Loo Kek Khee
UCLA, Pediatrics, 300 UCLA Medical Plaza, Ste. 3300, Los Angeles, CA 90095-7033, USA.
Acad Psychiatry. 2009 May-Jun;33(3):229-33. doi: 10.1176/appi.ap.33.3.229.
Knowledge of the procedural requirements for international research is not widely disseminated to investigators involved in the administration of a federal grant with a foreign component. The purpose of this article is to highlight the major challenges in administrative, procedural, and equipment management aspects of grant implementation when federal funding is involved in international collaborative research.
The author describes the procedural requirements for international research from the time of priority score receipt to the implementation of the grant.
There is tremendous promise for rewarding experiences in international research projects due to the collaboration, mutual learning, and cultural bridging that intrinsically occur. However, there are also inherent cross-national procedural requirements that can be demanding in time and effort for the investigator and other stakeholders of the grant.
It is hoped that awareness of these difficulties and demystification of the process for future investigators can minimize the potential encumbrances in such international research.
参与管理含有国外部分的联邦资助项目的研究人员，对国际研究的程序要求了解并不广泛。本文旨在强调当联邦资金用于国际合作研究时，在资助项目实施的行政、程序和设备管理方面的主要挑战。
作者描述了从收到优先分数到资助项目实施期间国际研究的程序要求。
由于国际研究项目中固有的合作、相互学习和文化交流，这些项目有着带来宝贵经验的巨大潜力。然而，也存在固有的跨国程序要求，这可能会给研究人员和资助项目的其他利益相关者带来时间和精力上的高要求。
希望让未来的研究人员了解这些困难并揭开该过程的神秘面纱，能够尽量减少此类国际研究中可能出现的障碍。
