Insightful Understanding of China's Science Education and Research

赵伟-RPI？美国和中国在科学研究和教育研讨会上的互补性？该奖项支持来自美国不同大学的代表自然和计算机科学的最多10名院长进行为期10天的有组织的访问(2008年10月20日至31日)，与中国三个城市(即北京、西安和上海)的主要科研机构的同行会面。参与者是根据各自科学界所展示的领导力以及对中国有浓厚兴趣但在机构层面经验较少的机构中挑选出来的。一半的参与者是女性或少数族裔。美国PIE是伦斯勒理工学院理工学院院长赵伟博士。对口主办方是北京大学教务长办公室林家华博士、中国国家自然科学基金委员会国际办公室陈女士、上海交通大学国际学院张胜生博士。访问的目的包括加深对科学教育挑战的洞察，制定有针对性的交流计划，以补充美中两国机构的研究优势，并评估中国？S科学基础设施与代表团中美国早期职业研究人员和科学领域学生的研究兴趣的互补性。

ABSTRACT0829548 ZHAO, Wei- RPI?Complementarities between the United States and China Workshops in Science Research and Education?This award supports up to 10 deans representing the natural and computer sciences from a broad diversity of U.S. universities to undertake a 10-day structured visit (October 20-31, 2008) to meet peers at major scientific research organizations in three cities in China, namely, Beijing, Xi?an and Shanghai. Participants are selected based on demonstrated leadership in their respective science communities, and from institutions which have a strong interest, but less experience with China at the institutional level. Half the participants are women or minorities. The U.S. PI is Dr. Wei Zhao, Dean of Science at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. The counterpart organizers are Dr. LIN, Jiahua, Office of the Provost, Peking University, Ms. CHEN, Huai, International Office of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, and Dr. ZHANG, ShengSheng, International College of Shanghai Jiaotong University. The objectives of the visit include developing insight into challenges in science education, developing targeted exchange programs that complement research strengths of U.S. and Chinese institutions, and assessing the complementarities of China?s scientific infrastructure with the research interests of U.S. early-career researchers and students from the fields of science represented in the delegation.