Meeting: Coordinating Global Brain Projects, Rockefeller University, September 19th, 2016

该奖项支持一个国际会议，以协调目前正在许多不同国家进行的众多独立的大型大脑项目。美国国家科学基金会在国会负责领导国际大脑项目的协调，这次会议将成为建立全球大脑计划的关键一步，复制人类基因组计划和其他国际科学合作的成功。这次会议将在洛克菲勒大学（Rockefeller University）与附近的联合国大会（United Nations General Assembly）联合举办，届时将接待400多名美国和国际与会者，并邀请来自全球所有主要大脑项目的国际科学家和管理人员发表演讲。这些项目之间的协调对推进神经科学、理解大脑功能和改善神经系统疾病治疗的潜在广泛影响是巨大的。会议的目标有两个：1)撰写一份支持合作的平台文件，由世界各地的大脑项目负责人签署；2)创建一个由所有大脑项目代表组成的委员会，以促进协作与合作。两位组织者领导的研究小组发起了美国大脑计划，为这次会议聚集了广泛的私人和公共支持，并设在两所当地大学。不同的研究人员将参加会议，会议的在线访问将确保广泛传播。

This award supports an international meeting to coordinate the numerous independent large-scale brain projects that are now underway in many different countries. NSF has the congressional charge to lead the coordination of international Brain Projects, and this meeting will serve as a critical step toward the establishment of a Global Brain Initiative, replicating the success of the Human Genome Projects and other international worldwide scientific collaborations. The meeting will host over 400 US and international attendees, at Rockefeller University in association with the nearby United Nations General Assembly, and feature as speakers a group of international scientists and administrators from all the major brain projects around the world. The potential broader impacts of coordination among these projects for advancing neuroscience, understanding brain function, and improving treatment for neurological disease is immense.The goal of the meeting is two-fold: 1) to write a platform paper supporting cooperation, to be signed by heads of brain projects worldwide, and 2) to create a committee with representatives from all brain projects to promote collaboration and cooperation. The two organizers led the teams of researchers that launched the US BRAIN initiative, have gathered wide private and public support for this meeting, and are based at two local universities. A diverse group of researchers will participate, and online access to the meeting will assure broad dissemination.