US-Japan Workshop on Scientific Collaboration and Productivity; Tokyo, Japan

该奖项支持2010年3月在东京举办的美日科学合作与生产力研讨会，该研讨会由一桥大学、成代大学和日本S国立科学技术政策研究所的合作者联合举办。迫切需要了解全球背景下的研究团队，以及美国和日本等主要研究中心学习其他国家的经验，以便制定指导科学合作的最佳实践。三个事实助长了这一需求：(1)科学研究变得越来越合作；(2)人们对翻译研究的兴趣越来越大；(3)政策制定者越来越重视扩大科学和技术劳动力，特别是增加妇女和代表性不足的少数群体参与研究。讲习班将审查三个主题：科学团队的组成，特别是按性别和资历划分；协作结构，包括规模、学科和机构；协作结构和组成对科学和商业研究成果的影响。它还旨在帮助制定未来关于合作性质的研究议程，包括对美国和日本科学家的联合调查。该奖项支持美国参与者的旅行支持，包括初级和高级的经济学家和科学社会学家。该奖项由社会科学、行为科学和经济学理事会的科学与创新计划共同资助。

This award supports a U.S.-Japan workshop on Scientific Collaboration and Productivity in Tokyo in March 2010, jointly organized with collaborators at Hitotsubashi University, Seijyo University, and Japan?s National Institute of Science & Technology Policy (NISTEP). There is a strong need to understand research teams in a global context and for major research centers such as the U.S. and Japan to learn from the experiences in the other country in order to develop best practices for guiding scientific collaboration. The need is fueled by three facts: (1) scientific research is becoming increasingly collaborative; (2) there is an increased interest in translational research; and (3) there is increased emphasis on the part of policy makers to expand the scientific and technical labor force, and, in particular, to increase the participation of women and underrepresented minorities in research. The workshop will to examine three themes: the composition of scientific teams, especially by gender and seniority; collaboration structures, including size, disciplines and institutions; and impact of the structure and composition of collaboration on scientific and commercial outcomes of research. It also aims to help set an agenda for future research on the nature of collaboration, including a joint survey of US and Japanese scientists. The award supports travel support for U.S. participants, including economists and sociologists of science at the junior and senior level. The award is cofunded by the Science of Science & Innovation Program in the Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences directorate.