Workshop: Chemical Bonding Centers: New Organizations to Address Emerging Areas of Opportunity in The Chemical Sciences

在2004财政年度，化学处计划实施一项名为“化学键合中心（CBCs）”的方案。“据设想，CBCs将允许多方面的调查人员团队应对化学键合方面的重大挑战。 将重点支持那些能够将理论和实验方法联合收割机结合起来解决化学界感兴趣的明确定义的基本问题的小组。有了这个奖项，化学部和数学和物理科学理事会的多学科活动办公室正在支持由伊利诺伊大学厄巴纳-香槟分校化学系的Ralph G.Nuzzo博士和乔治M.哈佛大学化学与化学生物学系的Whitesides说。 研讨会将探讨新的CBC计划的潜在范围和实施战略，以及该计划相对于该司现有和计划中的组合的地位。

In FY2004, the Division of Chemistry is planning the implementation of a Program entitled "Chemical Bonding Centers (CBCs)." It is envisioned that the CBCs will allow multi-faceted teams of investigators to attack grand challenges in chemical bonding. A premium will be placed on supporting groups that can combine both theoretical and experimental approaches towards solving well-defined basic problems of interest to the chemical community. With this award, the Chemistry Division and the Office of Multidisciplinary Activities of the Directorate of Mathematics and Physical Sciences are supporting a workshop co-organized by Dr. Ralph G.Nuzzo of the Department of Chemistry at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Dr. George M. Whitesides of the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology at Harvard University. The workshop will explore the potential scope and implementation strategy for the new CBC Program and its position with respect to the existing and planned portfolio of the Division.