Award Criteria
- Must be enrolled in one of the degree or elgibl interdisciplinary programs listed below
- Must demonstrate clarity, effectiveness and originality of interdisciplinary ideas through academic efforts tht expand and promte the concept of interdisciplinary studies across a minimum of two academic colleges
- Only Ph.d. students enrolled full-time at the time of the nomination are eligible
Eligible Interdisciplinary Programs
- Alliance for Social, Political, Ethical and Cultural Thought
- Biomedical Engineering and Sciences
- Biomedical Technology Development and Management
- Genetics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology
- Geospatial and Enviornmental Analysis
- Information Technology
- All IGEP programs: CTE, MTSP, RM, RS, SUN, TOR, TPS, WI, HCD, IGC, BioB, DRM
- Macromolecular Science and Engineering (MACR)
- Molecular Plant Sciences
- Microbiology
Nomination Requirements/Checklist
- Completed nomination form
- Nomination letter from the major professor (not to exceed three pages) addressing the novel interdisciplinary activity through academic efforts clearly identifying contribution across a minimum of two academic colleges
- Nomination packet may not exceed 4 pages including nomination form
Additonal details
For information, contact grads@vt.edu
Submit Combined PDF files to grads@vt.edu
Deadline: January 30, 2017