Northeastern is poised to contribute a significant body of research toward a greater understanding of the sweeping effects digital platforms such as Uber, Airbnb and Venmo are having on society, while also training an underrepresented generation of students to solve problems across disciplines.
A $3 million grant from the National Science Foundation will help Northeastern accomplish the task. The money is part of the NSF’s highly prestigious “national research traineeship” (NRT) program, which provides support to students in “research-based master’s and doctoral degree programs” who are working in “high priority interdisciplinary or convergent research areas.”
The funds will support 28 Ph.D. “traineeships” at Northeastern over the course of five years with the goal of helping students develop the “skills, knowledge and competencies”…
