Core Support for the National Academy of Sciences' Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology (BCST) and Chemical Sciences Roundtable (CSR)

化学(CHE)和化学、生物工程、环境和运输系统(CBET)分部将这一奖项授予美国国家科学院，以支持化学科学与技术委员会(BCST)和化学科学圆桌会议(CSR)的核心活动。BCST和CSR讨论和研讨会的结果通过研讨会报告在专业协会、科学和贸易出版物以及网站上传播。BCST具有来自学术界和工业界的广泛代表性，并利用其集体专业知识来确定社区的需求，并提供同行审查的共识报告、研讨会和专题讨论会，作为对化学界和其他领域的广泛推广。BCST通过参与对联邦决策者重要的问题来加强化学和化学工程社区的影响。BCST成员在教育、劳动力和研究问题三个关键领域监督一系列特别研究。具体考虑的领域包括：能源和可持续性、安全和安保。通过向联邦官员提出影响化学和化学工程研究进行的问题，BCST帮助确保从业者社区能够保持在知识的前沿。CSR为化学科学和工程领域的领导人提供了一个非政治性的论坛，目的是增进对影响政府、学术、国家实验室和非营利部门的问题的了解。企业社会责任讨论为与会者之间的互动、教育、信息交流以及对影响化学科学的问题和趋势的讨论提供了一种工具。CSR邀请顶尖的科学家和工程师通过研讨会来确定和探索对从业者社区和其他领域具有重要意义的新兴主题。

The Divisions of Chemistry (CHE) and Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental and Transport Systems (CBET) fund this award to the National Academy of Sciences to support the core activities of both the Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology (BCST) and the Chemical Sciences Roundtable (CSR). The results of BCST and CSR discussions and workshops are disseminated through workshop reports made available through professional societies, scientific and trade publications, and on the web.The BCST has broad representation from academe and industry and uses its collective expertise to identify the needs of the community and to provide peer-reviewed consensus reports, workshops, and symposia, as broad outreach into the chemical community and beyond. The BCST enhances the impacts of the chemistry and chemical engineering communities by engaging in questions of importance to federal decision-makers. BCST members oversee a portfolio of ad hoc studies in three key areas of education, workforce, and research issues. Specific areas of consideration include: energy and sustainability, safety, and security. By raising issues impacting the conduct of chemistry and chemical engineering research with federal officials, BCST helps assure that the community of practitioners can remain at the forefront of knowledge. The CSR provides an apolitical forum for leaders in the chemical sciences and engineering, with the objective of enhancing understanding of issues that affect government, academic, national laboratory, and nonprofit sectors. CSR discussions provide a vehicle for interaction among the participants, and for education, exchange of information, and discussion of issues and trends that affect the chemical sciences. CSR engages leading scientists and engineers to identify and explore, through workshops, emerging topics of importance to the community of practitioners and beyond.