Support for Conferences, Symposia, Workshops or Other Meetings for the National Optical Astronomy Observatory (NOAO)

该奖项是经济合作与发展组织（OECD）全球科学论坛的一项资助，为天文学和天体物理学的未来大型项目和计划研讨会提供部分支持。这是两次研讨会中的第二次，将于2004年4月5日至6日在弗吉尼亚州阿灵顿聚集约60名国际天文学界代表。关于在大型天文仪器方面建立国际伙伴关系和合作的方法的讨论以及经合组织将在这两次讲习班后发表的报告是及时的，对决策者、国家或多国天文台和项目办公室可能是有价值的。讲习班的目的不是明确批准或确定具体项目的优先次序，而是帮助奠定基础，在此基础上建立国际合作。

AST-0432601Inst: AURA, IncPI: William SmithThis award provides partial support for a workshop on Future Large-Scale Projects and Programs in Astronomy and Astrophysics as a result of a charge from the Global Science Forum of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). This is the second of two workshops and will bring together approximately 60 representatives of the international astronomical community to meet in Arlington, VA on 5-6 April 2004. The discussion of the means by which international partnerships and cooperation in large-scale astronomical instruments can be forged and the report that will be issued by OECD as a result of these two workshops are timely and could be valuable for policy makers, national or multi-national observatories, and project offices. The intention of the workshop is specifically not to endorse or prioritize specific projects but rather to help to lay a groundwork on which international collaborations can be built.