Expanding engagement and mentorship of developing scientists through ISDP Annual Meeting participation

本提议针对的是征聘和留住一个多样化和 通过向受训人员提供直接旅行支助，使他们能够 积极参加国际发展学会年会， 心理生物学（ISDP），一个完善的，但令人兴奋的和重要的，科学的社会 致力于跨越许多分析层次的广泛科学问题。的 ISDP的使命是促进和鼓励对行为发展的研究 在所有生物体中。年会的特色是特邀演讲者、专题讨论会、口头会谈和 海报涵盖了包括人类在内的各个物种的发展问题， 特别注意在任何组织层次上运作的生物因素的影响。 这笔赠款为博士前和博士后学员提供了旅行支助 参加这些会议。本提案要求在5年内继续提供差旅支助 继续支持我们的能力，使最聪明的学生， 博士后研究员参加这次会议，他们将能够与他人互动 使用科学方法研究与正常和异常发育有关的关键问题 从分子生物学到临床的各种范例。提供多年支持 鼓励在下列各方中形成积极和持续参与ISDP会议的文化： 研究生和博士后实习生，延长影响远远超出了 要求的支持时间。

The present proposal addresses a critical need to recruit and retain a diverse and talented pool of scientists, by providing direct travel support to trainees to permit them to actively participate in the annual meetings of the International Society for Developmental Psychobiology (ISDP), a well-established, yet exciting and vital, scientific society devoted to a broad range of scientific questions that cross many levels of analysis. The mission of ISDP is to promote and encourage research on the development of behavior in all organisms. The annual meetings feature invited speakers, symposia, oral talks and posters that span developmental questions across species including humans, with special attention to the effects of biological factors operating at any level of organization. Funds from this grant have provided support for pre- and postdoctoral trainees to travel to these meetings. The present proposal requests 5 years continuation of travel support from NIH to continue supporting our ability to bring the brightest students and postdoctoral fellows to this meeting where they will be able to interact with others examining critical questions related to normal and abnormal development using scientific paradigms ranging from the molecular to the clinical. Providng multi-year support encourages a culture of active and continued participation at the ISDP meetings among graduate students and postdoctoral trainees, prolonging the impact well beyond the period of support requested.