36th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biol

医学和生物工程学会（EMBS）是世界上最大的生物医学工程师国际学会，拥有约10，000名成员，居住在97个国家，其中绝大多数在美国。EMBS的年度旗舰会议，医学和生物学工程会议（EMBC）的举行，以支持社会的使命推进工程科学和技术在医学和生物学中的应用，并通过传播知识，制定标准，促进专业发展和表彰卓越来促进专业。EMBC'14将于2014年8月27日至8月31日在芝加哥举行，将包括平台和海报会议，涵盖生物医学工程的11个主题，包括生物医学成像，生物信号处理，生物信息学，神经工程，生物机器人，微和纳米生物传感器，医疗保健信息系统和生物医学工程教育。除了技术和科学会议外，还将举办更多以教育为导向的辅导和研讨会，以及与学生和博士后学员职业选择有关的网络会议和小组讨论。EMBC'14的性质，活动类型和规模提供了一个良好的环境，可用于促进生物医学研究，作为一流的本科生/研究生和生物工程博士后实习生的潜在职业途径。该项目的具体目标是向NIBIB和NCI分别申请10，000美元和10，000美元，以支持我们努力降低EMBC学生和实习生参加EMBC的财务障碍，并以约400美元的奖励形式向顶级学生和实习生作者发放资金。赠款将发挥关键作用，在建立一个持续的一系列论坛内EMBC，其中生物工程研究和/或设计工作的学生和学员可以在一个友好和支持的环境中提出;在提供一个独特的机会，让一流的学生接触第一手国家的最先进的生物工程研究和在该领域的领导人的进步;鼓励他们参加联网和辅导活动，这些活动对于鼓励他们在生物医学科学和工程领域从事研究生学习或研究型职业至关重要;并部分支付学生和受训人员参加会议的沉重旅费。将特别注意鼓励妇女、代表性不足的少数民族和残疾学生和受训人员的参与。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS) is the world's largest international society of biomedical engineers, with approximately 10,000 members who reside in 97 countries, with the vast majority being in the United States. The annual flagship conference of the EMBS, the Engineering in Medicine and Biology Conference (EMBC,) is held to support the society's mission of advancing the application of engineering sciences and technology to medicine and biology, and promoting the profession by disseminating knowledge, setting standards, fostering professional development, and recognizing excellence. The EMBC'14 will be held in Chicago from August 27 through August 31, 2014, and will consist of platform and poster sessions spread across 11 themes in biomedical engineering, including biomedical imaging, biosignal processing, bioinformatics, neuroengineering, biorobotics, micro- and nano-biosensors, healthcare information systems, and biomedical engineering education. In addition to the technical and scientific sessions, there will also be tutorials and workshops that are more educationally oriented, as well as networking sessions and panel discussions related to career choices for students and postdoctoral trainees. The nature, types of activities and scale of EMBC'14 provide an excellent environment can be utilized to promote biomedical research as a potential career pathway among top-notch undergraduate/graduate students and post-doctoral trainees in bioengineering. The specific aim of the project is to request $10,000 from NIBIB and $10,000 from NCI to support our effort in lowering the financial barriers to the EMBC'14 attendance of students and trainees, and to disburse the funding to top tier of presenting student and trainee authors in the form of ~$400 awards. The grant will play a critical role in establishing an ongoing series of forums within the EMBC in which bioengineering research and/or design work of students and trainees can be presented within a friendly and supportive environment; in providing a unique opportunity for top-notch students to be exposed firsthand to state-of- the-art advances in bioengineering research and the leaders in the field; in encouraging them to participate in networking and mentoring activities that may be critical in encouraging them to pursue graduate study or research-oriented careers in biomedical science and engineering; and in partially defray the burdening costs of travel to conference by the students and trainees. Particular attention will be directed to encourage the participation of woman, underrepresented minority, and disabled students and trainees.