Planning Meeting for the Japanese - American Consortium for the Exchange of Scholars

该奖项将支持与日本开展研究交流的大学和企业联盟的发展和扩大。特别值得一提的是，该奖项将涵盖在亚利桑那大学举行的为期三天的会议和规划会议之前的活动，与会大学和企业的代表将在会议上会面，制定交流计划的详细议程。日本代表也将出席其中一天的会议。规划会议的主要重点将是确定一个有效的战略，以扩大美国在日本的经验。该联盟的重要目标是：1)通过在日本的短期和长期研究经历，增加在日本有第一手经验的美国科学家和工程师的数量；2)工业研究实验室的科学家和工程师的参与；3)获得日本技术更先进的设施和设备；4)促进学生在活跃研究项目中的快速交换；5)扩大青年研究人员接触国际研究环境的机会。这个项目将有助于实现美国的政策目标，即增加日本研究和开发的机会，并派遣更多的美国研究人员到日本。它还应该通过提供机构支持和支持的矩阵，使个别研究人员更容易作出前往日本的决定，以便他们访问日本被视为对个人的职业生涯有促进作用。

This award will support the development and expansion of a consortium of universities and corporations for the purpose of research exchanges with Japan. In particular the award will cover the activities leading up to and including a three-day conference and planning meeting to be held at the University of Arizona at which representatives of the participating universities and corporations will meet to develop detailed agendas for the exchange program. Japanese representatives will also attend for one of the three days. The principal emphasis of the planning conference will be on defining an effective strategy for expanding American experiences in Japan. The important goals of this consortium are as follows: 1) increasing the number of American scientists and engineers with firsthand experience in Japan through short-term and long-term research experiences in Japan; 2) involvement of scientists and engineers from industrial research labs; 3)access to more technically advanced facilities and equipment in Japan; 4) facilitating the rapid exchange of students within active research programs; and 5) expanding the exposure of young researchers to international research environments. This program will contribute to U.S. policy goals of increasing access to Japanese research and development and sending more American researchers to Japan. It should also make the decision to go to Japan easier for the individual researcher by providing a matrix of institutional backing and support so that their visits to Japan are seen as enhancing to the individuals' careers.