International Center for Materials Research

该奖项延续了对加州大学圣巴巴拉分校国际材料研究所的资助，该研究所成立于2004年，被称为国际材料研究中心(ICMR)。在接下来的五年里，国际材料研究中心将继续促进材料科学和工程方面的国际研究合作和教育，目标是(1)通过促进多学科的国际合作，实现开创性的发现；(2)为初级研究人员提供机会，培养在全球研究环境中脱颖而出所需的技能；(3)将材料研究经验与对环境和发展中世界问题的认识结合到本科课程中。IMI涵盖了广泛的实验和理论材料科学主题的主题研究计划，如多功能材料和复合氧化物，强相关材料，实验问题的材料理论，能源应用的电化学系统的多尺度建模。每个研究项目首先是一个国际研讨会，以确定该领域的紧迫问题，然后是一个培训研究生和初级研究人员的学校，以及延长学生和教职员工的国际交流访问。最后，每个研究计划的总结性会议可以总结进展，确定未来的方向，并促进对计划有效性的初步评估。这一IMI是现有的和新的全球合作网络在个人、研究人员和机构层面的保护伞。国际研究合作包括亚洲、欧洲和拉丁美洲的许多国家，而研讨会和学校则包括来自全球各地的参与者。此外，IMI还提供国际研究奖学金、在外国实验室进行研究的旅行补助金、本科生交换计划、学生主导的工程设计项目和旅行奖学金，重点是世界新兴地区的材料研究相关问题，以及学生科学记者见习机会。IMI管理团队由UCSB教职员工、行政协调员和当地指导委员会组成。一个全美范围的顾问委员会帮助征集和选择新项目的想法，一个国际顾问委员会为IMI活动提供一般指导。

This award continues the funding for the International Materials Institute at the University of California at Santa Barbara, called the International Center for Materials Research (ICMR), which was founded in 2004. During the next five years, ICMR will continue to promote international research collaborations and education in materials science and engineering with the goals to (1) enable ground-breaking discoveries by facilitating multidisciplinary, international collaborations, (2) provide opportunities for junior researchers to develop the skill needed to excel in a global research environment and (3) integrate materials research experiences with an awareness of environmental and developing world issues into undergraduate curricula. The IMI covers thematic research programs in a broad range of experimental and theoretical materials science topics, such as, multifunctional materials and complex oxides, strongly correlated materials, materials theory for experimental problems, multiscale modeling of electrochemical systems for energy applications. Each research program begins with an international workshop to define pressing issues in the field, followed by a school to train graduate students and junior researchers, and extended international exchange visits by students and faculty. Finally a wrap-up conference on each research program allows progress to be summarized, future directions to be defined, and facilitates initial evaluation of program effectiveness. This IMI serves as an umbrella for existing and new world-wide networks of collaborations at the individual researcher and institutional levels. International research collaborations encompass many countries in Asia, Europe, and Latin America while workshops and schools include participants from across the globe. Furthermore, the IMI offers international research fellowships, travel grants to pursue research in foreign laboratories, undergraduate exchange program, student-led engineering design projects and travel fellowships focused on materials research related issues in emerging regions of the world, as well as student science reporter apprentice opportunities. The IMI management team consists of UCSB faculty members, administrative coordinators, and a local steering committee. A U.S.-wide advisory board helps solicit and select ideas for new programs and an international advisory board provides general guidance for IMI activities.