Bilateral Dialogue on Symmetrical Access to Precompetitive Research in the US & Japan

描述：这项名为“关于在美国和日本对称获取竞争前研究的双边对话”的提议，要求为由国家研究委员会和日本科学促进会赞助的研究人员在夏威夷火奴鲁鲁举行的为期两天的双边工作组会议提供资金。所要求的资金将用于会议筹备、旅费、每日津贴和会议组织费用，仅供核控制委员会小组使用。会议及其筹备研究的目的是比较和对比日本和美国在生物技术和光电子学等特定领域的竞争前研究的性质。它的进一步设计是为了评估两国在这些领域涉及的研究人员和设施的外国准入条件，并评估两国的准入是否具有可比性。意义：美国国家科学基金会副主任和国际项目部主任已经审查并建议为这项提议提供资金，因为它是及时性的，而且与准入特别工作组(美日S与日本贸易协定下的常设机构)的建议直接相关，即美国研究小组由美国政府资助，以评估美国研究人员接触日本人S的条件。在《美日S贸易协定》中列举的那些领域。项目费用中由政府提供的部分将与美国国立卫生研究院分担费用。

DESCRIPTION: The proposal, "Bilateral Dialogue on Symmetrical Access to Precompetitive Research in the U.S. and Japan," requests funding for a two-day bilateral working group meeting in Honolulu, HI between researchers sponsored by the National Research Council and the Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science. Requested funds would cover preparation for the meeting, the costs of travel, per diem and organizational expenses of the meeting for the NRC group only. The purpose of the meeting and its preparatory research is to compare and contrast the nature of precompetitive research in Japan and the United States in the specific fields of biotechnology and optoelectr- onics. It is further designed to assess the conditions of foreign access to researchers and facilities involved in these fields in the two countries and to evaluate whether access in the two countries is "comparable." SIGNIFICANCE: The Deputy Director, NSF and the Director, International Programs Division, have reviewed and recommended funding of this proposal for its timeliness and direct relevance to the suggestion of the Task Force on Access (a standing body under the U.S.-Japan S&T Agreement) that U.S. study teams be funded by the U.S. government to evaluate conditions of access by U.S. researchers to Japanese S&T in those fields enumerated in the U.S.-Japan S&T Agreement. The government-furnished portion of the project costs will be cost- shared with the National Institutes of Health.