About the series
Informational Webinar
Wednesday, 11 August 2021 4:00-5:00 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time (New York, GMT-04:00)
Registration link: https://nsf.zoomgov.com/webinar/register/WN_p_VYgAJ9Spu6QVH10U935A
NSF's Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS) is hosting an informational webinar about the NRT Program, highlighting recent program changes. All members of the MPS research community are welcome to attend. Don't worry if you can't make the webinar: feel free to e-mail the MPS and NRT program officers listed below.
Topics of focus
- Overview of the NRT program (https://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=505015), which 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.
- Changes to the NRT solicitation (https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2021/nsf21536/nsf21536.htm), including a new two-track submission: Track 1 is open to all Institutions of Higher Education that award a research-based master’s degree or a doctoral degree in STEM disciplines supported by the Foundation. Track 2 is limited to non-R1 Institutions.
- Review criteria for NRT proposals.
- Q&A from the audience.
Please register in advance: https://nsf.zoomgov.com/webinar/register/WN_p_VYgAJ9Spu6QVH10U935A
For help, NSF staff contact IT Help Central at 703-292-4357 (HELP) or email ITHelpCentral@nsf.gov. All other participants, contact Zoom Technical support at +1-833-966-6468 (+1-833-Zoom-Gov) or email support@zoom.us.
How to Submit Questions
There will also be an opportunity to submit questions through the Zoom webinar Q&A feature.
Even if you cannot make the Webinar, please feel free to e-mail the MPS program officers working with NRT:
Michelle Manes, mmanes@nsf.gov and David Rabson, darabson@nsf.gov
For general questions on NRT (not specific to MPS), the cognizant program officers in the Division of Graduate Education are Daniel Denecke, ddenecke@nsf.gov and Vinod K. Lohani, vlohani@nsf.gov.
