Arabidopsis 2010: International Research Experience for Senior Graduate Students

该奖项是为高年级研究生的国际交流，以增加德国和美国从事拟南芥功能基因组学研究的研究人员之间的互动。 具体而言，学生交流将发生在参与德国Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft资助的Arabidopsis Functional Genomics Networks（AFGN）计划的实验室之间，以及参与Arabidopsis 2010计划或研究由美国国家科学基金会资助的Arabidopsis基因功能相关主题的美国实验室。预计该交流项目每年将支持大约10名美国学生访问德国实验室，预计平均为期三个月。一项互惠安排正在得到德国德意志研究共同体的支持，以支持大约10名学生和博士后访问美国实验室。更广泛的影响：交流的目标是为美国和德国的实验室团体提供一个机会，从事相关项目或分享技术和方法，并最大限度地协调他们的研究，并在适当的情况下加强研究合作。AFGN和Arabidopsis 2010计划有着相同的目标，即在2010年之前确定所有Arabidopsis基因的功能。来自其他国家的2010年类似项目的代表将了解该项目及其成果，以便国际合作可以扩大到德国和美国以外。该奖项由生物科学理事会和国际科学与工程办公室共同支持。

This award is for an international exchange of senior graduate students to increase interactions between German and US investigators engaged in Arabidopsis functional genomics research. Specifically student exchanges will occur between laboratories participating in the Arabidopsis Functional Genomics Networks (AFGN) program funded by the German Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft on the German side and US laboratories participating in the Arabidopsis 2010 Program or working on related topics concerning Arabidopsis gene function funded by the National Science Foundation. It is expected that the exchange will support approximately 10 students per year from the US to visit German laboratories for an expected average of three months. A reciprocal arrangement is being supported by the German Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft to support approximately 10 students and postdocs to visit US laboratories.Broader Impacts: The goal of the exchange is to provide an opportunity for the US andGerman laboratory groups to work on related projects or to share techniques andapproaches and maximize the opportunity to coordinate their research and to enhanceresearch collaboration where appropriate. The AFGN and Arabidopsis 2010 programs share the same goal of identifying the function of all Arabidopsis genes by the year 2010. Representatives from the 2010-like programs in other countries will be made aware of the program and its outcomes so that international collaborations could be expanded beyond Germany and the US. This award is supported jointly by the Directorate for Biological Sciences and the Office of International Science and Engineering.