Workshop: Internationalization of Research and Graduate Studies and Its Implications in the Transatlantic Context; November 17 -18, 2008; Atlanta, GA

OISE-0838105Mary L.Realff，佐治亚州理工学院该奖项支持美国参加2008年11月17日至18日在佐治亚州亚特兰大的佐治亚州理工学院举行的国际研讨会。研讨会将讨论与研究和高等教育国际化有关的问题。在日益全球化的经济中，科学事业越来越国际化，科技人才的市场空间超越国界。世界各地的大学和研究机构正在通过建立交流项目、双学位和/或联合学位以及外国校园来应对这些发展。几个欧盟/美国(EU/美国)合作计划已经在促进研究人员的培训和流动，并可能在未来得到进一步发展。拟议的研讨会将有助于确定和交流现有项目中的最佳做法，确定提高研究生教育国际化程度的障碍，并确定增加欧盟和美国研究生项目学生交换的方法。研讨会的规划和组织是法国担任欧盟轮值主席国期间的一项合作努力，成员包括美国国务院、美国教育部、格鲁吉亚理工学院、欧盟委员会代表团、法国、捷克、斯洛文尼亚和瑞典大使馆以及其他23个欧盟驻华盛顿大使馆。DC的智力价值这一建议的智力价值包括促进国际研究生教育和研究的最佳实践，以及制定计划，增加从事国际研究生教育的美国研究生和研究人员的数量。研讨会将汇集科学家和工程师等专家，他们在开展国际研究合作、研究生留学项目和研究生交换项目方面具有经验。与会者还将包括大学、研究机构、公司、部委、机构和关注国际研究人员交流的研究促进组织的政策制定者。研讨会将对美国和国外的研究生教育项目产生影响。与会者的选择将使不同的群体参加研讨会。将特别注意包括科学和工程领域任职人数不足的群体(例如，任职人数不足的少数群体、妇女和残疾人)的参与者。研讨会的调查结果将在最后报告中提出。研讨会的成果还将在2009年4月在西班牙巴塞罗那举行的由美国国家科学基金会赞助的女性？S国际研究工程峰会上公布。

OISE-0838105Mary L. Realff, Georgia TechThis award supports U.S. participation in an international workshop to be held at Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, Georgia from November 17?18, 2008. The workshop will address issues relating to the internationalization of research and higher education.In an increasingly globalized economy, science careers are becoming more and more international, and the market place for talent in science and technology goes beyond national boundaries. Universities and research institutes worldwide are addressing these developments by setting-up exchange programs, double and/or joint degrees, as well as foreign campuses. Several European Union/United States (EU/US) cooperation schemes are already promoting the training and mobility of researchers and are likely to be further developed in the future. The proposed workshop will enable the determination and exchange of best practices in existing programs, identify barriers to increasing internationalization of graduate education and identify means of increasing the exchange of students in graduate programs in the EU and US.The workshop planning and organization has been a collaborative effort during the French Presidency of the European Union and includes the U.S. Department of State, the U.S. Department of Education, the Georgia Institute of Technology, the Delegation of the European Commission, the French, Czech, Slovenian and Swedish Embassy and the other 23 European Union Embassies in Washington, DC.Intellectual Merit The intellectual merit of this proposal includes the advancement of best practices in international graduate education and research and the development of plans for increasing the number of US graduate students and researchers engaged in international graduate education. The workshop will bring together experts such as scientists and engineers with experience in conducting international research collaborations, graduate study abroad programs and graduate student exchange programs. Participants will also include policy-makers at universities, research institutes, companies, ministries, agencies and research promotion organizations concern with international exchange of researchers.Broader Impacts The workshop will include approximately 200 participants from the European Union and from the United States. The workshop will impact the graduate education programs offered in the US and abroad. Participants will be chosen such that a diverse group will be attending the workshop. Particular attention will be given to include participants from groups underrepresented in science and engineering (e.g., underrepresented minorities, women, and persons with disabilities. The findings of the workshop will be presented in a final report. Workshop findings will also be presented at the NSF sponsored Women?s International Research Engineering Summit that will be held in Barcelona, Spain in April 2009.