PARTNERSHIP FOR INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH AND EDUCATION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA BARBARA

ELECTRON CHEMISTRY AND CATALYSIS AT INTERFACES

On August 15, 2005, the National Science Foundation announced that it will provide $2.5 million over 5 years to the University of California, Santa Barbara to establish a Partnership for International Research and Education (PIRE) with the Dalian Institute for Chemical Physics, the University of Science and Technology of China and the Institute of Chemistry-Chinese Academy of Science. Of the initial twelve PIRE grants announced by NSF's Office of International Science and Education (NSF-OISE), ours is the only partnership with the People's Republic of

This website showcases the educational and research opportunities provided by the PIRE-ECCI. They include: Chinese language training, International Technology Transfer Training including the Chinese Technology Transfer Study Tours, the bi-annual Scientific Workshops in Dalian, China and the program's bi-annual Summer Schools on Catalysis and Dynamics in Santa Barbara, California. Extended Research Visits (XRVs) to China are central to the program. Graduate students enrolled in the PIRE-ECCI at UCSB will undertake part of their doctoral research in Dalian, China. The XRVs will afford an extraordinary educational opportunity to pursue forefront research as students build a personal portfolio of international contacts and experiences.

The PIRE-ECCI program will prepare students to become globally-oriented scientists who are ready to undertake industrial, governmental and academic positions at the highest level. Prospective graduate students and postdocs will find information on how to participate in the program here.

On behalf of all the Principal Investigators of the PIRE-ECCI, both at UCSB and in China, please accept my warm welcome. We invite you to explore this website and hope you will consider becoming a part of PIRE-ECCI.

Alec M. Wodtke

Director - Partnership for International Research and Education

for Electron Chemistry and Catalysis at Interfaces,

UC Santa Barbara,

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry,

15 August 2005

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