Technical.ly highlighted the new collaboration between the George Washington University and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) that gives GW pupils and faculty access to a federal program for STEM worker cultivation through its participation in NIST's Professional Research Experience Program (PREP).
Here is an excerpt from the article: "The PREP program, in principle, could follow a person all the way through from undergrad to masters to Ph.D., to being a full-time faculty member at a university," said Broniatowski. "And that person can continue collaborating with NIST throughout that program, so it's really set up to incentivize people to stay in the research ecosystem -- and enhance our national labs and our competitiveness."
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