Conference of Specialized Centers in Neurosciences

描述（由申请人提供）：夏威夷大学被选为第三届SNRP年会的东道主，会议将于2003年5月27日至29日在夏威夷檀香山举行。这些SNRP年会的总体目标是展示不同的NINDS支持的少数民族机构内的各种研究项目和计划，向神经科学界的领导人介绍年轻的SNRP研究者，并为SNRP研究者提供机会在批评但支持的听众面前展示他们的工作。本次会议的选择性质将明确解决以下目的和目标：1)允许SNRP研究人员有机会在全国范围内向同行展示他们的研究；2)促进来自不同SNRP项目的SNRP研究人员之间的合作，并鼓励探索新的研究领域；3)讨论并发布第二轮SNRP奖项的再竞赛信息；4)邀请杰出的神经科学家介绍他们在各自专业领域的概述知识和前沿进展。

Description (provided by the applicant): The University of Hawaii has been selected to be the host of the 3rd Annual SNRP Meeting to be held on May 27-29, 2003 in Honolulu, Hawaii. The overall objectives of these SNRP annual meetings is to showcase the various research projects and programs within the different NINDS supported minority institutions, to introduce the young SNRP investigators to leaders of the neuroscience community, and to provide opportunities for SNRP investigators to present their work before a critical, yet supportive audience. The select nature of this meeting will explicitly address the following aims and objectives: 1) To allow SNRP investigators the opportunity to present their research to their peers in a national setting; 2) To stimulate collaborations between SNRP investigators from different SNRP programs and to encourage exploration of new areas of study; 3) To discuss and disseminate information on the re-competition of the second series of SNRP awards; and 4) To invite distinguished neuroscientists to present their overview knowledge and cutting-edge progress in their areas of expertise. This 3rd Annual SNRP Meeting will follow the basic format of the two previous Annual SNRP meetings. In Day 1, the Program Directors and NINDS will discuss topics of interest such as the re-competition of the SNRP awards (AIM 3). A concurrent session on "Innovations in Neuroscience Techniques and Methods" in Day 1 will facilitate AIM 2 for those SNRP investigators who are exploring new approaches to their research work. The four major scientific sessions in Days 2 and 3 will address AIM 1 and AIM 2, and will have the quality of a select mini-symposium. In addition, the poster sessions will be sorted to relate to the platform session. Finally, to achieve AIM 4 of this proposal, each session (or subsection) will be presented and moderated by a distinguished neuroscientist, who will provide an expert overview of the area of study prior to the fifteen-minute presentations given by SNRP investigators. This format was adopted, given our present uncertainties as to the number of presenters who will be attending this meeting; despite this, there is a great likelihood that the above aims and objectives will be achieved.