Interagency BRAIN Intitiave Awardees Meeting in Bethesda, MD, November 20-21, 2014

2014 年 11 月 20-21 日在马里兰州贝塞斯达举行的机构间 BRAIN Intitiave 获奖者会议

• 批准号: 1516648
• 负责人: Fidel Santamaria
• 金额: $ 4.15万
• 依托单位: University of Texas at San Antonio
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2014-11-15 至 2019-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1516648&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Interagency; BRAIN; Intitiave; Awardees; Meeting

Understanding how behavior emerges from the dynamic patterns of electrical and chemical activity of brain circuits is universally recognized as a fundamental mystery in science. Modern neuroscience has made great strides towards this goal by utilizing advances in multiple scientific disciplines. These developments have brought the field to a unique moment, where a revolution in understanding the brain appears to be within our grasp. Capitalizing on this unique moment, the BRAIN Initiative was created to catalyze national efforts toward understanding the brain. As part of the BRAIN Initiative, NSF will enable the development of an array of physical and conceptual tools needed to determine how healthy brains function. In Fiscal Year 2014, NSF made 36 Early Concept Grants for Exploratory Research (EAGER) awards aimed at catching neural circuits in action. This award will support a workshop to convene awardees from the NSF BRAIN EAGER competition and awardees from other federal BRAIN Initiative efforts. The objectives of this workshop are to identify conceptual foundations and challenges in data management and technology implementation. The participants will discuss these issues in small thematic groups, and will use their insights to generate a coherent set of strategies and expectations towards the goals of the BRAIN Initiative. The Organizers are making a strong effort to invite women and members of underrepresented groups as participants. Further, the meeting entails extensive cross-disciplinary interactions, which will be aided greatly by the face-to-face nature of this meeting. Importantly, this workshop is part of a concerted effort to coordinate and align interagency priorities to accomplish the goals of the BRAIN Initiative. To maximize the workshop's impact, video recordings of introductory sessions will be disseminated through a publicly accessible web-site.

普遍认为，了解行为是如何从脑电路的电和化学活性的动态模式中出现的。 现代神经科学通过利用多个科学学科的进步来取得了长足的进步。 这些发展使该领域成为了一个独特的时刻，在这种时刻，理解大脑的革命似乎在我们的掌握之内。 大脑倡议利用这一独特的时刻，是为了促进全国性理解大脑的努力。 作为大脑倡议的一部分，NSF将能够开发一系列确定健康大脑功能的物理和概念工具。 在2014财政年度，NSF为探索性研究（急切）奖项提供了36个早期概念赠款，旨在捕捉行动中的神经回路。 该奖项将支持一个研讨会，以召集NSF脑急切竞争的获奖者和其他联邦大脑倡议努力的获奖者。 该研讨会的目标是确定数据管理和技术实施中的概念基础和挑战。 参与者将在小型主题群体中讨论这些问题，并将使用他们的见解来为大脑计划的目标产生一系列连贯的策略和期望。组织者正在努力邀请妇女和代表性不足的群体作为参与者的成员。 此外，会议还需要大量的跨学科互动，这将在这次会议的面对面性质中得到极大的帮助。 重要的是，该研讨会是协调和调整机构间优先级以实现大脑计划的一致努力的一部分。 为了最大程度地发挥研讨会的影响，将通过公开访问的网站传播入门会议的视频录制。