International Conference on Infant Studies: 2010 - 2014

摘要 这项会议旅费补助提案的目的是获得资金，以继续促进本科生参与2010年在马里兰州巴尔的摩举行的国际婴儿研究学会(ISIS)两年一度的会议。除了前三次从NICHD获得的2004、2006和2008年会议的R13本科生旅行支助补助金外，拟议的赠款将与ISIS正在进行的前所未有的努力相吻合，这些努力旨在瞄准、培养和国际化处于职业生涯早期的婴幼儿科学研究人员。我们正在申请资金，以帮助抵消每个队列10-20名本科生演讲者参加接下来的三次ISIS会议的旅费，从2010年马里兰州巴尔的摩开始。正如学会执行委员会所确定的那样，本科生的研究经验是滋养下一代婴幼儿研究人员的基础，多样化的现有机制对于婴幼儿研究领域的福祉和未来的成功至关重要，以便将最优秀和最聪明的本科生带入国际婴幼儿研究领域。事实上，ISIS中许多最成功的学者最初是在本科生水平上参与婴儿期研究的。 为了支持幼儿科学研究人员的早期职业生涯，并加强本科生对ISIS所有方面的参与并使其全球化，学会每两年制定并实施一项多管齐下的倡议，在其会议上庆祝和促进本科生参与幼儿研究。首先，所有本科生的会议注册费率都有相当大的折扣(42.8%)，ISIS的本科生研究委员会举办了一个名为“与学者共进午餐”的项目，提交的最佳本科生论文将获得ISIS资助的200美元现金奖和一块牌匾。

Abstract The purpose of this conference travel grant proposal is to secure funds to continue to facilitate undergraduate student involvement in the Biennial Meetings of the International Society on Infant Studies (ISIS), which, in 2010, will be held in Baltimore, MD. In continuance with three previous R13 undergraduate travel support grants obtained from NICHD for the 2004, 2006, and 2008 meetings, the proposed grant would dovetail with unprecedented efforts being undertaken by the ISIS to target, develop, and internationalize infancy science researchers early in their careers. We are requesting funds to help offset the travel expenses of 10-20 undergraduate student presenters per cohort, to attend each of the next three ISIS conferences, beginning with Baltimore, MD in 2010. As determined by the Executive Committee of the Society, undergraduate research experiences form the substrate out of which the next generation of infancy researchers will be nourished, and it is essential for the well-being and future successes of the field of infancy research to diversify available mechanisms for funneling the best and brightest undergraduate students into the international field of infancy research. Indeed, many of the most successful scholars within ISIS first became involved with infancy research at the undergraduate level. With the goal of supporting infancy science researchers early in their careers, and of enhancing and globalizing undergraduate participation in all aspects of ISIS, the Society has established and implements biannually a multi-pronged initiative to celebrate and promote undergraduate participation in infancy research at its meetings. First, all undergraduate students receive a considerable rate reduction (42.8%) for conference registration, the Undergraduate Research Committee at ISIS hosts a "Luncheon with the Scholars" program, and the best overall submitted undergraduate paper receives an ISIS-funded $200 cash prize and a plaque.