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IGERT Brings New Bioinnovation Program to Tulane and New Orleans
EPSCoR Newsletter, November 2012
For only the third time since its 1997 inception, the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) award has been granted to a Louisiana higher education institution. Tulane University, a first-time recipient of this grant, is one of 18 schools across the country to receive the award this year. IGERT is NSF’s flagship interdisciplinary training program educating U.S. PhD scientists and engineers by building on their disciplinary foundations. Read Article >>

Seeking scientists with business sense
New Wave, September 18, 2012
Donald P. Gaver is looking for serious science students who possess a penchant for taking entrepreneurial risks. Gaver, the Alden J. “Doc” Laborde professor and chair of biomedical engineering, is directing a new interdisciplinary PhD program in bioinnovation at Tulane University. Read Article >>

Science and Entrepreneurship
Tulane Magazine, Summer 2012
The innovative spirit of New Orleans is showing up in new and surprising ways. The city is on the verge of becoming a hub of bioinnovation. Its bioscience is poised to be as inspired as its food, music and architecture... The ideal candidate for the Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship, a new PhD program in bioinnovation directed by Gaver and funded by the National Science Foundation, is a top-notch scientist as well as a driven entrepreneur. Read Article >>