IRNC: Backbone: NEAAR: Networks for European, American, and African Research

欧洲、美洲和非洲研究网络（NEAAR）合作是一个强大的跨组织项目，它将为美国的研究人员与欧洲和非洲的同行提供服务和带宽。该项目将对研究环境产生直接影响，并支持未来的应用和技术进步。印第安纳大学（IU）与GÉANT、欧洲研究和教育网络（REN）共同领导了NEAAR的合作，并与非洲区域REN建立了合作伙伴关系：优联网联盟、阿拉伯国家研究和教育网络（ASREN）、西非和中非研究和教育网络（WACREN），以及南非国家研究网络（SANReN）和南非高等教育和研究网络（TENET）。国际大学还在国内与Internet2和能源科学网络（ESnet）进行协调。通过其广泛的区域合作伙伴关系，NEAAR有潜力覆盖三大洲80多个国家的研究和教育社区。NEAAR有可能转变为nsf资助的科学，不仅提供网络，而且提供人类专业知识，以充分利用国际合作和数据共享，从而增加研究和教育机会。通过向欧洲提供额外的能力以及有针对性地支持非洲的数据和网络支持服务，NEAAR将能够支持非洲和美国之间由nsf资助的大部分研究共享。国际大学已经确定了60多个初步小组直接合作，以增加他们的数据容量和协作能力。先进的数据共享从根本上改变并扩展了合作伙伴之间可行的研究，NEAAR有可能对美非合作产生前所未有的影响。

The Networks for European, American, and African Research (NEAAR) collaboration is a powerful, cross organizational project that will provide services and bandwidth connecting researchers in the US with their counterparts in Europe and Africa. This project will have an immediate impact on the research environment and also supports future application and technology advances. Indiana University (IU) jointly leads the NEAAR collaboration with GÉANT, the European research and education network (REN), in a cooperative partnership with the African regional RENs: the UbuntuNet Alliance, the Arab States Research and Education Network (ASREN), the West and Central African Research and Education Network (WACREN), as well as the South African National Research Network (SANReN) and the Tertiary Education and Research Network of South Africa (TENET). IU also coordinates domestically with Internet2 and the Energy Sciences Network (ESnet). Through its extensive regional partnerships, NEAAR has the potential to reach research and education (R&E) communities in over 80 countries across three continents.NEAAR has the potential to be transformational to NSF-funded science by providing not only the network but also the human expertise to make the most of international collaborations and data sharing, thereby increasing research and educational opportunities. Through additional capacity to Europe and targeted support of data and networking support services in Africa, NEAAR will be able to support the majority of the NSF-funded research sharing between Africa and the US. IU has identified over 60 preliminary groups to work directly with to increase their data capacity and ability to collaborate. Advanced data sharing fundamentally changes and extends the research that is feasible between partners, and NEAAR has the potential to have an unprecedented impact on US-Africa collaboration.