Map of NRT Awards
Since 2014, over 130 research institutions in 45 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. The NRT program is creating a new generation of STEM talent that reflects the diversity of the nation’s communities and is prepared to develop innovative solutions to future challenges. The NRT program advances research by training graduate students in interdisciplinary or convergent research areas through a comprehensive traineeship model that is innovative, evidence-based and aligned with evolving workforce and research needs. The program is transforming STEM graduate education across the nation; institutional support is critical for sustaining the successes of the program.