4th Annual NeuroInformatics Congress: Boston 2011

描述（由申请人提供）：国际神经信息学协调机构（INCF）是一个致力于推进神经信息学领域的国际组织。一年一度的INCF神经信息学大会为这一新兴领域的研究人员提供了一个会议场所，包括从分子到行为水平的神经系统数据和知识库；神经系统数据采集、分析和可视化工具；以及模拟大脑的理论、计算和模拟环境。第四届INCF神经信息学年会将于2011年9月4-6日在波士顿举行。本提案旨在通过提供a)学生和博士后出席支持和b)儿童和家庭照顾支持来增加即将到来的2011年会议。有了这些额外的与会者支持功能，我们的目标是进一步减少所有潜在与会者参加会议的障碍，从而在他们职业生涯的关键时刻接触到神经信息学社区的更广泛的子集。更好的传播会带来更好的科学，从而为所有人带来更好的医疗保健。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The International Neuroinformatics Coordinating Facility (INCF) is an international organization devoted to advancing the field of neuroinformatics. The annual INCF Neuroinformatics Congress provides a meeting place for researchers in this emerging field, including data- and knowledge-bases of the nervous system from molecular to behavioral levels; tools for the acquisition, analysis, and visualization of nervous system data; and theoretical, computational, and simulation environments for modeling the brain. The 4th Annual INCF Neuroinformatics Congress will be held in Boston September 4-6, 2011. This proposal seeks to augment the upcoming 2011 meeting by providing a) student and postdoctoral attendance support and b) child and family care support. With these additional attendee support functions in place, we aim to further reduce barriers to attendance of the meeting for all potential attendees, and thus reach an even broader subset of the neuroinformatics community at critical times in their careers. Better dissemination results in better science, and thus better healthcare, for all. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: Scientific meetings are critical to the advance of science and students, recent graduates and professionals who are primary family caregivers are at a disadvantage in attending these meetings. This proposal will augment the 4th Annual INCF Neuroinformatics Congress by providing support to reduce these barriers to attendance.