Bloc Travel Grant for Dental Students and NIDCR-Supported Trainees

描述（由申请人提供）：美国牙科研究协会（AADR）集团旅行补助金的目的是为美国牙科学生和NIDCR支持的学员提供参加国际牙科研究协会（IADR）的一般会议和展览的机会，在未来五年内在以下地区：佛罗里达迈阿密（2009年）、西班牙巴塞罗那（2010年）、加州圣地亚哥（2011年）、巴西里约热内卢（2012年）;以及华盛顿西雅图（2013年）。该计划将为学生提供在国际和美国环境中向国际科学观众展示研究的机会。该计划旨在资助25至50名美国牙科学生和NIDCR支持的受训人员前往每个会议地点。这项建议的具体目标是：1）提供财政旅行支持，使这些年轻的研究人员能够提出他们自己的调查结果; 2）使美国牙科学生和NIDCR支持的受训人员了解世界各地机构正在进行的研究，并增加合作和跨机构指导的机会; 3）提供支持，鼓励一批年轻的研究人员在他们的职业生涯的早期阶段，进一步追求口腔，牙科和颅面研究作为一个长期的职业生涯;和4）提供一种方法，使美国牙科学生和NIDCR支持的受训者可以获得有关美国以外地区正在进行的最新牙科调查的信息。在经认证的美国牙科学校就读的美国牙科学生，无论是美国公民还是非美国公民，以及NIDCR支持的学员都有资格竞争这些资金。评估过程将分析受赠方参加大会的短期和长期利益。 相关性：AADR为学生提供该计划的目的是培养和鼓励对牙科研究的兴趣，以影响年轻科学家考虑和/或继续他们在牙科研究领域的教育和随后的职业生涯。AADR旨在进一步增加健康和疾病中颅面、口腔和牙科生物学过程的知识基础，并促进报告研究结果的转移。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The objective of the American Association for Dental Research (AADR) Bloc Travel Grant is to provide an opportunity for US dental students and NIDCR-supported trainees to attend the General Sessions & Exhibitions of the International Association for Dental Research (IADR), for the next five years in the following locales: Miami, Florida (2009), Barcelona, Spain (2010), San Diego, California (2011), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (2012); and Seattle, Washington (2013). This program will provide students with the opportunity to present research to an international scientific audience, in both international and US settings. The program aims to assist in funding the travel of 25 to 50 US dental students and NIDCR-supported trainees to each of the meeting locations. The specific aims of this proposal are: 1) to provide financial travel support to enable these young researchers to present the results of their own investigations; 2) to expose US dental students and NIDCR-supported trainees to research being conducted at institutions around the world and to enhance the opportunities for collaboration and cross-institution mentorship; 3) to provide support to encourage a group of young investigators at a very early stage of their career to further pursue oral, dental, and craniofacial research as a long-term career; and 4) to provide a means by which US dental students and NIDCR-supported trainees may obtain information on the most current dental investigations being conducted outside the United States. US dental students enrolled in accredited US dental schools, who are citizens or non-citizen nationals of the United States, and NIDCR-supported trainees will be eligible to compete for these funds. An evaluation process will analyze the short and long-term benefits of the grantee's participation in the General Session. RELEVANCE: The AADR's aim in providing this program to students is to foster and encourage interest in dental research to influence young scientists to consider and/or continue their education and subsequent career in the dental research field. The AADR aims to further increase the knowledge base of craniofacial, oral, and dental biologic processes in health and disease, and to facilitate the transfer of the results of the reported research.