Networking and collaborative Research with European partners: participation in the Eurocores Scheme

该项目将资助在欧洲合作研究(EUROCORES)计划框架内开展国际合作研究项目的美国研究人员的联网费用。EUROCORES方案由欧洲科学基金会开发和协调，是一个旨在支持自下而上、由研究人员驱动的国际研究合作的机制。主要设在欧洲的国家供资机构作出方案决定，提供资金支持关于调查员提出的专题的联合呼吁。每个参与国的个人研究人员都可以提议成为响应号召的多国合作研究项目的一部分。经过国际功绩审查程序后，成功的合作伙伴关系(以及相关的个别项目)将得到受雇于公共投资的国家供资机构的支持。NSF已经在EUROCORES框架内资助了20多名驻美国的研究人员/项目的研究费用。该奖项为美国研究人员与海外同行建立协调机制提供资金。通过该奖项支持的活动的更广泛影响是显著的，重点是美国研究人员利用NSF投资开展的国际研究合作活动。每个EUROCORES计划内的联网活动包括年度科学委员会会议、一年两次的专题科学讲习班，以及传播成果和促进新的合作的全计划会议。对于初级研究人员，该项目支持与欧洲同行一起举办暑期学校，并提供旅行补助金，使他们能够与欧洲同事直接合作，并获得独特的欧洲研究基础设施。EUROCORES成功地吸引了顶级研究人员和多个国家供资机构参加一次共同呼吁，这表明了研究的质量以及在这些方案内进行国际协调与合作的重要性。

This project will support the Networking costs of US-based researchers undertaking international collaborative research projects within the framework of the EUROpean COoperative RESearch (EUROCORES) scheme. The EUROCORES Programme, developed and coordinated by the European Science Foundation, is a mechanism designed to support bottom-up, investigator-driven international research collaborations. National funding agencies, located primarily in Europe, make a programmatic decision to provide funds to support a Joint Call on an investigator-proposed topical Theme. Individual investigators in each of the participating countries can propose to be part of a multinational Collaborative Research Project (CRP) that responds to the call. After an international Merit Review process, successful CRPs (and therefore the associated Individual Projects) are supported by the national funding agency in the country where the PI is employed. NSF has already supported the research costs of over 20 individual US-based investigators/projects within the EUROCORES framework. This award provides funding to network the US researchers with their counterparts overseas in a coordinated mechanism. The Broader Impacts of the activities supported through this award are significant, focusing on international research cooperation activities for US researchers that leverage the NSF investment. Networking activities within each EUROCORES programme include annual scientific committee meetings, biannual Topical Science Workshops, and programme-wide Conferences to disseminate results and foster new collaborations. For junior researchers, the project supports Summer Schools with European counterparts and travel grants that enable direct collaboration with European-based colleagues along with access to unique European research infrastructure. The success of EUROCORES in attracting both top-level researchers and multiple national funding agencies to a common Call demonstrates the quality of the research, and the importance of the international coordination and cooperation, within these programmes.