Increasing U.S. Engagement in the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis through the U.S. National Member Organization for IIASA

该奖项为美国国家科学院履行其作为国际应用系统分析研究所（IIASA）美国国家成员组织（NMO）的职责提供支持。这些责任有两种形式：通过参加国际asa理事会参与研究所的管理，并与该组织直接互动；促进和鼓励美国对IIASA活动的兴趣。国家研究委员会（NRC）的国际组织理事会（BISO）通过IIASA美国委员会执行这些职责，该委员会由加州大学欧文分校的Don Saari教授担任主席。该研究所成立于1972年，是一个多边、非政府的研究机构，致力于跨学科、面向政策的研究。在IIASA，多学科的国际研究团队对与全球变化有关的环境、技术和经济方面的问题进行研究，包括能源和技术、人口和自然资源。因此，研究所是一个中立的论坛，对全球和国际问题进行持续的调查和讨论。它位于奥地利的拉克森堡，靠近维也纳。该提案的智力价值包括美国国家气象局与感兴趣的美国研究人员和政府机构合作的工作，以制定美国对IIASA研究，预算和管理的看法。这有助于确保研究所的诚信，并指导IIASA研究项目以保持其质量及其与美国研究和政策关注的相关性的方式进行。NMO作为美国科学、技术和政策界的联络人，致力于扩大研究所及其工作的影响，其目标是提高美国学术界、政府、商界和非政府组织（ngo）对IIASA的参与和认识。这包括为IIASA的高级研究生招募和资助青年科学家暑期项目；协助为IIASA的职位空缺寻找合适的人选；作为感兴趣的学者和政策制定者的全国网络的中心；并帮助IIASA找到参与国家政策辩论的机会。美国委员会主席代表美国国家气象组织出席IIASA理事会会议。理事会由16个非政府组织的代表组成；每个国家每年支付会费。美国理事会成员与IIASA主任、IIASA理事会计划委员会和IIASA科学咨询委员会合作，指导和加强IIASA的研究计划。美国国家委员会对IIASA的研究进展进行年度审查，征求学术界、政府和美国科学界其他专家的意见。

This award provides support to the U.S. National Academy of Sciences to carry out its responsibilities as the United States National Member Organization (NMO) of the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA). These responsibilities take two forms: participating in governance of the Institute through participation in the IIASA Council and direct interaction with the organization; and facilitating and encouraging U.S. interest in IIASA's activities. The Board on International Organizations (BISO) of the National Research Council (NRC) executes these responsibilities through the U.S. Committee for IIASA, chaired by Professor Don Saari of the University of California, Irvine. IIASA was established in 1972 as a multilateral, non-governmental research institution devoted to interdisciplinary, policy-oriented research. At IIASA, multidisciplinary, international teams of researchers conduct research on issues related to environmental, technological, and economic aspects of global change, including energy and technology, population, and natural resources. The Institute thus serves as a neutral forum for sustained investigation and discussion of global and international issues. It is located in Laxenburg, Austria, near Vienna. The intellectual merit of the proposal consists of the work by the U.S. NMO, in collaboration with interested U.S. researchers and Government agencies, to formulate U.S. views regarding IIASA's research, budget, and administration. This helps to insure the integrity of the Institute and guides the IIASA research program in ways that will maintain its quality and its relevance to U.S. research and policy concerns. The NMO works to broaden the impact of the Institute and its work by serving as a liaison to the U.S. science, technology, and policy communities, with the goal of increasing participation in and awareness of IIASA by Americans in academia, government, business, and non-governmental organizations (NGOs). This includes recruiting for and funding IIASA's Young Scientists Summer Program for advanced graduate students; helping to find suitable candidates for IIASA's job vacancies; serving as the hub of a national network of interested scholars and policymakers; and helping IIASA to find opportunities to participate in national policy debates. The chairman of the U.S. Committee represents the U.S. NMO at IIASA's Council meetings. The Council is composed of representatives from the 16 NMO's; each NMO country pays an annual membership contribution. The U.S. Council member works with the Director of IIASA, the IIASA Council Program Committee, and the IIASA Science Advisory Committee to guide and strengthen the IIASA research program. The U.S. national committee carries out an annual review of IIASA's research progress, soliciting comments from academic, government, and other experts in the U.S. scientific community.