NSF Research Traineeship Program (NRT)
Harvard Pre-Proposal Deadline: October 3, 2016 by 12:00PM
Sponsor Letter of Intent Deadline (if nominated): December 9, 2016
Sponsor Full Proposal Deadline: February 17, 2017
Award Amount for NRT Traineeship Track Awards: Up to $3,000,000 over five years.
Award Amount for NRT IGE Track Awards: $300,000 and $500,000 over three years 

The NSF Research Traineeship (NRT) program is designed to encourage the development and implementation of bold, new, and potentially transformative models for STEM graduate education training. The NRT program seeks proposals that ensure that graduate students in research-based master’s and doctoral degree programs develop the skills, knowledge, and competencies needed to pursue a range of STEM careers. The NRT program includes two tracks:

1. The Traineeship Track is dedicated to effective training of STEM graduate students in high priority interdisciplinary research areas, through the use of a comprehensive traineeship model that is innovative, evidence-based, and aligned with changing workforce and research needs. For FY2017, there are three priority areas:
1. Understanding the Brain (UtB),
2. Innovations at the Nexus of Food, Energy, and Water Systems (INFEWS), and
3. any other interdisciplinary research theme of national priority.
2. The IGE Track focuses on test-bed projects aimed at piloting, testing, and validating innovative and potentially transformative approaches to graduate education. IGE projects are intended to generate the knowledge required for their customization, implementation, and broader adoption. While the Traineeship Track promotes building on the current knowledge base to develop comprehensive programs to effectively train STEM graduate students, the IGE Track supports testing of novel models or activities with high potential to enrich and extend the knowledge base on effective graduate education approaches.