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

全球高级研究学院（GSAS）旨在促进可再生能源和环境保护等关键全球需求领域的创新，并培养具有全球领导能力的美国科学家和工程师。第一届GSAS包括三个年度会议，主题是先进的太阳能电池研究或太阳能光伏。会议的技术内容侧重于下一代先进的太阳能电池，重点强调材料在提高效率和降低成本方面的作用GSAS课程由两个相关部分组成：为期十天的GSAS会议和相应的为期三个月至一年的全球研究团队（GRT）奖学金。GSAS会议包括：由几个竞争激烈的全球年轻研究人员团队在高级研究生/博士后助理水平（GSAS学者）进行的研究规划挑战;由高级世界级专家（GSAS研究员）指导;高级讲座和小组;文化活动和设施图尔斯参观;以及关键团队研究计划的介绍。每次会议的最佳研究计划将获得西欧或亚洲参与合作机构的GRT奖学金。每届会议的工作都是与国际执行委员会和地方组织委员会合作进行的。拟议的全球科学研究战略涉及两个关键成果：创新的合作研究和一批年轻的美国科学家和工程师，他们在职业生涯的早期就有全球团队建设和合作研究规划的经验。参与者培养文化敏感性和对全球研究实践和基础设施的认识，因为他们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动态。他们还制定了一个广泛的“系统方法”的研究和开发，这将有助于他们发明有竞争力的产品，为全球市场。GSAS通过针对即将进入劳动力市场的高级学生，在短期内提高美国的领导能力，并通过为这些年轻人提供领导全球伙伴关系所需的技能和关系，在长期内提高美国的领导能力。GSAS是一个可复制、可扩展的模型，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.