2018 Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES)-National Science Foundation (NSF) Special Sessions

该奖项将支持与NSF资金相关的两个特别会议：“bbmes -NSF职业和非应邀奖励特别会议”和“bbmes -NSF研究生研究奖学金特别会议”。这两个会议都不在2018年10月17日至20日在乔治亚州亚特兰大举行的生物医学工程学会年会的常规项目之列。这笔资金将用于促进、召集和记录会议，并抵消NSF获奖者（3名研究资助和4名GRFP）和评审员（5名）的旅费和注册费。评审员将作为演讲者、小组成员和潜在的导师/合作者为新手和新兴研究者服务。自2013年以来，在BMES年会上成功举办的类似会议的基础上，举办了CAREER/主动会议。2016年参与者的反馈表明，他们对这个以学生为中心的项目特别感兴趣，随后增加了GRFP会议。预计将有大约800个口头报告，1600个海报报告和4000多名与会者。BMES年会是科学分享和传播生物医学工程最新进展的主要工具，也是生命科学和工程技术之间重要的交叉受精的促进者，这促进了生物医学工程实践中的多学科方法。研究资助重点会议将是一个3小时的会议，将于2018年10月19日举行，包括展示NSF资助的研究和研究人员（2名职业奖获得者和1名非职业奖获得者），网络招待会，开发成功的NSF BME资助的基本要素教程，以及互动资助写作和提交小组讨论。该会议将于2018年10月20日举行，时长2小时。它将涉及4名过去的GRFP获得者，来自不同的研究生和本科院校，以及过去的GRFP小组成员。这两个环节都将包括与观众进行问答的时间。这两场会议的录影将会在BMES网站上公布，供点播观看。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This award will support two special sessions related to NSF funding: "BMES-NSF Special Session on CAREER and Unsolicited Awards" and "BMES-NSF Special Session on Graduate Research Fellowships Program." Both of these sessions are outside of the regular program of the Annual Meeting of the Biomedical Engineering Society being held in Atlanta, GA, October 17-20, 2018. The funding will be used to promote, convene and record the session and offset travel costs and registration fees for NSF awardees (3 research grant and 4 GRFP) and reviewers (5) who will serve as presenters, panelists, and potential mentors/collaborators for novice and emerging investigators. The CAREER/Unsolicited session builds on the success of similar sessions held at BMES annual meetings since 2013. The GRFP session was added after feedback from 2016 participants indicating a specific interest in this student-focused program. Approximately 800 oral presentations, 1600 poster presentations and over 4,000 participants are anticipated. The BMES Annual Meeting serves as a primary vehicle for scientific sharing and dissemination of the latest advances in biomedical engineering, as well as a facilitator of important cross-fertilizations between the life sciences and engineering technologies, which foster a multi-disciplinary approach in the practice of Biomedical Engineering. The research grant focused session will be a 3 hour session, featuring presentations showcasing NSF funded research and researchers (2 CAREER awardees and 1 non-CAREER awardee), a Networking Reception, a Tutorial on Essential Elements to Develop a Successful NSF BME Grant, and an Interactive Grant Writing and Submission Panel Discussion, will be held on October 19, 2018. The GRFP-focused session will be 2 hours in length and will be held on October 20, 2018. It will involve 4 past GRFP recipients, from diverse graduate and undergraduate institutions, as well as past GRFP panelists. Both sessions will include time for Q&A with the audience. Both recorded sessions will be posted on the BMES website for on demand viewing.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.