Scientific and Technical Oversight of the U.S.-India Scienceand Technology Initiative

描述：该合同继续支持美国国家科学院/国家研究理事会的一个独立监督小组，以评估美印科技倡议(STI)下的合作研究项目的进展和结果。监督小组将负责评估STI的四个基本领域的进展情况：卫生、农业、固态科学和工程、季风研究；以及在传染病(艾滋病、神经疾病、利什曼病)、1987年季风干旱以及超导超导对撞机合作方面的新举措。监督小组将每年直接向由总统科学顾问担任主席的美国高级政策小组(SPG)报告其调查结果。小组成员将与STI研究领域的项目协调员、高级政策小组以及印度的对应监督小组进行互动。该提案是针对RFP ESS 89-002提交的。作为STI的执行代理，NSF的国际项目部负责支持NAS/NRC监督小组，该小组在1983年1月提交给罗纳德·里根总统和英迪拉·甘地总理的科学小组报告中提出，他们建立了这一倡议。自1983年以来，该计划曾两次续期，最近一次是在1988年10月，为期三年。鉴于这一总统科学倡议的重要性以及1985年和1988年小组评估的有效性，国家科学基金会建议继续提供支持。

Description: This contract continues support for an independent oversight panel of the National Academy of Sciences/National Research Council to assess progess and results of cooperative research projects under the U.S.-India Science and Technology Initiative (STI). The oversight panel will be responsible for evaluating progress in the four basic areas of STI: Health, Agriculture, Solid State Science and Engineering, Monsoon Research; and new initiatives in infectious diseases (AIDS, Neurological Disorders, Leishmaniasis), the 1987 Monsoon Drought, and cooperation on the Superconducting Supercollider. The Oversight Panel will report annually its findings directly to the U.S. Senior Policy Group (SPG) chaired by the President's Science Adviser. Panel members will interact with program coordinators of the STI research areas, with the Senior Policy Group, and with the counterpart Indian oversight panel. The proposal was submitted in response to RFP ESS 89-002. As Executive Agent for STI, the NSF's Division of International Programs is responsible for supporting the NAS/NRC oversight panel as set forth in the January 1983 Scientific Panel Report to President Ronald Reagan and Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, which established this initiative. Since 1983, the STI has been renewed twice, most recently, in October 1988 for a three year period. In view of the importance of this Presidential scientific initiative and the usefulness of panel evaluations in 1985 and 1988, the NSF recommends continued support.