a joint project of the National Association of System Heads and the Professional Science Master’s Degree Program

Meet Your Project Leaders

Don Langenberg
Don Langenberg brings a wealth of experience and commitment — to science, to higher education and to the PSM degree — to this project. He has been professor of physics at three major universities, (more...)

Sheila Tobias
Sheila Tobias came upon the idea of the “professional science master’s” in a study of a set of PhD graduates in the physical sciences who by 1994 had given up hope of an academic research career. (more...)

 

Funding for PSM Programs

As the demand for science-trained business professionals continues to grow, there will be an increasing need for Professional Science Master's Degree Programs.

To help meet this demand, we are providing the NASH community with a comprehensive directory of funding opportunities for new and existing PSMs. The funding opportunities are listed in a PDF file prepared by Council of Graduate Schools Dean in Residence Sally K. Francis. This file will be updated periodically.

We welcome your feedback on the funding opportunities directory.

Don Langenberg and Sheila Tobias

 

Don Langenberg

Don Langenberg

Don Langenberg

brings a wealth of experience and commitment – to science, to higher education and to the PSM degree – to this project. He has been professor of physics at three major universities, Chancellor of the University of Illinois at Chicago, and Chancellor of the University System of Maryland, during which period he was President of NASH for six years. From 1980-1982, he was Deputy Director of the National Science Foundation. Since his retirement from Maryland in 2004, he has contributed significantly to the growth and development of the PSM. As chair of the CGS-PSM advisory board and mentor to the new National PSM Association, he stands at the intersection of graduate education and innovative science- and math-based programs. Recently, he participated directly in a National Research Council study of master’s education in the sciences which found that “Salary and placement data for PSM …graduates indicates strong and growing current demand for master’s-level science professionals.”*

*National Research Council of the National Academies, Washington, D. C. 2008.

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