Planning Grant: Science and Technology Research Center for Molecular Electronics

雪城大学的这项提案要求规划拨款，以加强分子电子学科学技术研究中心的规划。四所机构将参与拟建的中心：锡拉丘兹大学、卡内基梅隆大学、约翰霍普金斯大学和韦恩州立大学。计划拨款将使执行委员会能够协调研究目标、合作和共享设施；协调教育目标、大学教育和财政支持、工业赞助和合作；并与其他团体和工业部门建立牢固的联系。分子电子学中心的目标是协调分子电子学领域的基础和应用研究项目。由于没有一家研究中心或大学拥有在分子电子学所有子专业领域进行重大努力所需的广泛专业知识，通过该中心的协调和合作将极大地促进该领域的知识。

This proposal from Syracuse University requests planning grant funds to enhance the planning of a Science and Technology Research Center in Molecular Electronics. Four institutions will be involved in the proposed center: Syracuse University, Carnegie Mellon University, Johns Hopkins University, and Wayne State University. The planning grant funds will enable an executive committee to coordinate research goals, collaborations and shared facilities; coordinate educational goals, university educational and fiscal support, industrial sponsorship and collaboration; and to establish strong links to other groups and the industrial sector. The goal of the Molecular Electronics Center is to coordinate fundamental and applied research projects in the field of molecular electronics. Since no single research center or university has the breadth of expertise required for a major effort in all of the subspecialties of molecular electronics, coordination and collaboration via this center will significantly advance knowledge in this field.