National Science Foundation Research Traineeship (NRT) Program
Harvard Pre-proposal Deadline: October 1, 2018 by 12:00PM
Sponsor Deadline for Letters of Intent: December 6, 2018
Award Amount: up to $3,000,000 for up to 5 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 explore ways for graduate students in research-based master’s and doctoral degree programs to develop the skills, knowledge, and competencies needed to pursue a range of STEM careers. The program 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.

Proposals are requested in any interdisciplinary research theme of national priority, with special emphasis on one of six high priority areas (NSF Research Big Ideas):

• Harnessing the Data Revolution (HDR)
• The Future of Work at the Human Technology Frontier (HTF)
• Navigating the New Arctic (NNA)
• Windows on the Universe: The Era of Multi-Messenger Astrophysics (WOU)
• The Quantum Leap: Leading the Next Quantum Revolution (QL)
• Understanding the Rules of Life: Predicting Phenotype (ROL)