ABB to fund 40 research projects at universities worldwide
ABB资助全球多所大学的40个研究项目

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——领先的电力和自动化集团ABB邀请了全球各地的学术和研究机构提交展示未来电力和自动化前景的研究计划书，并从中挑选40个研究项目予以资助。

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研究资助计划旨在支持从事电力和自动化工业应用领域有潜力的研究生和高级研究人员。此次资助的40个项目来自全球46个国家250余所高校提交的500多项研究计划书。

“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首席技术官Prith Banerjee表示：“我们高兴地看到人们对该计划表现出的极大兴趣，同时他们的研究计划书展现出来的高质量也给我们留下深刻印象。我们希望籍此与世界各地优秀研究机构建立一个真正的协作创新关系。目前，我们已与世界各地的高校大约有100项研究合作，预计今后每年将新增40-50个资助项目。”

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.

资助项目的选择标准，是看提交的项目与ABB指定的33个研究课题的契合度及其商业化潜力。“我们希望通过资助的这些项目推动集团战略发展，通过开发电力和自动化技术，节省能源并改善人们的生活，” Banerjee补充道。

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.

资助的金额通常为每年5万到8万美元，资助期限初始为一年，但ABB希望支持的项目期限更长。

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

入选资助计划的项目负责人已在2013年1月收到通知，而相关合同手续一旦签署完成，资助将尽快开始。

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是全球领先的电力和自动化技术企业，致力于帮助电力、公共事业和工业客户提高业绩，同时降低对环境的影响。ABB集团业务遍布全球100多个国家，拥有大约14.5万名员工。