American Society for Neural Therapy and Repair

描述（由申请人提供）：本R13申请旨在为2013年4月25日至27日举行的美国神经治疗与修复学会（ASNTR） 20周年会议的学生和博士后注册和研讨会提供资金。自1994年成立以来，ASNTR每年4月/ 5月在佛罗里达州的克利尔沃特召开，约有200名与会者出席。该学会在细胞移植和神经/组织工程领域的转化研究以及应用于神经系统疾病（如帕金森病、亨廷顿病、阿尔茨海默病、中风、脊髓损伤和创伤性脑损伤）的基因治疗方面具有强大的传统。会议的重点一般是推进神经修复的新治疗策略。临床试验通常是在以前会议上报告的基础科学研究的基础上提出的。因此，学生和博士后以及其他与会者不仅了解了“板凳科学”，而且还积极参与了与临床医生关于转化问题的讨论。这种互动促进了从实验室到床边的转化，是ASNTR年会的独特之处。每年，ASNTR教育和培训委员会都会鼓励学生/博士后在竞赛中提交他们的摘要，并根据科学方法的创造性、结果测量的彻彻性、写作质量以及对该领域的潜在影响对他们的摘要进行评分和排名。排名最高的申请人将获得奖励，以支付其注册费和部分出席会议的费用。ASNTR一直高度重视资助学生和博士后研究员的这些奖项。我们一直能够吸引生物技术公司和非营利组织的支持，以支付这些奖项的一小部分。然而，近年来，ASNTR看到这些捐款减少了，尽管我们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。本申请要求直接费用总额为25,000美元，用于支持申请的美国机构的顶尖研究生/博士后的培训生奖励（每名学生/博士后奖励1000美元）。需要额外的资金来部分支持在会议前一天举行的培训生研讨会。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 registration and workshop for students and postdoctoral fellows for the 20th anniversary meeting of the American Society for Neural Therapy and Repair (ASNTR) to be held April 25 - 27th, 2013. Since its inception in 1994, the ASNTR has convened every year in April/May in Clearwater, Florida, with an attendance of approximately 200 participants. This society has a strong tradition of translational research in the fields of cell transplantation and neuro/tissue engineering, as well as gene therapy as applied to neurological diseases (e.g. Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease, Alzheimer's disease, stroke, spinal cord injury and traumatic brain injury). The focus of the meeting is generally to advance novel treatment strategies in neural repair. Clinical trials are often presented based on basic science research reported at previous meetings. Thus, students and postdoctoral fellows, as well as other attendees not only learn about the "bench science", but they actively participated in discussions with clinicians about translational issues. This interaction fosters the translation from the bench to the bedside and is a unique feature of ASNTR's annual meeting. Each year the ASNTR Education and Training Committee encourages students/postdoctoral fellows to submit their abstracts in a competition that scores their abstracts and ranks them according to creativity of the scientific approach, thoroughness of outcome measures, quality of writing as well as the potential impact on the field. The top rated applicants receive awards to cover their registration costs and partially cover the cost of their meeting attendance. ASNTR has always placed a high priority on funding these awards for students and post-doctoral fellows. Consistently, we have been able to attract support also from biotechnology companies and non-profit organizations to cover a small number of these awards. However, in recent years ASNTR has seen these contributions dwindle and although we 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 $25,000 in total direct costs to support the trainee awards for the top graduate students/postdoctoral fellows from US institutions that apply (awards of $1000 per student/postdoc). Additional money is requested to partially support the trainee workshop that is held the day prior to the meeting. The ASNTR and the Education and Training Committee include and encourage participation of women, minorities and persons with disabilities in all its activities.