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Next Wave editors around the globe have assembled the following list of links that should help you learn more about multidisciplinary careers, education, and training programmes. We'll start with a list of
past Next Wave features that highlight multidisciplinary research areas--and the scientists that are working in them. But you can also find information about
multidisciplinary research centres around the globe,
selected multidisciplinary training courses , and
various sources of funding to support multidisciplinary research and training.
Multidisciplinary Research
Astrobiology
Bioarchaeology
Bioengineering
Bioinformatics
Biomaterials
Biomedical Engineering
Biomimetic Robotics
Biophotonics
Biophysical Chemistry
Integrative Physiology
Nanobiotechnology
Multidisciplinary Centres
North America
Center for NanoScience and Technology and the
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of Notre Dame, Indiana
Center for Nanospace Technologies, Texas, for research in aerospace, energy, life sciences, shipping, and transportation.
The
Centre for Chemical Physics at the University of Western Ontario.
Ontario Agricultural College with fields such as computational and environmental sciences, genetics, proteomics, and toxicology covered.
Asia
The
National Institute for Advanced Interdisciplinary Research in Tsukuba, Japan
The
Center for Interdisciplinary Research at Tohoku University, Japan
The
Institute of Materials Research and Engineering in Singapore
The
Centre for Biomedical Materials Applications & Technology at the
National University of Singapore
The
Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Initiative at the
National University of Singapore
The
Research Centre for Musculoskeletal Bioengineering at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Europe
Interdisciplinary Research Centres (IRC) have been set up across the UK to bring disciplines together. Among them are the
IRC in Biomedical Materials at Queen Mary University of London, the IRC in Superconductivity at Cambridge University, and the
IRC in Polymer Science and Technology at the Universities of Bradford, Durham, and Leeds.
Interdisciplinary Research Groups and Centres in medicine-related fields at the
University of Edinburgh, UK
Interdisciplinary centres at the
University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology, UK
Centre for NanoScience, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Münich, Germany
Centre for Interdisciplinary Research, University of Bielefeld, Germany
List of Interdisciplinary Research Centres and Consortia at
Lund University, Sweden
Courses and Training
North America
Integrative Graduate Education and Research Training (
IGERT) programs are available across the U.S. in a wide range of multidisciplinary areas such as the
IGERT in Geographic Information Science at the University of Buffalo, New York,
Subsurface Biosphere Interdisciplinary Doctoral Program at Oregon and Portland State Universities, and
Optical Molecular Bio Engineering at the University of Texas, Austin.
The
Interdisciplinary Training in Primary Health Care Research program at the University of Western Ontario, Canada, is open to mid-career clinicians, postdoctoral fellows, MD residents doing research fellowships, graduate students, and outstanding undergraduate students.
The
National Institute for Nanotechnology has training opportunities for some 275 graduate and postdoctoral researchers in physics, chemistry, engineering, biology, informatics, pharmacy, and medicine.
Want to pursue your own unique interdisciplinary area of study? Then consider a do-it-yourself graduate degree under the auspices of the
Individual Interdisciplinary Studies Graduate Program at the University of British Columbia. A similar
program runs at the University of Ottawa.
Asia
The
Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Science and Engineering at the Tokyo Institute of Technology
Europe
The
Interdisciplinary Research Masters Degree in The Science and Engineering of Materials based at the School of Engineering, University of Birmingham, UK, is open to graduates in physics, chemistry, mathematics, metallurgy, materials science, or any engineering discipline. EPSRC sponsorships and university bursaries are available.
The
International Space University based in Strasbourg, France, is offering 2-months' experience or a Master of Space Studies.
Well, that was a taste of what is available to you. Now, if you want to track down a graduate programme in any part of the world and in any key area of science, you might want to use the
Gradschools.com search tool.
Funding
North America
The National Science Foundation is offering funding for multidisciplinary
research projects.
The
New York State Office of Science, Technology and Academic Research maintains a list of funding opportunities.
Europe
Although the
Discipline Hopping Award is the most widely known, it is far from being the only funding that the
MRC,
BBSRC,
EPSRC,
NERC, and
PPARC are offering jointly to multidisciplinary researchers.
The
Deutsche Forshungsgemeinshaft in Germany also offers grants to support interdisciplinary research. Click
here for an English version.
The
CNRS in France is funding and coordinating interdisciplinary programmes in its areas of interest.