Recipient Organization
MICHIGAN STATE UNIV
(N/A)
EAST LANSING,MI 48824
Performing Department
FD SC HUM NUTR ANR
Non Technical Summary
The overall goal of this training project is to develop highly skilled graduates with a Ph.D. in Human Nutrition, and importantly to increase the diversity of our graduate students and the workforce. In addition to a strong set of courses and research experience opportunities, students will be able to engage in a variety of experiential learning activitiesdesigned to increase and strengthen students' skill sets (e.g., conducting research, disseminating outcomes, and teaching), andthe soft skills of interacting, educating, and working with people from diverse backgrounds. Therefore, theopportunitiesavailable to graduate students in this program are incredibly valuable as they will help them prosper in their future careers, leading to an expansion of workforce numbers and diversity of individuals addressing the many different careers that supportHuman Nutrition.
Animal Health Component
(N/A)
Research Effort Categories
Basic
(N/A)
Applied
(N/A)
Developmental
(N/A)
Goals / Objectives
The primary goal of this fellowship programis to develop graduates of the Ph.D. Human Nutrition program at Michigan State University (MSU) who will acquire the training to enable their professional success in positions within academia, industry, or government. A secondary goal is to recruit applicants from a diverse population of students so that it will be feasible to increase the diversity of our graduate students with the objective of increasing representation from various groups so that our graduates better reflect our entire United States population.
Project Methods
We will recruit one student in year one and two in year two; we anticipate two will be from underrepresented groups. Students will have an individual development plan to support their scientific, communication, teaching, and leadership training, and skills will be practiced through Graduate Student Association activities, as teaching assistants, when preparing papers, and communicating at scientific meetings and with the public.Students will be mentored not only by their major professor, but also by committee members and members of the faculty directing this fellowship program. Each student will develop a training plan in concert with these faculty members that provides the coursework, research activities, and experiential training opportunities that best fits their needs with their eventual career path in mind.