Japanese Language Award for Luis Occena

该奖项将支持日本语言的学习， 美国科学家或工程师通过提供津贴， 学费或其他与课程有关的费用。 的目标 这些计划将使美国活跃科学家和工程师 对语言有足够的了解， 日本海关允许他们独立运作 和/或获得足够的阅读专业知识 日本人能够理解技术摘要， 他们感兴趣的领域。 迫切需要更有效的技术 美国和日本研究人员之间的交流。 该奖项旨在帮助消除语言和文化 美国的障碍-日本的合作研究， 促进科技交流。

This award will support study of the Japanese language by an American scientist or engineer by providing a stipend, tuition, or other course-related expenses. The objectives of the program are to enable active U.S. scientists and engineers to acquire sufficient familiarity with the language and customs of Japan to allow them to function independently there and/or to acquire sufficient expertise in reading Japanese to be able to understand technical abstracts in their field of interest. There is a critical need for more effective technical communication between American and Japanese researchers. This award is intended to help remove language and cultural barriers to U.S.-Japanese cooperative research and to facilitate science and technology exchange.