PIRE: Partnership for International Research and Education for Electron Chemistry and Catalysis at Interfaces

该奖项建立了加州大学圣巴巴拉分校（UCSB）与中国大连化学物理研究所（DICP）之间的“界面电子化学与催化国际研究与教育”（pre - ecci）长期合作伙伴关系。研究的重点领域是现代多相催化，采用多学科方法，旨在增加表面科学、催化和界面化学动力学领域之间的联系，从而努力实现对技术上重要的催化系统的“第一原理理解”。团队成员代表了不同的科学观点，从表面化学动力学到表面化学的理论模拟，再到催化的工程应用。研究和教育计划的一个主要部分包括支持UCSB和DICP的研究生和博士后在化学方面进行合作研究。扩展的研究访问将包括对UCSB参与者的中国语言和文化敏感性培训，并为来UCSB的中国参与者提供类似的互惠支持。双方将在UCSB举办两所催化方面的暑期学校，并在大连举办两年一次的科学研讨会。UCSB技术管理专业将组织和提供有关国际高科技企业技术转让问题的特殊教育机会。国际研究与教育伙伴关系项目旨在通过长期的大型项目建立新的国际合作，这些项目有助于培养多样化的、受过全球教育的美国科学和工程劳动力。该项目是美国国家科学基金会国际科学与工程办公室的一项重大倡议。

Wodtke0530268This award establishes a long-term Partnership for International Research and Education for Electron Chemistry and Catalysis at Interfaces (PIRE-ECCI) between the University of California Santa Barbara (UCSB) and the Dalian Institute for Chemical Physics (DICP) in Dalian, China. The focus area for research is modern heterogeneous catalysis with a multidisciplinary approach that seeks to increase contacts between the fields of surface science, catalysis and chemical dynamics at interfaces, thus striving for a "first principles understanding" of technologically important catalytic systems. Members of the team represent diverse scientific viewpoints, from surface chemical dynamics, to theoretical simulations of surface chemistry, to engineering applications of catalysis.A major part of the research and education plan involves support for graduate students and postdocs at UCSB and DICP to pursue collaborative research in chemistry. Extended research visits will include Chinese language and cultural sensitivity training for UCSB participants, with similar reciprocal support given to the Chinese participants coming to UCSB. Two summer schools on catalysis will be held at UCSB and a biannual scientific workshop will be held in Dalian. Special educational opportunities concerning the issues of technology transfer in international high-tech business will be organized and provided by the UCSB Technology Management Program.The Partnerships for International Research and Education Program seeks to create new international collaborations through long-term, large-scale projects that contribute to the development of a diverse, globally-educated U.S. science and engineering workforce. The program is a major initiative in the NSF Office of International Science and Engineering.