Arabidopsis 2010: International Research Experience for Senior Graduate Students

这一奖项是为了表彰高级研究生的国际交流，以增加德国和美国研究人员之间的互动，这些研究人员从事拟南芥功能基因组研究。具体地说，学生交流将在参与由德国德国Forschungsgeminschaft资助的拟南芥功能基因组网络(AFGN)计划的实验室和参与由国家科学基金会资助的拟南芥2010计划或研究与拟南芥基因功能相关课题的美国实验室之间进行。预计该交换项目每年将支持大约10名美国学生访问德国实验室，预计平均为期3个月。德国联邦理工学院正在支持一项互惠安排，支持大约10名学生和博士后访问美国实验室。广泛影响：交流的目标是为美国和德国的实验室小组提供一个机会，让他们在相关项目上合作，或分享技术和方法，并最大限度地提供机会，在适当的时候协调他们的研究并加强研究合作。AFGN和拟南芥2010计划有着共同的目标，即在2010年前确定所有拟南芥基因的功能。来自其他国家的2010年类似项目的代表将被告知该项目及其结果，以便国际合作可以扩大到德国和美国以外的地区。该奖项由生物科学局和国际科学与工程办公室共同支持。

This award is for an international exchange of senior graduate students to increase interactions between German and US investigators engaged in Arabidopsis functional genomics research. Specifically student exchanges will occur between laboratories participating in the Arabidopsis Functional Genomics Networks (AFGN) program funded by the German Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft on the German side and US laboratories participating in the Arabidopsis 2010 Program or working on related topics concerning Arabidopsis gene function funded by the National Science Foundation. It is expected that the exchange will support approximately 10 students per year from the US to visit German laboratories for an expected average of three months. A reciprocal arrangement is being supported by the German Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft to support approximately 10 students and postdocs to visit US laboratories.Broader Impacts: The goal of the exchange is to provide an opportunity for the US andGerman laboratory groups to work on related projects or to share techniques andapproaches and maximize the opportunity to coordinate their research and to enhanceresearch collaboration where appropriate. The AFGN and Arabidopsis 2010 programs share the same goal of identifying the function of all Arabidopsis genes by the year 2010. Representatives from the 2010-like programs in other countries will be made aware of the program and its outcomes so that international collaborations could be expanded beyond Germany and the US. This award is supported jointly by the Directorate for Biological Sciences and the Office of International Science and Engineering.