US/Japan BioNanotechnology Exchange Workshop; Japan

美国和日本已经认识到纳米科学和纳米技术是具有潜在广泛社会影响的前沿研究领域，有望改变健康、电子、交通、环境和国家安全。这两个国家都在这些领域进行了大量投资，预计未来将继续快速增长。为了取得成功，这一新兴领域的研究和培训工作必须是高度跨学科的，相互作用不仅必须跨越领域和专业中心，而且必须跨越国际边界，以便每个国家现有的优势和资源也能使其他国家受益。考虑到这一点，日本文部科学省（MEXT）和美国国家科学基金会（NSF）发起了支持两国科学交流访问的倡议。我们建议组织12名研究兴趣广泛定义为纳米科学和生物纳米技术的美国科学家到日本几所大学进行交流访问。日本政府将赞助12名日本青年科学家到美国几所大学进行类似的访问，作为该交流计划的对应组成部分。关注年轻科学家的前提是，如果在职业生涯早期就建立联系，建立长期和有意义的伙伴关系的可能性要高得多。美国和日本科学家在学术生涯的早期阶段建立的联系将为长期富有成效的合作奠定基础，最大限度地提高两国和其他国家之间成功的全球跨学科努力和富有成效的关系的可能性。

Intellectual MeritThe United States and Japan have recognized Nanoscience and Nanotechnology as frontier areasof research with potentially widespread societal impact, promising to transform health,electronics, transportation, the environment, and national security. In both countries, significantinvestments in these areas have been made and their rapid growth is expected to continue in thefuture.To be successful, research and training efforts in this emerging arena have to be highlyinterdisciplinary and interactions will have to span not only across fields and professional hubs,but also across international boundaries, so that the strengths and resources available in eachcountry can also benefit other countries. With this in mind, the Japanese Ministry of Education,Science, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) and the United States NationalScience Foundation (NSF) initiated the support of scientific exchange visits between the twocountries. We propose to organize the next exchange visit to several Japanese universities fortwelve US scientists early in their academic careers, with research interests broadly defined asNanoscience and Bionanotechnology. The Japanese government will sponsor a similar trip oftwelve young scientists from Japan to several US universities as the counterpart component inthis exchange program. The focus on young scientists is driven by the premise that thepossibilities for building long-term and meaningful partnerships are far higher if contacts aremade early in one's career.Impact of Proposed ResearchLinks established between scientists in the US and Japan at the very early stages of theiracademic careers will lay the foundation for a long-term fruitful collaboration over an extendedperiod, maximizing the likelihood for a successful global interdisciplinary effort and productiverelationship between these two and other countries.