U.S.-Pakistan Workshop: Nitrogen Fixation with Non-Legumes Faisalabad, Pakistan, October 16-21, 1996

说明：该奖项旨在支持6名科学家（其中4名来自美国，2名来自中东和南亚）参加将于1996年10月16日至21日在巴基斯坦费萨拉巴德举行的“非豆科植物固氮”的美国-巴基斯坦研讨会和相关国际研讨会。会议的组织者是密歇根州东兰辛市密歇根州立大学微生物系的Frans deBruijn博士和巴基斯坦费萨拉巴德国家生物技术与基因工程研究所（NIBGE）所长Kauser Malik博士。会议的目的是：1；报告和讨论最近正在进行的非豆科植物固氮研究的结果，并评估提高作物生产力的潜力；2. 为美国和巴基斯坦科学家在这一领域建立联系和开展合作研究项目提供机会；和3。确定今后应重点研究的固氮研究的各个方面。这些论文集预计将被出版，并广泛地提供给美国科学家和对这一主题感兴趣的其他国家的科学家。范围：该奖项将资助四名美国科学家和两名来自发展中国家的重要科学家前往参加一个重要的研讨会和专题讨论会，讨论一个对世界上大多数农业国家非常重要的主题。研究结果的讨论，以及对未来研究的思考，旨在实现减轻氮肥成本负担和减少合成氮肥生产和使用带来的污染的双重目标。由此产生的合作研究将涉及来自以农业为主的巴基斯坦的一组活跃的年轻研究人员与来自美国的科学家，研究与加强非豆科植物的固氮有关的各种基础科学课题，包括遗传学、生物化学和生理学。该项目符合国际项目司促进与外国科学家在共同感兴趣的领域进行合作的目标。

Description: This award is to support participation by six scientists, four from the United States, and two from the Middle East and South Asia, in a U.S.-Pakistan Workshop, and the associated International symposium, on `Nitrogen Fixation with Non-Legumes` to be held in Faisalabad, Pakistan, October 16-21, 1996. The organizers are Dr. Frans deBruijn of the Department of Microbiology at Michigan State University, in East Lansing, MI, and Dr. Kauser Malik, Director, National Institute for Biotechnology & Genetic Engineering (NIBGE) in Faisalabad, Pakistan. The meeting is intended to :1. report and discuss the results of recent research being carried out on nitrogen fixation with non-legumes and to assess the potential for enhancement of crop productivity; 2. to provide opportunities for U.S. and Pakistani scientists to establish contacts and to develop collaborative research projects in this area; and 3. to identify various aspects of nitrogen fixation research which should be emphasized in the immediate future. The proceedings are expected to be published and to become widely available to U.S. scientists and to scientists in other countries interested in this topic. Scope: This award is to fund travel of four U.S. scientists and two key scientists from developing countries to participate in an important workshop and symposium where discussions will deal with a topic of great importance to most of the agrarian countries in the world. The research results to be discussed, and the deliberations on future research are intended to accomplish the twin objectives of reducing the burden of the cost of nitrogen fertilizers, and also reduce the pollution from the manufacture and use of synthetic nitrogen fertilizers. The resulting collaborative research would involve a group of active young researchers from Pakistan, a predominantly agricultural country, with scientists from the United States, in various fundamental science topics, including genetics, biochemistry and physiology, that are related to enhancing nitrogen fixation in non-legumes. The project meets the objectives of the Division of International Programs in promoting collaboration with foreign scientists in areas of mutual interest.