The Graduate School is supporting Interdisciplinary Graduate Education Programs (IGEPs) to promote and sustain interdisciplinary graduate education and research at Virginia Tech. Each IGEP addresses a major fundamental problem or complex societal issue requiring an interdisciplinary team of scholars.
Original IGEP RFP and Reports:
IGEP Call for Proposals 2011-2012
2016 Third Year IGEP Review Report Public
2015 Third Year IGEP Review Report Public
2014 Third Year IGEP Review Public Report
Existing Interdisciplinary Graduate Programs that joined IGEP:
- Genetics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology (GBCB)
- Macromolecular Science and Engineering (MACR)
Fall 2011 IGEP Cohort:
- MultiSTEPS (MSTP)
- Sustainable Nanotechnology (SuN)
- Translational Plant Science (TPS)
- WaterINTERface (WATER)
Fall 2012 IGEP Cohort:
- Computational Tissue Engineering (CTE)
- Regenerative Medicine (RM)
- Remote Sensing (RSS)
- Translational Obesity Research (TOR)
Fall 2013 IGEP Cohort:
- Bio-Inspired Buildings (BioBuild)
- Disaster Resilience (DR)
- Human Centered Design (HCD)
- Interfaces of Global Change (IGC)