IGERT: Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship

This IGERT program, Entrepreneurial Medicinal and Polymer Science (EMPS), addresses America's long-term need for top-notch scientists capable of translating research into new technologies and new businesses. It uniquely combines excellent interdisciplinary science education with entrepreneurial and business training. Faculty and students from two Mississippi universities have formed teams and are developing joint projects exploring how polymer science and medicinal chemistry can synergistically extend the methods of making and evaluating new materials, new bioactive agents and new applications of biomaterials. Participants are centered in the School of Pharmacy at the University of Mississippi (Department of Medicinal Chemistry)and the School of Polymers and High Performance Materials at the University of Southern Mississippi. They are tied together through research projects, broad education in business and entrepreneurialism, and interactions with industry in the United States and abroad.

This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant no. DGE0333136. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.