Workshop/Travel Grant: Nanoscience and Technology Young Scientist Exchange Visit to Japan

美日青年科学家交流计划在日本MEXT和NSF之间签署了一项新的计划。建议12名美国科学家在其学术生涯的早期阶段对几所日本大学进行交流访问，他们的研究兴趣广泛定义为纳米科学和纳米技术。作为此次交流访问的另一部分，日本政府将赞助12名年轻科学家从日本到美国几所大学进行同等规模的访问。美国科学家将于2003年11月3日至14日对日本进行为期10天的访问。这次访问的形式将包括在东京举行为期一天的研讨会，然后实地访问日本多所大学。美国和日本的团队都将在研讨会上介绍他们的研究简要总结，让科学家们了解他们的研究领域。要参观的实验室将取决于团队成员的研究兴趣，每个地点一天。这两位日本同事将于2003年9月24日至10月4日访问美国大学，这是他们职业生涯的相同阶段。他们的访问形式将是类似的，先是研讨会，然后是实地访问。美国和日本科学家在学术生涯非常早期建立的联系将为长期、富有成效的合作奠定基础，最大限度地增加成功进行全球跨学科努力的可能性。除了演讲者，预计还有几位大学同事将参加麻省理工学院和日本的研讨会。这种接触将直接转化为研究生的教育，可能是作为访问学生或博士后研究员。研究组的本科生也将从这一经历中受益。这一计划的一个附带好处是，美国和日本的科学家可以接触到他们自己小组中的研究项目。

A new program US-Japan Young Scientists Exchange Program has been marked between MEXT, Japan and NSF. An exchange visits to several Japanese universities for twelve US scientists, with research interests broadly defined as Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, at the early stages of their academic careers is proposed. The Japanese government will sponsor an equivalent trip of twelve young scientists from Japan to several US universities as the other part of this exchange visit. The US scientists will visit Japan for ten days November 3-14, 2003. The format of the trip will consist of a one-day workshop in Tokyo followed by site visits to various Japanese universities. Both the US as well as the Japanese team will present brief summaries of their research at the workshop, allowing the scientists to learn about their areas of research. The laboratories to be visited will depend upon the research interests of the team members, with one day for each site. The Japanese colleagues, in equivalent stages of their careers, will be visiting US universities September 24-October 4, 2003. The format for their trip will be similar, a workshop, followed by site visits.Links established between scientists in the US and Japan at the very early stages of their academic careers will lay the foundation for a long-term fruitful collaboration over an extended period, maximizing the probability for a successful global interdisciplinary effort. Besides the presenters, several additional university colleagues are expected to attend the symposia at MIT and in Japan. This exposure will translate directly to education of graduate students, potentially as visiting students or as postdoctoral fellows. Undergraduate students in research groups will also benefit from this experience. A side benefit of this program is the exposure of US and Japanese scientists to research programs in their own groups.