Annual Meeting of the International Behavioral Neuroscience Society

描述(申请人提供)：本项目的目的是获得资金，以帮助支付与国际行为神经科学学会(IBNS)年会相关的费用。这个项目是我们现有R13资助的更新，它帮助IBNS跃升为世界一流的行为神经科学学会的地位。年会是协会使命的主要组成部分。会议为期4天，与会者(约150-200人)居住在会场附近或附近步行距离内，形成了一个密切的科学交流社区。会议的地点主要在美国本土，但每隔3-4年，会议就会在一些国际地点举行，以表彰其国际成员。会议包括一系列专题研讨会、主旨演讲、口头和海报演示以及专业技能发展研讨会。学生旅行奖获得者在这个项目中的突出特点是他们自己的会议，所有会议的注册者都会参加。同样，没有同时举行的会议或项目，培养了一种共同的科学交流意识。 在本申请中，为支持年会的以下部分，申请了为期五年的资金：青年研究人员旅行奖、受邀研讨会演讲者的注册费、主旨演讲者的演讲费，以及帮助支付在IBNS网站上发布会议摘要的费用。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The purpose of this project is to secure funds to help defray the costs associated with the Annual Meeting of the International Behavioral Neuroscience Society (IBNS). This project is a renewal of our existing R13 grant that has been instrumental in vaulting the IBNS into a position of the premiere behavioral neuroscience society in the world. The Annual Meeting represents a main component of the society's mission. The meeting is a 4 day event where attendees (~150-200) are housed at or within close walking distance to the meeting site - fostering a close community for scientific exchange. The locations of the meetings are predominantly in the US mainland but every 3-4 years the meeting occurs at some international site to acknowledge its international members. The meeting is comprised of a series of special symposia, keynote addresses, oral and poster presentations and workshops for professional skill development. Student Travel Award winners are featured prominently in this program with their own session that is attended by all registrants of the meeting. There are no concurrent sessions or programs, again, fostering a sense of communal scientific exchange. In this application, funds are requested for five years in order to support the following components of the Annual Meeting; Young Investigator Travel Awards, Registration Costs for invited Symposium Speakers, Speaker's Fee for Keynote Speakers, and money to help defray the costs of Publication of Abstracts of the Meeting on the IBNS website.