Topic	Interdisciplinary Doctoral Training; Professional Development
Institution	University of Texas - Austin; National Science Foundation
Title	Integrative Graduate Education and Research Training Program (IGERT)
Description	The University of Texas at Austin has developed a Graduate Research Training Program which offers excellent integrated, multidisciplinary training in the area of Optical Biomolecular Engineering. This program will produce graduates uniquely qualified to carry out inter-disciplinary research and development in optical biomolecular engineering by providing them with knowledge that crosses more than one discipline and an effective model of how to manage multi-disciplinary collaborations in a high-tech setting. Participants are in the Graduate Programs of Biomedical Engineering, Chemistry, Molecular Biology, and Physics. http://www.ece.utexas.edu/igert/igert.html
Contact	Rebecca Richards-Kortum Professor of Electrical Engineering Director of IGERT Phone: 512-471-2104 Email: kortum@mail.utexas.edu
Date Posted	March 2000