Dear
Colleague Letter: Seeking Community Input for International Research Experiences
for Graduate Students; January 31, 2019
Agency
NSF
Description
The
National Science Foundation (NSF) has offered international research
opportunities to U.S. graduate students in several programs, including
institutional awards such as International Research Experiences for Students
(IRES) and Partnerships for International Research and Education (PIRE) in
which the Principal Investigators (PIs) of the awards select the student
participants. The Foundation also offers fellowship programs such as Graduate
Research Opportunities Worldwide (GROW) and the East Asia and Pacific Summer
Institutes (EAPSI) for U.S. graduate students, in which the students applied
directly to NSF and NSF selects the recipients.
All
these programs have had meaningful positive impact in strengthening key 21st
century skills in their student participants. At the same time, the programs
face challenges. For example, some of the programs were undersubscribed, such
as GROW. In the case of those programs that provide support to individual
students, the impact of the research opportunities is difficult to extend
beyond a specific beneficiary. NSF's desire is to make sure that these
opportunities are available to as many students as possible and that the
programs are structured for maximum benefit. Our future planning is focused on
enhancing international research opportunities for graduate students beyond the
small numbers supported in the existing programs.
Several
planning and programmatic activities will all contribute to the development of
a new approach on international experiences for graduate students.
NSF would also like to invite input from the scientific community on this
new approach. Comments from the interested community should be submitted by
January 31, 2019.
Announcement
Number
NSF
19-029
Closing
Date
January
31, 2019
Link
to Full Announcement
https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2019/nsf19029/nsf19029.jsp?WT.mc_id=USNSF_25&WT.mc_ev=click
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