2008 Bi-Lateral Workshop Under the Sino-US Earthquake Studies Protocol, May 20-23, 2008, Boulder, Colorado

0804068 Engdahl该奖项将为2008年5月20日至23日在科罗拉多州博尔德市举行的中美地震研究协议下的双边研讨会提供支持。中国地震局（CEA）、国家自然科学基金（NSFC）中方和国家科学基金（NSF）地震研究科技合作协议，美国方面的美国地质调查局（USGS）于1980年1月首次签署，自那时以来，已延长了五年。 双方对议定书的价值予以肯定，认为议定书是两国间最成功的科技议定书之一。 议定书下的活动涵盖地震研究、地震工程和减灾以及数据交换的各个方面。《议定书》如此成功的主要原因之一是它足够灵活，能够利用地震研究科学和技术的重大变化所带来的不断发展的机会。 在2007年于北京举行的上一次议定书协调员会议上，双方一致认为，我们现在正处于合作发展的一个阶段，我们在任何意义上都是真正平等的伙伴。 我们现在都有大量的各种仪器，产生大量的数据;我们都有必要的工具和理论专业知识来分析数据;我们现在都已经开发了支持这些活动的基础设施。 双方还商定，《议定书》发展的下一步应是更加强调双方科学家参与实地工作的合作研究项目（无论是在中国还是在美国），本次研讨会将是一系列研讨会中的第一个，旨在规划和发展科学合作所需的协调，高效、有效、及时地向前推进。 一个特别的重点将是促进数据，方法和软件的交流，学生的培训和促进早期职业科学家的合作和交流。 研讨会旨在促进科学合作，包括美国和中国科学家之间的长期访问计划。 第一次讲习班将有三个主要研究重点领域：（1）自然灾害;（2）地壳和上地幔结构;（3）地壳变形和活动大陆构造。2006年5月24日，美国国家科学基金会在北京举行了研究运营办公室成立仪式。 在仪式上，美国驻华大使雷德（Clark Randt）表示：“随着中国作为世界科技‘玩家’的重要性日益增加，美国与国际同行保持互动，特别是与中国快速发展的科学部门保持互动至关重要。”此外，新办公室主任William Chang指出，“美国科学界，尤其是年轻的研究人员，在这种环境下意识到并考虑与中国的同事合作是很重要的”，该奖项支持的研讨会将促进这些目标的实现。

0804068EngdahlThis award provides support for a bi-lateral workshop under the SINO-US protocol for earthquake studies to be held in Boulder, Colorado between May 20 and 23, 2008.The Protocol for Scientific and Technical Cooperation in Earthquake Studies among the Chinese Earthquake Administration (CEA), the National Natural Science Foundation (NSFC) on the Chinese side and the National Science Foundation (NSF), the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) on the U.S. side was first signed in January, 1980 and has been extended in five year increments since then. Both sides have affirmed the value of the Protocol and consider it to be one of the most successful S&T protocols between the two countries. Activity under the Protocol covers various aspects of earthquake research, earthquake engineering and hazard mitigation and data exchange. One of the chief reasons the Protocol has been so successful is because it has been flexible enough to take advantage of the evolving opportunities presented by big changes in the science and technology of earthquake research. At the last Protocol coordinator's meeting in Beijing in 2007, it was agreed by both sides that we are now at a point in the evolution of our cooperation where we are truly equal partners in every sense of the word. We both now have large arrays of various kinds of instruments producing vast amounts of data; we both have the necessary tools and theoretical expertise to analyze the data; and we both have now developed the infrastructure to support these activities. It was further agreed that the next step in the evolution of the Protocol should be an increased emphasis on cooperative research projects where scientists from both sides are involved in the fieldwork (be it in China or in the US), in the analysis of the data and in the publication of the results.This workshop will be the first in a series that aims to plan and develop the coordination needed for scientific collaboration to move forward efficiently, effectively, and in a timely fashion. A particular focus will be on promoting the exchange of data, methodology, and software, the training of students and fostering collaboration and exchange of early-career scientists. The workshop(s) will be designed to catalyze scientific collaborations, including plans for extended visits between US and Chinese scientists. There will be three principal research focus areas for the first workshop: (1) Natural hazards; (2) Structure of the crust and uppermost mantle; and (3) Crustal deformation and active continental tectonics. On May 24, 2006 there was a ceremony celebrating the opening of NSF's research operations office in Beijing. At that ceremony, Clark Randt, US Ambassador to China said, "With China's increasing importance as a world science and technology 'player', it is vital for the U.S. to sustain interactions with international counterparts and specifically with China's rapidly growing science sector." In addition, William Chang, director of the new office, pointed out that, "It is important for the U.S. scientific community, especially young researchers, to be aware of and consider collaborating with colleagues in China in this environment" The workshop supported by this award will promote these goals.