Conference: Inaugural South East Neuroscience Conference, Whitney Laboratory for Marine Bioscience, St. Augustine, FL.

该奖项将支持东南神经科学联盟(SENC)的成立会议。该组织由东南神经网(SENN)(成立于1983年)和佐治亚州南卡罗来纳州神经科学联合会(GA/SC-NC)合并而成。自成立以来，SENN会议的焦点一直是比较神经科学，而GASCNC的焦点一直是系统神经科学。因此，SENC的会议将涵盖现代神经科学的范围。SENC会议的主要目标将是为学生和尤其是博士后提供一个论坛，在一个支持性的环境中进行演讲，在那里他们可以接触到更多的听众，同时允许来自东南部的神经科学家聚集在一起。大部分(如果不是全部)口头会议将留给学生，从而为他们提供了一个难得的机会，让他们在遇到更客观的听众之前，可以微调他们的演讲技能，他们可能会在全国(即神经科学学会)或国际会议上遇到更客观的听众。为方便学生参与，奖励的很大一部分将用于支付学生参与者的旅费。将做出重大努力来吸引来自神经科学代表性较差的两年制学院以及历史上的黑人学院和其他少数族裔机构的学生。总而言之，我们预计这次会议将加强学生培训，加强合作

This award will support the inaugural meeting of the Southeast Neuroscience Consortium(SENC). This organization was created by the merger of the Southeast Nerve Net (SENN)(founded in 1983) and the Georgia South Carolina Neuroscience Consortium (GA/SC-NC) Sinceits inception, the focus of SENN meetings has been comparative neuroscience while that of theGASCNC has been systems neuroscience. Thus, meetings of the SENC will encompass thespectrum of modern neuroscience.The primary goals of meetings of the SENC will be to provide a forum for students andearly postdocs to give talks in a supportive environment where they get exposure to a largeaudience and, at the same time, allow neuroscientists from across the South East to cometogether. The majority if not all oral sessions will be set aside for students, thereby providingthem a rare opportunity to fine tune their speaking skills before encountering the moreimpersonal audiences they would likely encounter at large national (i.e. Society forNeuroscience) or international meetings. To facilitate student participation, a significant portionof the award will be assigned to cover the travel costs of student participants. A major effort willbe made to attract students from two year colleges, where neuroscience is typically poorlyrepresented, and Historically Black Colleges and other minority institutions.All told, we expect this meeting will enhance student training, enhance collabora