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Breakout Summary. Group Xiaodong Many, many people…. General Thoughts. Three levels of collaboration PI to PI, institution-to-institution, Funding agencies Current collaborations largely bottom-up Need assistance w/ funding, clear mechanisms
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Breakout Summary Group Xiaodong Many, many people…
General Thoughts • Three levels of collaboration • PI to PI, institution-to-institution, Funding agencies • Current collaborations largely bottom-up • Need assistance w/ funding, clear mechanisms • General incentives for international collaboration • Tailor NSF policies to incentivateintl collaboration • Example from EU, select programs w/ $ for travel • Influence the “future” of China now…
Challenges • Language, logistics, cultural norms • Sustaining long term collaborations • Must be aware of political climate / concerns • Clarifying NSF policies w.r.t. international issues • Diverging incentives (models for acad evaluation) • Papers vs. national project funding vs. student count • Funds often restricted to local expenditures • Must demonstrate “necessity” of International involvement (harder in computer science)
Mechanisms • Joint proposal call w/ joint panel (already in NSF Bio)likely long term FY13 or FY14 • International REUs • EAGERs and RAPIDs (already exist) • Matching funds from OISE (visibility w/in NSF an issue) • Consider/emphasize International component as part of broader impact evaluation • Already the case for new CAREER awards • A “Best Practices” manual from NSF • Logistics, visa, equipment shipping, IP, what is fundable …
Thanks for all your input • That’s it for today • Dinner is on your own, informal • Agenda continues tomorrow morning • Breakfast at 8:30 • Talks start at 9AM by (James Wang) OISE • Administrivia • Reimbursement process on workshop websitehttp://current.cs.ucsb.edu/nsf-uschina11 • All presenters: Please email me your slides ravenben@cs.ucsb.edu