Furthering U.S. Interests and Leadership in the International Council for Science (ICSU)

促进美国在国际科学理事会(ICSU)的利益和领导地位由于当代科学和工程的全球性，对美国科学家和工程师及其专业组织来说至关重要，与外国同行的活动和计划保持密切联系，部分是为了促进合作项目的发展。此外，要更好地了解许多重要问题，如与全球环境、数据质量和获取以及研究人员的培训和利用有关的问题，需要在多边基础上进行合作努力。越来越多的这类问题跨越并超越了个别的科学学科。促进美国科学家和工程师与外国同行在世界范围内交流的最古老和最广泛的机制是一系列非政府国际学科联盟和跨学科组织，这些组织共同组成了国际科学理事会(ICSU)，这是一个由90多个国家的坚持组织组成的非政府多边组织。该奖项将使美国国家科学院/国家研究理事会(美国遵守ICSU的组织)能够继续管理美国对ICSU的参与。该奖项向国际科学理事会支付会费，并向两个国际学科联盟(国际数学教学委员会和国际理论和应用力学联合会)以及两个跨学科组织(太平洋科学协会和科学和技术促进发展委员会)提供支助。

0101288White Furthering U.S. Interests and Leadership in the International Council for Science (ICSU)Due to the global character of contemporary science and engineering, it is essential for U.S. scientists and engineers, as well as their professional organizations, to remain in close contact with the activities and plans of their foreign counterparts, in part as a means to facilitate the development of collaborative programs. Additionally, gaining a better understanding of many important problems, such as those associated with the global environment, data quality and access, and the training and utilization of research personnel, require cooperative efforts on a multilateral basis. An increasing number of such problems cut across and transcend individual scientific disciplines. Theoldest and most extensive mechanism for facilitating world-wide communication between U.S. scientists and engineers and their foreign counterparts is the array of non-governmental international disciplinary unions and interdisciplinary organizations that together comprise the International Council for Science (ICSU), a non-governmental, multilateral organization comprised of an adhering organization in over 90 countries. This award will enable the National Academy of Sciences/National Research Council (the U.S. adhering organization to ICSU) to continue to manage U.S. participation in ICSU. The award provides dues payments to ICSU, and support for two international disciplinary unions (the International Commission of Mathematical Instruction and the International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics) as well as two interdisciplinary organizations (the Pacific Science Association and the Committee on Science and Technology for Development).