Joint Undertaking for an African Materials Institute (JUAMI)

非洲材料研究所联合项目 (JUAMI)

• 批准号: 2023698
• 负责人: Sossina Haile
• 金额: $ 33.37万
• 依托单位: Northwestern University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2020-07-01 至 2024-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2023698&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Joint; Undertaking; African; Materials; Institute

NON-TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION: The Joint Undertaking for African Materials Institute (JUAMI) is an Advanced Studies Institute that serves to connect materials researchers in Africa with those in the United States. The December 6-18, 2020 school in Nairobi, Kenya on "Materials for Sustainable Energy" will enable participants to explore shared scientific challenges and to co-generate new knowledge and innovative solutions with colleagues who bring different national, cultural and institutional perspectives. World-renowned experts will teach courses and provide opportunities for hands-on learning. The Institute promises to strengthen the capacity of the African Materials Science community by providing short-term graduate level training of African students and researchers by some of the world's top scientists during a two-week school. It benefits U.S. participants by not only providing access to these same top scientists, but also because it immerses the US participants in a rich, transcontinental network of collaborators.TECHNICAL DETAILS: Motivated by the need to develop and sustain positive international scientific relationships between the scientific communities in the United States and Africa, JUAMI employs a unique format to address three primary concerns: the creation of new knowledge and innovative solutions through cross-cultural collaborations, the need for U.S. graduate students and faculty to be engaged in international research collaborations and networks, and the value to the United States of remaining a desired collaboration partner for African counterparts. This two-week school, which follows on earlier such schools, focuses on "Materials for Sustainable Energy", a topic at the frontier of materials research, with lectures offered by world-renowned experts recruited both internationally and locally. The curriculum includes directed hands-on activities, lectures, and the preparation/presentation of group proposals that give rise to ongoing cross-cultural collaborative research projects. Experts from the Searle Center for Advancing Learning and Teaching at Northwestern University provide ongoing assessment to quantify educational outcomes and improve pedagogy and program structure. In addition, a graduate student in Northwestern’s acclaimed media arts program is recruited to document the activities for subsequent public dissemination of JUAMI activities. The 2020 school takes advantage of JUAMI's existing clearing house, a virtual gathering place, to connect researchers and resources across international boundaries. The institute’s unique format, essentially a hybrid between a state-of-the-art conference offering advanced seminars and a school with hands-on learning opportunities, is key to achieving mutual benefit for the United States and Africa.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

非技术描述：非洲材料研究所联合项目 (JUAMI) 是一个高级研究所，致力于将非洲的材料研究人员与美国的材料研究人员联系起来。 2020 年 12 月 6 日至 18 日在肯尼亚内罗毕举行的“可持续能源材料”学校将使参与者能够探索共同的科学挑战，并与带来不同国家、文化和机构观点的同事共同创造新知识和创新解决方案。世界知名专家将教授课程并提供实践学习的机会。该研究所承诺通过在为期两周的学校期间为非洲学生和研究人员提供一些世界顶尖科学家的短期研究生水平培训来加强非洲材料科学界的能力。它不仅使美国参与者能够接触到这些顶级科学家，而且还因为它使美国参与者沉浸在丰富的跨大陆合作者网络中。 技术细节：出于在美国和非洲科学界之间发展和维持积极的国际科学关系的需要，JUAMI 采用独特的形式来解决三个主要问题：通过跨文化合作创造新知识和创新解决方案，需要 美国研究生和教师参与国际研究合作和网络，以及美国继续成为非洲同行理想的合作伙伴的价值。这所为期两周的学校是继早期此类学校之后的又一课程，重点关注材料研究前沿的“可持续能源材料”主题，讲座由国际和本地聘请的世界知名专家提供。课程包括定向实践活动、讲座以及小组提案的准备/演示，这些提案将引发正在进行的跨文化合作研究项目。西北大学塞尔学习与教学促进中心的专家提供持续评估，以量化教育成果并改进教学法和项目结构。此外，西北大学广受好评的媒体艺术项目还招募了一名研究生来记录这些活动，以便随后公开传播 JUAMI 活动。 2020 年学校利用 JUAMI 现有的信息交换所（虚拟聚会场所）来跨越国际边界连接研究人员和资源。该研究所独特的形式，本质上是提供高级研讨会的最先进会议和提供实践学习机会的学校的混合体，是实现美国和非洲互惠互利的关键。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优点和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。