International Council of Scientific Unions (ICSU) Program

9405398 Abbott鉴于世界各地许多国家都有优秀的科学和工程能力，美国科学家和工程师与外国同行的活动和计划保持密切联系变得越来越重要，部分原因是作为与他们规划联合研究项目的一种手段。此外，要了解许多重要的科学问题，例如与全球环境有关的问题，需要在多国基础上进行合作的科学努力。美国科学家和工程师有许多可用的机制与其他国家的科学家和工程师保持密切沟通。这些机制中最广泛的是非政府的国际学科联盟，这些联盟今天组成了国际科学联盟理事会，其中有70多个国家的代表。这些联合会的国家成员以及国际科学联合会本身都是私人科学团体，其活动通常由在职科学家委员会决定。在美国，国家科学院（NAS）是国际科学联盟及其联盟的官方附属机构。这笔拨款将支持美国参与ICSU，使NAS与国家研究委员会（NRC）合作，在为期三年的时间内管理美国ICSU国家委员会及其23个相关学科联盟的活动。＊＊＊

9405398 Abbott In view of the excellent science and engineering capabilities that exist in many countries in all parts of the world, it is increasingly important for U.S. scientists and engineers to remain in close touch with the activities and plans of their foreign colleagues, in part as a means for planning joint research programs with them. Additionally, gaining an understanding of many important scientific problems, such as those associated with the global environment, requires cooperative scientific efforts on a multinational basis. U.S. scientists and engineers have a number of available mechanisms to maintain close communication with scientists and engineers in other countries. Among the most extensive of these mechanisms are the non-governmental international disciplinary unions which today comprise the International Council of Scientific Unions (ICSU) in which more than 70 countries are represented. National members of these unions, as well as ICSU-proper, are private scientific bodies whose activities are normally determined by committees of working scientists. In the United States, the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) is the official adhering body to ICSU and its unions. This grant will support U.S. participation in the ICSU complex by enabling the NAS, in cooperation with the National Research Council (NRC), to manage the activities of the U.S. National Committees for ICSU and 20 its 23 associated disciplinary unions for a period of three years. ***