ABB to fund 40 research projects at universities worldwide
ABB資助全球多所大學的40個研究項目

Feb. 21. – ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has selected 40 research projects for funding, after inviting academic and research institutes around the world to submit proposals for grants that will shape the future of power and automation.

2月21日消息——領先的電力和自動化集團ABB邀請了全球各地的學術和研究機構提交展示未來電力和自動化前景的研究計劃書，并從中挑選40個研究項目予以資助。

The ABB Research Grant program is intended to support promising graduate students and senior researchers who are researching projects with industrial applications in the power and automation area. The 40 projects were chosen from more than 500 proposals submitted by more than 250 universities in 46 countries.

ABB研究資助計劃旨在支持從事電力和自動化工業應用領域有潛力的研究生和高級研究人員。此次資助的40個項目來自全球46個國家250余所高校提交的500多項研究計劃書。

“We were delighted with the level of interest and very impressed by the quality of proposals submitted. Our aim is to establish a truly collaborative innovation environment with leading research institutes around the world,” said ABB Chief Technology Officer, Prith Banerjee. “We already have about 100 existing research collaborations with universities around the world, and we expect to fund 40-50 new ones each year.”

ABB首席技術官Prith Banerjee表示：“我們高興地看到人們對該計劃表現出的極大興趣，同時他們的研究計劃書展現出來的高質量也給我們留下深刻印象。我們希望籍此與世界各地優秀研究機構建立一個真正的協作創新關系。目前，我們已與世界各地的高校大約有100項研究合作，預計今后每年將新增40-50個資助項目。”

Among the selection criteria was how well projects matched the 33 research topics specified by ABB as well as their potential for industrialization. “We were looking in particular for projects that support our strategy, which is to develop power and automation technologies that save energy and improve people’s lives,” Banerjee added.

資助項目的選擇標準，是看提交的項目與ABB指定的33個研究課題的契合度及其商業化潛力。“我們希望通過資助的這些項目推動集團戰略發展，通過開發電力和自動化技術，節省能源并改善人們的生活，” Banerjee補充道。

Grants typically range from $50,000 to $80,000 a year, and funding is initially for one year, but ABB expects to support the projects over a longer period of time.

資助的金額通常為每年5萬到8萬美元，資助期限初始為一年，但ABB希望支持的項目期限更長。

The successful project leaders were notified in January 2013 and funding will start as soon as the contractual formalities have been concluded.

入選資助計劃的項目負責人已在2013年1月收到通知，而相關合同手續一旦簽署完成，資助將盡快開始。

ABB is a leader in power and automation technologies that enable utility and industry customers to improve performance while lowering environmental impact. The ABB Group of companies operates in around 100 countries and employs about 145,000 people.

ABB是全球領先的電力和自動化技術企業，致力于幫助電力、公共事業和工業客戶提高業績，同時降低對環境的影響。ABB集團業務遍布全球100多個國家，擁有大約14.5萬名員工。