So far we have fellows from 14 schools [from Tech] here. We really do make it a Tech-wide program.The MacArthur Foundation is very prestigious and we're in good company. |
The most distinct feature of our program is that attention on pre-doctoral students; in awarding fellowships we probably put more attention on pre-docs than any of the other schools. |
The real thrust of the program is based on the premise that a lot of our national security problems can benefit from the attention of science and engineering, that there is a technological component to a lot of these problems. We want to generate interest among science and engineering people in [policy issues]. |