American Society for Neural Therapy and Repair

描述（由申请人提供）：本R13申请旨在为参加2012年4月26日至29日举行的美国神经治疗与修复学会（ASNTR）的学生和博士后提供资金支持会议和旅行奖励。自1994年成立以来，ASNTR每年4月/ 5月在佛罗里达州克利尔沃特召开一次会议。该学会有很强的传统，关注移植、神经工程和基因治疗领域的研究进展，这些研究进展应用于帕金森病、亨廷顿病、阿尔茨海默病、中风、脊髓损伤和创伤性脑损伤等神经系统疾病，可能导致新的治疗策略。在以前的会议上报告的基础科学研究中出现的临床试验经常被提出。因此，学生和博士后研究员以及其他与会者不仅学习基础科学，他们还学习基础科学家和临床医生之间讨论的转化问题。因此，ASNTR年会是独特的聚会。根据以往的参会人数，预计本次会议的参会人数约为200人。每年，ASNTR教育和培训委员会鼓励学生/博士后在竞赛中提交他们的摘要，排名最高的申请人将获得旅行奖励，以支付他们的会议出席和旅行费用。ASNTR一直高度重视资助学生和博士后研究员的旅行奖励。过去，ASNTR收到了来自生物技术公司和非营利组织的捐款，用于支付这些旅行奖金。然而，近年来，ASNTR看到这些捐款减少了，尽管ASNTR将继续从私营部门寻求资金，但我们预计未来几年的捐款不会比最近的水平有所增加。该申请要求总直接费用为24,000美元，用于支持来自申请美国机构的顶尖研究生/博士后的旅行奖励（每个学生/博士后奖励1200美元）。要求提供额外资金，以部分支持几位主讲人和会议费用。该机构和教育和培训委员会包括并鼓励妇女、少数民族和残疾人参与其所有活动。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This R13 application seeks funding to support the meeting and for travel awards for students and postdoctoral fellows to attend the American Society for Neural Therapy and Repair (ASNTR) to be held April 26 - 29th, 2012. Since its founding in 1994, the ASNTR has convened yearly each April/May in Clearwater, Florida. This society has a strong tradition of focusing on research advances in the fields of transplantation, neuroengineering and gene therapy applied to neurological diseases such as Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease, Alzheimer's disease, stroke, spinal cord injury and traumatic brain injury that may lead to novel treatment strategies. Clinical trials that have emerged from basic science research reported on at previous meetings are often presented. Thus, students and postdoctoral fellows and other attendees not only learn the basic sciences, they also learn translational issues discussed between basic scientists and clinicians. Therefore, ASNTR annual meetings are unique gatherings. Attendance of this meeting is projected to be approximately 200 registrants, based on previous participation levels. Each year the ASNTR Education and Training Committee encourages students/postdoctoral fellows to submit their abstracts in a competition and the top rated applicants receive travel awards to cover the cost of their meeting attendance and travel. ASNTR has always placed a high priority on funding travel awards for students and post-doctoral fellows. In the past ASNTR has received donations from biotech companies and non-profit organizations to cover these travel awards. However, in recent years ASNTR has seen these contributions dwindle and although ASNTR will continue to seek funding from the private sector, we do not anticipate any increase in contributions above recent levels in the coming years. This application requests $24,000 in total direct costs to support travel awards for the top graduate students/postdoctoral fellows from US institutions that apply (awards of $1200 per student/postdoc). Additional money is requested to partially support a few keynote speakers and meeting expenses. The ASNTR and the Education and Training Committee include and encourage participation of women, minorities and persons with disabilities in all its activities. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: This application seeks funding for travel awards for graduate students and postdocs to attend the upcoming combined meeting of the American Society for Neural Therapy and Repair and the International Conference on Neural Therapy and Repair. This meeting will allow young and senior scientists and doctors working to discover new treatments for neurological disorders to come together and discuss their new research findings. This meeting will potentially allow new research collaborations to occur that could lead to improved treatments for neurological disorders.