Japanese Language Award for Louis Litchfield Whitcomb

该奖项将通过提供津贴、学费或其他与课程相关的费用来支持美国科学家或工程师学习日语。该计划的目标是使活跃的美国科学家和工程师能够充分熟悉日本的语言和习俗，使他们能够在那里独立工作和/或获得有足够的日语阅读能力，能够理解他们感兴趣领域的技术摘要。美国和日本研究人员之间迫切需要更有效的技术交流。该奖项旨在帮助消除美日合作研究的语言和文化障碍，促进科学技术交流。

This award will support study of the Japanese language by an American scientist or engineer by providing a stipend, tuition, or other course-related expenses. The objectives of the program are to enable active U.S. scientists and engineers to acquire sufficient familiarity with the language and customs of Japan to allow them to function independently there and/or to acquire sufficient expertise in reading Japanese to be able to understand technical abstracts in their field of interest. There is a critical need for more effective technical communication between American and Japanese researchers. This award is intended to help remove language and cultural barriers to U.S.-Japanese cooperative research and to facilitate science and technology exchange.