Program Partners
- Interdisciplinary Minor in Computational Science
- Biochemistry, Cellular and Molecular Biology
- Genome Science and Technology
- Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
- Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
- Mathematics
- Program for Excellence and Equity in Research (PEER)
- National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis (NIMBioS)
Partners at ORNL
- Spallation Neutron Source
- Center for Structural Molecular Biology
- Joint Institute for Computational Sciences (JICS)
- Joint Institute for Biological Science (JIBS)
- National Institute for Computational Science (NICS)
- Center for Molecular Biophysics
Undergraduate Opps
Contact Information
Cynthia Peterson
Program PI
Phone: 865-974-1531
Email: cbpeters@utk.edu
Harry Richards
Program Manager
Phone: 865-974-4588
Email: harry@utk.edu
SCALE-IT is an interdisciplinary graduate fellowship program training future computatonal biologists at all scales of biology, from atoms to ecosystems.
Funded through NSF's Integrated Graduate Education and Research Training (IGERT) program, SCALE-IT provides tools and support to transcend the traditional barriers between disciplines. The program integrates faculty from the departments of Genome Science and Technology, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Computer Science, Mathematics, and others as well as researchers at the Oak Ridge National Lab (ORNL) and the National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis (NIMBioS).
SCALE-IT trains its fellows to apply appropriate computational tools to problems in biology. Fellows have unparalleled opportunities to conduct research at the intersection of computer science, mathematics, and biology, including access to Kraken at ORNL, one of the world's fastest super computers. Additionally, SCALE-IT offers competetive support for the first two years of Ph.D. study with fellows receiving a full tuition waiver and stipend of $30,000 per year during their tenure in the program.