Recently, the National Scholarship Committee of China announced the 2015 "Talents training in innovative projects with international collaboration" program in which 56 innovative projects were funded by China Scholarship Council (CSC), Xiamen University (iChEM) being one of them.
(See http://www.csc.edu.cn/Chuguo/251450fb0ecc494c8969ab268c87bd93.shtml)
The project submitted by iChEM has been approved by CSC in the name of “Innovative talent program of iChEM and UCSB-IEE on energy materials, and chemistry for efficient energy utilization & conversion” under the leadership of Prof. Tian Zhong-Qun (iChEM director).
The supported program will annually allow up to 6 members from iChEM at the PhD student, postdoctoral associate, or faculty level to visit UCSB-IEE for joint collaborations. Under the CSC’s support, iChEM will cover the entire expenses for airfare, living stipend and other related expenses required by the students/post-docs/visiting scholars participating in this program.
UCSB is one of the rapid developed universities in recent ten years, and the UCSB’s materials program was ranked No.2 in the 2013 U.S. News list of American universities, and No.1 among public institutions. To meet the development strategy of the U.S. Department of Energy, the IEE was established by the UCSB in 2008 as a transition to the energy sector. The IEE gathered a group of top talent faculties in various fields of materials, chemistry, physics, chemical engineering, marine, electrical engineering and economics, aiming at improvement of energy efficiency.
iChEM and UCSB-IEE has signed a memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in 2013. According to the MOU, it was decided that the “Top-notch undergraduate students” will be selected as a part of knowledge transfer between the institutions. As inspired by our previous collaborations in the joint program of Partnership in International Research and Education in Electron Chemistry and Catalysis at Interfaces (PIRE-ECCI), working on joint research projects initiated by faculty members at both iChEM and UCSB-IEE may be an effective strategy to meet our common goal in developing next-generation energy materials.
