NSF will invest $47 million to pilot a four-year Ph.D. model that will train more than 250 doctoral students by emphasizing hands-on experience in industry R and D.

Young life scientists have been increasingly abandoning academia, a seismic shift that has fueled calls for rethinking graduate education. On Wednesday,

NSF will invest $47 million to pilot a four-year Ph.D. model that will train more than 250 doctoral students by emphasizing hands-on experience in industry R and D.