The University of Pennsylvania, Graduate School of Education offers a Pre-Doctoral Training Program designed to support and enhance the Ph.D. training of students in different disciplines who are committed to careers in applied, field-based education research. The initiative involves six University of Pennsylvania schools and multiple school districts in Pennsylvania and New Jersey and it is supported by the Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences. Fellows receive financial support, access to specialized resources and experts in multipule fields of study and become part of an emerging national network of students, faculty and practitioners conducting interdisciplinary research in the education sciences.