Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Study Group Annual Meeting

描述(申请人提供)：本申请申请资助2005-2009年胎儿酒精综合征研究小组(FASSG)会议的部分经费。这些会议每年举行一次，作为酒精中毒研究会(RSA)会议之前的卫星会议。研究小组会议代表了基础、社会和临床科学家的全国年度聚会，他们的工作重点是胎儿酒精谱系障碍(FASD)这一主题。会议为向FASD研究界介绍优先感兴趣的主题提供了一个论坛，提供了讨论合作研究的机会，并促进了现有调查人员和包括学生在内的新调查人员之间的互动。尽管到目前为止，这些会议很有刺激性，出席人数也很多，但由于缺乏足够的外部财政支助，与会者仅限于那些有足够赠款支助来支付会议费用的人，以及愿意免费提供时间的“当地人才”的演讲者。显然，FASSG未来的会议将大大受益于该小组的能力，以支付会议费用(特别是旅行和住宿)，有前途的学生和其他新的调查人员可能无法出席，否则。此外，成员还可以从杰出的特邀发言者的发言中受益，他们的利益与财务会计准则小组的利益重叠，但这可能在某种程度上与该集团的重点无关，即通常不会出席会议的个人。根据本文件的建议，出版会议提要将记录年度会议记录，并向科学界提供会议内容。本申请要求提供经费，用于5名新调查人员(包括学生)的旅费、注册费和部分生活费，以及所有与会议有关的费用，外加为期五(5)年的每年3名受邀演讲者的适度酬金。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This application requests funding for partial support of the 2005-2009 Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Study Group (FASSG) meetings. These are held annually as a satellite conference preceding the Research Society on Alcoholism (RSA) meeting. The study group meeting represents a national annual gathering of basic, social, and clinical scientists whose work focuses on the topic of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD). The meeting provides a forum for presentation of topics of priority interest to the FASD research community, provides opportunities for discussion of collaborative research, and fosters interactions between established investigators and new investigators, including students. Although the meetings, to date, have been stimulating and well attended, a lack of adequate external financial support has limited attendees to those with adequate grant support to cover their meeting costs, and speakers to "local talent" willing to provide their time at no cost. Clearly, future meetings of the FASSG would greatly benefit with the ability of this group to provide funding to defray meeting costs (especially for travel and accomodations) for promising students and other new investigators who may be unable to attend, otherwise. Additionally, the membership could benefit from presentations by distinguished invited speakers who have interests that overlap with those of the FASSG, but that may be somewhat peripheral to the focus of the group; individuals who would not normally attend the meeting. Publication of a meeting synopsis, as proposed herein, will document the annual proceedings and afford availabilty of the meeting content to the scientific community. This application requests funding for travel, registration fees and partial living expenses for 5 new investigators (including students), and all meeting related expenses plus a modest honorarium for 3 invited speakers each year for a period of five (5) years.