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

一个新的计划，美国-日本青年科学家交流计划已被标记之间的文部科学省，日本和国家科学基金会。交流访问几所日本大学的12名美国科学家，研究兴趣广泛定义为纳米科学和纳米技术，在他们的学术生涯的早期阶段。日本政府将资助12名日本青年科学家访问美国几所大学，作为此次交流访问的另一部分。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讲习班，然后对日本各大学进行实地访问。美国和日本的研究小组都将在研讨会上简要介绍他们的研究，让科学家了解他们的研究领域。视察的实验室将取决于视察队成员的研究兴趣，每个地点一天。日本同事，在他们的职业生涯的同等阶段，将访问美国大学9月24日至10月4日，2003年。此次访问的形式也是类似的，先进行研讨会，然后进行实地考察。美日两国科学家在学术生涯的早期阶段就建立了联系，这将为长期富有成效的合作奠定基础，最大限度地提高全球跨学科合作的成功概率。除了演讲者之外，预计还有几位大学同事将参加在麻省理工学院和日本举行的研讨会。这种接触将直接转化为研究生的教育，可能作为访问学生或博士后研究员。研究小组的本科生也将受益于这种经验。该计划的一个附带好处是，美国和日本科学家可以接触到他们自己小组的研究项目。

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.