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The Public Policy and Nuclear Threats Training Program

The Public Policy and Nuclear Threats program is designed to cover important issues in U.S. nuclear strategy and policy, supported by an understanding of the scientific foundations of this policy. It consists of three components: 1) an intensive, three-week summer workshop; 2) an annual conference planned and run by past PPNT Fellows, typically held in Washington, D.C.; and 3) a network of some 140 past PPNT Fellows, nuclear policy experts, lab personnel, and others interested in the global issues surrounding nuclear policy.

History

"Public Policy and Nuclear Threats: Training the Next Generation" (PPNT) was a Ph.D. training program for students throughout the UC system, funded through NSF's competitive Integrative Graduate Education and Research Training (IGERT) program.

The IGCC IGERT program was a response to the realization that the cohort of experts on nuclear weapons policy in all disciplines is heading toward retirement and not being replaced adequately with new Ph.D.s. The program was designed to: encourage UC Ph.D. students to study public policy and technology issues related to nuclear weapons;  re-engage UC departments in research on the same; foster the interests of current students and enable the recruitment of additional top students; and promote cooperation between the campuses and Lawrence Livermore and Los Alamos National Laboratories.

IGCC's IGERT Fellows

IGCC PPNT Fellows
IGERT Fellows gather for an informal portrait, July 2004.

2003–04 Cohort
2004–05 Cohort
2009–10 Cohort

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