Japanese Language Award for Bill Cheongling Lai

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 其他课程相关费用。 该方案的目标是 使美国的科学家和工程师能够获得足够的 熟悉日本的语言和习俗，使他们能够 在那里独立运作和/或获得足够的专业知识， 阅读日语，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交流 美国和日本的研究人员。 这个奖项是 旨在帮助消除语言和文化障碍，以美国- 日本合作研究，促进科学和 技术交流。

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.