Clean Water Matters: Challenges and Research Perspectives Workshop in Beijing, China, April 18, 2014

1438644 Assaf-And这笔赠款用于部分支持将于2014年4月18日在北京举行的题为“清洁水问题：挑战和研究前景研讨会”的研讨会。这些资金将用于支付美国代表团的机票和生活费。此次研讨会的首要目标是启动中国和美国学者之间的联合研究合作，以应对影响两国的紧迫水挑战，并可能适用于世界其他地区。具体目标是：1)为美国和中国之间的合作建立一个研究平台，支持两国积极参与和共同应对两国面临的清洁水挑战；2)建立美国-中国水资源研究和教育社区，并为建立联合研究财团奠定基础。拟议中的合作将加强中美学者和初级研究员之间的科学合作，并为两国学生提供国际研究经验的机会。此次活动旨在促进不同视角和背景的参与者之间的对话与合作。它将汇集主要的水保护和管理学者、经验丰富的政策专业人员、支持科学和研究进展的机构、处于职业生涯早期阶段的年轻研究人员，以及对从事这一领域研究感兴趣的博士后研究员和研究生。这笔赠款由NSF国际科学与工程部(ISE)的全球风险基金(GVF)以及NSF工程局CBET部门的环境可持续发展项目共同出资。

1438644 Assaf-AnidThis grant is for partial support of a workshop entitled "Clean Water Matters: Challenges and Research Perspectives Workshop," to be held in Beijing, April 18, 2014. These funds will be used to support plane fares and subsistence for the U.S. delegation. The overarching goal of this workshop is to initiate joint research collaborations among scholars in China and the United States to address pressing water challenges affecting both nations, with potential applicability to other regions of the world. Specific objectives are to: 1) build a research platform for collaboration across the US and China that supports active engagement and joint approaches to clean water challenges facing both nations and 2) form a U.S. - China water research and education community and set the grounds for the establishment of a joint research consortium. The proposed collaboration will enhance scientific cooperation between Chinese and US scholars and junior fellows, and provide students from both nations opportunities for international research experience. The event is structured to favor dialogue and collaborations among participants with various perspectives and backgrounds. It will bring together lead water protection and management scholars, seasoned policy professionals, agencies that support sciences and research advances, together with young investigators in their early stages of their careers, and post-doc fellows and graduate students interested in pursuing research in this area. This grant is co-funded by the Global Venture Fund (GVF) of NSF's International Science and Engineering section (ISE) as well as the Environmental Sustainability program in the CBET division of NSF's Engineering Directorate.