Innovations in Graduate Education (IGE) Program

The Innovations in Graduate Education (IGE) Program is designed to encourage development and implementation of bold, new, and potentially transformative approaches to STEM graduate education training. The program seeks proposals that explore ways for graduate students in STEM master's and doctoral degree programs to develop the skills, knowledge, and competencies needed to pursue a range of STEM careers, or support research on the graduate education system and outcomes of systemic interventions and policies. IGE projects are intended to generate the knowledge required for the customization, implementation, and broader adoption of potentially transformative approaches to graduate education. The program supports piloting, testing, and validating novel models or activities and examining systemic innovations with high potential to enrich and extend the knowledge base on effective graduate education approaches. The program offers two tracks: Track 1 supports Career Preparation and Student Success Pilots with budgets of $300,000-$500,000 for up to 3 years, while Track 2 supports Systemic Interventions and Policies research with budgets up to $1,000,000 for up to 5 years. The program addresses both workforce development, emphasizing broad participation, and institutional capacity-building needs in graduate education.