Expanding Participation for Women and Minorities in the 2022 Neurobiology of Cognition Gordon Research Seminar & Conference

认知神经科学领域在过去的20年里突飞猛进，每年的出版物数量在这20年里增加了20倍。每两年将认知神经科学界聚集在一起，对前沿研究进行集中和深入的讨论，这是非常有价值的（2020年戈登会议由于大流行而没有举行）。与此同时，在分子、细胞、电路和系统神经科学方面也出现了信息爆炸，但这些信息很少对我们对认知功能的理解产生重大影响。这次关于认知神经生物学的戈登研究会议应该有助于弥合差距，至少通过确定最有潜力的短期牵引力的联系途径，并将来自不同领域的科学家联系起来。戈登会议（GRS和GRC）将于2022年7月举行。研讨会的重点是促进在不同领域工作的科学家之间的深入讨论，这些领域的整合对于理解认知的神经生物学至关重要。NSF的支持将使研究生和博士后学员以及早期研究人员能够参加这一备受瞩目的研讨会，并使早期研究人员（非终身教职）能够作为演讲者和正式参与者参加。培训生奖学金，以支付旅费和注册费用将优先给予妇女和代表性不足的少数民族，以提高认知神经科学领域的多样性。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并已被认为是值得通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估的支持。

The field of Cognitive Neuroscience has expanded by leaps and bounds over the past 20 years - the number of yearly publications has increased 20-fold over these two decades. Bringing the Cognitive Neuroscience community together for focused and in-depth discussion of cutting edge research every two years is incredibly valuable (the 2020 Gordon Conference was not held because of the pandemic). Meanwhile there has also been an explosion of information in molecular, cellular, circuit and systems neuroscience but little of that information has made significant inroads into our understanding of cognitive function. This Gordon Research Conference on the Neurobiology of Cognition should help bridge the gap, at the very least by identifying the avenues for connection that have the most potential for near-term traction and by linking scientist from disparate fields. The Gordon conference (GRS and GRC) will take place in July, 2022. The emphasis of the workshop is to facilitate in-depth discussion between scientists working in divergent fields whose integration is essential to understanding the neurobiology of cognition. NSF support will enable graduate students and postdoctoral trainees and early investigators to participate in this high-profile workshop and will allow early stage investigators (non-tenured) to attend as speakers and full participants. Trainee fellowships to cover travel and registration expenses will be preferentially given to women and under-represented minorities in order to enhance diversity in the field of cognitive neuroscience.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.