"Public Policy and Nuclear Threats:
Training the Next Generation" (PPNT) is an NSF-sponsored Ph.D. training
program for students throughout the UC system. The program is funded through
NSF's
competitive Integrative
Graduate Education and Research Training (IGERT) program. The Institute
on Global Conflict and Cooperation (IGCC), a multi-campus
research unit (MRU) headquartered at UC San Diego, administers the program.
IGCC
is also the largest single source of Ph.D. dissertation fellowship awards
for work on international policy in the UC system.(Get
more information on the IGCC dissertation fellowship competition.)
The IGCC IGERT
program is a response to the realization that the cohort of experts on
nuclear weapons policy in all disciplines is heading toward retirement
and not
being replaced adequately with new Ph.D.s. The program seeks to: encourage
UC Ph.D. students to study public policy and technology issues related to nuclear
weapons; re-engage UC departments
in research on the same; foster the interests of current students as well
as recruit additional top students; and promote cooperation between the campuses
and Lawrence Livermore and Los Alamos National Laboratories.
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