellows participate in program assessment, both during and after the fellowship period