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

0101288白色 促进美国在国际科学理事会（ICSU）中的利益和领导地位由于当代科学和工程的全球性，美国科学家和工程师以及他们的专业组织必须与外国同行的活动和计划保持密切联系，部分原因是为了促进合作计划的发展。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，就需要在多边基础上进行合作。越来越多的此类问题跨越并超越了个别科学学科。促进美国科学家和工程师与他们的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合会和跨学科组织，它们共同组成了国际科学理事会，这是一个由90多个国家的一个附属组织组成的非政府多边组织。该奖项将使国家科学院/国家研究理事会（美国加入ICSU的组织）能够继续管理美国参与ICSU的工作。该奖项向科联理事会支付会费，并支助两个国际学科联合会（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）。

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).