IBDR: Workshop on Successful Approaches for Development and Dissemination of Instrumentation for Biological Research - May 1-2, 2014; Rosslyn, VA

颁发这一奖项是为了组织一次特别讲习班，讨论开发用于生物研究的新型仪器的成功办法，并通过广泛传播和推广，充分发挥这种仪器的潜力。研讨会议程将确定以下方面的成功方法：(1)生物学家和仪器开发商的跨学科合作；(2)让学生和博士后研究人员参与生物仪器开发；(3)美国机构间合作促进协同仪器开发工作的机会；(4)能够将第一个概念验证原型转化为商业仪器的创业活动；(5)教育和推广的最佳实践；以及(6)当前生物研究仪器开发(IDBR)项目首席调查员(PI)对IDBR计划有效性的反馈。研讨会将汇集以下人员：1)代表生物科学不同分支的现役研究人员；2)相关仪器开发技术方面的专家；3)国家科学基金会和国立卫生研究院项目经理；4)成功的企业家；5)负责研究生培训、技术转让和商业化的大学人员；以及6)研究生和博士后研究员。会议组织者和受邀演讲者在职业阶段、性别、机构类型和地理区域方面都是不同的。PIS将招募并积极鼓励早期职业调查人员、学生和工程和生物领域代表性不足群体的成员参与。为了做到这一点，PI将使用电子邮件、口碑、社会时事通讯、公告和广告。私人投资促进机构将通过将专题介绍和讨论的要点以及会议成果和未来方向和建议汇编成一份详细报告来传达/传播研讨会的成果。该报告将提交给NSF，修改后的版本将提交给生物技术期刊(如《生物工程与生物技术前沿》、《生物技术》等)。研讨会的目标与生物研究仪器开发(IDBR)计划的目标一致，该计划旨在开发和传播可能对生物研究具有变革性的仪器。

This award is being made to organize a special workshop to discuss successful approaches for development of novel instrumentation for biological research and to realize the full potential of such instrumentation through broad dissemination and outreach. The workshop agenda will identify successful approaches for (1) Interdisciplinary collaborations of biologists and instrument developers, (2) Inclusion of students and postdoctoral researchers in biological instrumentation development, (3) Opportunities for U.S. interagency collaboration to promote synergistic instrument development efforts (4) Entrepreneurial activities that allow the first proof-of-concept prototype to be transformed into commercial instrumentation (5) Best practices for education and outreach, and (6) Feedback from current Instrument Development for Biological Research (IDBR) program principal investigators (PIs) on the effectiveness of the IDBR program. The workshop will bring together: 1) active researchers representing diverse branches of biological sciences; 2) physicists and engineers who are experts in relevant instrument development technologies; 3) National Science Foundation and National Institutes of Health program managers; 4) successful entrepreneurs; 5) university personnel responsible for graduate training and for technology transfer and commercialization; and 6) graduate students and postdoctoral fellows. The meeting organizers and invited speakers are diverse in terms of career stage, gender, type of institution, and geographical region. The PIs will recruit and actively encourage participation of early-career investigators, students, and members of underrepresented groups in the fields of engineering and biology. To do so, the PIs will use email, word of mouth, society newsletters, announcements, and advertising. The PIs will communicate/disseminate results of the workshop by compiling in a detailed report the highlights of the presentations and discussions as well as meeting outcomes and future directions and recommendations. The report will be submitted to NSF and a modified version will be submitted for publication in a biotechnology journal(e.g. Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, Biotechniques, etc.). The goals of the workshop are aligned with goals of the Instrument Development for Biological research (IDBR) program, which seeks to develop and disseminate instrumentation that is potentially transformative for biological research.