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IGERT Research Fellowships

Integrative Graduate Education and Research Training (IGERT) Fellowships

Columbia has three IGERT fellowship programs, one in Urbanization Challenges, one for the Optical Techniques for Actuation, Sensing, and Imaging of Biological Systems, and another for Study of Multiscale Phenomena in Soft Materials. All are funded by the National Science Foundation and offer fellowships of $30,000 for multidisciplinary graduate study.

Urbanization Challenges
This IGERT program seeks to address the growing challenges of urbanization through a PhD program that integrates architecture, engineering and planning perspectives to focus on adaptive, ecological and resilient urban planning and design. Each IGERT trainee will be empowered to conduct research at the emergent boundaries between architecture, urban  planning, and engineering, and will be uniquely capable of contributing to the advancement of technological and scientific solutions that can address the grand challenges of urbanization.

Optical Techniques for Actuation, Sensing, and Imaging of Biological Systems
This IGERT program seeks to train a new generation of scientists and engineers through a set of five research thrusts that cross three fundamental core competency areas: optics, photonics, and sensor electronics; biomolecular detection and cellular-level analysis; and applications to medicine and public health. Each IGERT trainee will be empowered to work at the boundaries between the disciplines and will be uniquely capable of contributing to advancements in this important emerging field.

Study of Multiscale Phenomena in Soft Materials
City College of New York (CCNY), the Engineering and Science Flagship of the City University of New York, and Columbia University invite applicants for doctoral research fellowships for the study of Multiscale Phenomenon in Soft Materials. Soft materials are organic media that organize on supramolecular length scales via weak associative interactions. Examples include thin polymeric films for sensors, organic blends for electronic displays, and natural and artificial tissue, spanning the range from complex fluids to soft solids.