Global School for Advanced Studies (GSAS) Sessions on Advanced Solar Cell Research

全球高级研究学院(GSA)寻求在可再生能源和环境保护等关键全球需求领域促进创新，并培养具有全球领导能力的美国科学家和工程师。第一届GSA包括三个以先进太阳能电池研究或太阳能光伏为主题的年度会议。会议的技术内容侧重于下一代先进太阳能电池，强调材料在提高效率和降低成本方面的作用。GSA课程由两个相关部分组成：为期十天的GSA会议和相应的三个月至一年的全球研究团队(GRT)奖学金。GSA会议包括：由几个相互竞争的全球研究生/博士后高级研究人员团队(GSA学者)进行的研究规划挑战；由世界一流的资深专家(GSA研究员)指导；高级讲座和小组讨论；文化活动和设施参观；以及介绍关键问题的团队研究计划。每期会议的最佳研究计划将在西欧或亚洲的参与伙伴机构获得GRT奖学金。这项工作是与一个国际执行委员会和每届会议的当地组织委员会合作进行的。拟议的GSA解决了两个关键成果：创新的合作研究，以及一批在全球团队建设和合作研究规划早期就有经验的年轻美国科学家和工程师。参与者在与国际同行建立持久的工作关系并直接了解文化价值观如何影响团队活力的过程中，培养了文化敏感度和对全球研究实践和基础设施的认识。他们还开发了一种广泛的“系统方法”进行研究和开发，这将帮助他们为全球市场发明有竞争力的产品。短期而言，GSA通过瞄准即将进入劳动力大军的高级学生来提高美国的领导能力，长期而言，则是通过让这些年轻人掌握领导全球伙伴关系所需的技能和人际关系来提高他们的领导能力。GSA是一种可复制、可扩展的模式，用于解决全球关注的其他领域的紧迫研究问题。

The Global School for Advanced Studies (GSAS) seeks to foster innovation in critical global needs areas such as renewable energy and environmental protection, and to develop US scientists and engineers with global leadership capabilities. The first GSAS includes three annual sessions on the theme of Advanced Solar Cell Research or Solar Photovoltaics. The sessions technical content focuses on the next generation of advanced solar cells, with a strong emphasis on the role of materials for improving efficiency and reducing cost The GSAS curriculum consists of two related components: ten-day GSAS Sessions and corresponding three-month to one-year Global Research Team (GRT) Fellowships. GSAS sessions include: a research planning challenge to be performed by several competing global teams of young researchers at the advanced graduate student/postdoctoral associate level (GSAS Scholars); mentoring by senior world-class experts (GSAS Fellows); advanced lectures and panels; cultural activities and facility tours; and presentation of team research plans for critical . The best research plan from each session is awarded a GRT Fellowship at a participating partner institution in Western Europe or Asia. The work is carried out in cooperation with an international executive committee and local organizing committees for each session.The proposed GSAS addresses two key outcomes: innovative collaborative research and a cadre of young US scientists and engineers with experience in global team building and collaborativeresearch planning early in their careers. The participants develop cultural sensitivity and an awareness of global research practices and infrastructures as they build lasting working relationships with their international peers and learn first-hand how cultural values can affect team dynamics. They also develop a broad "systems approach" to research and development that will help them invent competitive products for global markets. GSAS increases US leadership capacity in the short term by targeting advanced students about to enter the workforce, and in the long term by equipping these young people with the skills and relationships needed to lead global partnerships. The GSAS is a replicable, expandable model for addressing pressing research questions in other areas of global concern.