Promoting East-West Exchange on Scientific Freedom and Responsibility

此时，由于政治和经济的变化，东欧的科学家和工程师面临着科学自由和责任的新问题。为探讨这些问题而发起的东西方交流为各方带来了智力和实践上的好处。该项目是一项规划工作；它将启动这种交流，并导致在研讨会上进一步交流，来自美国和东欧的科学家、工程师和其他专家参与其中。在这项规划工作中，一个由项目工作人员和三名咨询委员会成员组成的美国代表团将前往东欧会见同行，其中四人已被选为咨询委员会成员。在出访之前，将进行仔细的筹备工作，以制定讨论框架和议程。这一进程将产生一份背景文件，其中包括四名学术专家的审查意见，在出访前分发给咨询委员会成员以征求反馈意见。这样做的目的是确保不仅建立合作关系，而且还提供对进一步研究和政策有用的知识。美国科学促进会的机构资源已被用于确定和确保东欧适当关键人物的承诺。这些都是有效开展这一项目的非常好的制度资源。其结果是为研讨会制定一份详细的计划。通过这一规划工作和讲习班，将编写报告，以接触到研究和政策领域的适当受众。这项建议是一项适度的支助请求，以使一个经过精心挑选的小组能够开展一次旅行，以启动与东欧同行就科学自由和责任问题进行东西方交流。首席调查员和项目合伙人都很有资格。东欧代表是经过精心挑选的。制度上的支持非常好。项目计划很好，在制定时考虑到了学术研究的必要条件。强烈建议您提供支持。

At this time, as a result of political and economic changes, scientists and engineers in Eastern Europe confront new issues of scientific freedom and responsibility. The initiation of East- West exchanges to explore these issues promises intellectual and practical benefits to all parties. This project is designed as a planning effort; it will initiate such exchange and lead to further exchanges in workshops involving scientists, engineers, and other specialists from the U.S. and Eastern Europe. In this planning effort, a U.S. delegation composed of project staff and three Advisory Committee members will travel to Eastern Europe to meet with counterparts, four of whom have been chosen to be members of the Advisory Committee. The trip will be preceded by a careful process of preparation to develop a framework and agenda for discussion. This process will generate a background paper with review comments by four academic specialists to be circulated for feedback from the Advisory Committee members prior to the trip. The aim is to ensure not only that cooperative ties are formed by that knowledge useful for further research and for policy is generated. The institutional resources of the American Association for the Advancement of Science have already been used to identify and secure the commitment of appropriate key people in Eastern Europe. These are very good institutional resources for carrying out this project effectively. The outcome is to be a detailed plan for workshops to follow. From this planning effort and the workshops, reports will be produced to reach appropriate audiences in the research and policy communities. The proposal is a modest request for support to enable a well selected group to oprepare for an undertake travel to initiate East-West exchanges with counterparts in Eastern Europe on issues of scientific freedom and responsibility. The principal investigators and project associates are well qualified. The Eastern European representatives have been carefully chosen. The institutional support is very good. The project plans are good and have been developed with requisites for academic research in mind. Support is highly recommended.