Award Criteria
- Must be enrolled in one of the degree or elgible 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:
- BioBuild
- Biological Transport
- Computational Tissue Engineering,
- Disaster Resilience
- Human Centered Design,
- Interfaces of Global Change,
- Regenerative Medicine,
- Remote Sensing,
- Sustainable Nanotechnology,
- Translational Obesity,
- Translational Plant Science,
- Water INTERface,
Macromolecular Science and Engineering (MACR)
Molecular Plant Sciences
Science and Technology Studies
Translational Biology, Medicine, and Health
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 29, 2018
