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Program to Enhance Graduate Education (E.G.E.). New Program – First-ever awards made this semester Process Call for pre-proposals: Focus on Ph.D. programs Submission of pre-proposals: 29 received Invitation of complete proposals: 15 invitations 13 complete proposals received
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Program to Enhance Graduate Education (E.G.E.) • New Program – First-ever awards made this semester • Process • Call for pre-proposals: Focus on Ph.D. programs • Submission of pre-proposals: 29 received • Invitation of complete proposals: 15 invitations • 13 complete proposals received • Internal review committee: 7 faculty members (December 2005) • 6 three-year awards recommended and approved • Authors of all 13 proposals notified (January 2006) • Awards total $1,082,232 • Annual Program, up to approximately $1 million/year
The First Six E.G.E. Awards • Graduate Recruitment Coordinator for the School of Engineering • Prof. George Cook and the Engineering Graduate committee • Trans-Disciplinary Initiative on Environmental Systems (TIES) • Prof. Calvin Miller & faculties of E&ES and C&EE • Vanderbilt Prize for Undergraduate Research in Physics & Astronomy • Profs. Robert Scherrer, Vicki Greene, and Robert Knop • Robert-Penn Warren Fellowships • Profs. Helmut Smith & Carolyn Dever and Exec. Dir. Mona Frederick • Training Institute Fellowships in the Social Sciences • Profs. Neal Tate and March Heatherington • Recruitment Coordinator for Underrepresented U.S. Graduate Students • Profs. Carolyn Dever, Holly Tucker, Keivan Stassun & Prof. Roberta Bell