clhom@ucdavis.edu
collaborative project
- characterize an invaded habitat or ecosystem, or an invasive species
from biological, social, economic, and legal perspectives;
- produce an interdisciplinary management plan.
"Our group spent a lot of time wrestling
over the question of `what is an interdisciplinary project?' To us,it's
ecologists doing non-ecology, historians doing non-history, or, graduate
students challenging themselves to work in fields outside their own area
of expertise, versus `multidisciplinary', which we thought was a collaboration
among a group of people from different fields, each using their own particular
expertise to produce a multidisciplinary project."
--Sarah Elmendorf, 2002 cohort
Planning for each Group Project will begin in the spring of a cohort's first year. Students, postdoctoral fellows, and faculty will meet to define an emerging problem in biological invasions and establish the broad connections between disciplines represented in that problem. This will lead to the development of a short collaborative research proposal that defines the project. Throughout the next academic year -- the cohort's second year as IGERT participants -- project participants will refine the scope of the project through avenues such as the reading group and mini-workshops, as well as group meetings. In the winter and spring, Project participants will gather and analyze data, and prepare a paper that synthesizes the findings of the Group Project.
The project will culminate in a Spring Workshop that involves all IGERT personnel, as well as colleagues from outside academic instutions, agencies, and other stakeholders. In the workshop, both IGERT students and professionals will make presentations in both disciplinary and interdisciplinary settings. The close of the workshop will focus on multidisciplinary synthesis through integrative talks and conferences.
| conferences and workshops | foundation program | collaborative project | |
| internships | minicourses | mentoring |