SUPPORT FOR THE ANNUAL MEETING FOR THE RESEARCH SOCIETY ON ALCOHOLISM (RSA)

 描述（由申请人提供）：酒精中毒研究学会（RSA）年会是首屈一指的年度科学会议，涉及酒精研究的所有领域。除了生物学/临床前方面，它还涵盖医学/临床和心理社会研究。RSA会议每年举行一次，以前的会议（37次）主要在美国大陆举行，尽管也有一些会议在夏威夷和加拿大（温哥华、蒙特利尔）举行。对于2015年的第38次会议，会议将在德克萨斯州的圣安东尼奥举行（2015年6月20日至24日）。2016年第39届会议将在新奥尔良举行。这些会议的地点将为来自美国各地的科学家提供一个有吸引力的机会，沿着世界各地的科学家介绍和讨论他们的研究。这些会议将对美国的酒精研究产生重大影响，研究报告和讨论的结果将推动该领域的发展。每次会议的计划将以与酒精研究界高度相关的主题为特色，并为讨论现有和新的合作研究提供机会。研究报告将采取专题讨论会、圆桌会议和讲习班的形式，由登记册系统管理人成员提议。RSA计划委员会将选择具有最高科学价值和创新性的提案。此外，还将举办多场海报展示会。登记册系统管理局通过突出其工作以及提供专业发展活动，努力在该领域招聘和留住新的调查员，这将在2015年和2016-2020年会议上继续进行。由于RSA是一个稳定、成熟的组织，每年举行会议，因此此申请是5年的资助（支持2016-2020年的会议）。未来三次会议的规划正在顺利进行中，但我们预计该应用程序的第4-5年的类似规划将很快开始开始。这项申请要求提供资金，以抵消青年科学家（博士前和博士后学员在4年内的终端学位）参加这些重要会议的费用。请拨经费用于旅费和登记费。将努力具体针对 代表性不足的群体。还要求支付一些行政费用。这项赠款的具体目的是为学生和年轻的调查人员提供旅行和登记援助， 参加RSA年会。总体目标是为那些有兴趣了解更多关于酒精领域当前研究的个人提供信息，并有可能将酒精研究作为职业。

 DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Research Society on Alcoholism (RSA) Annual Meeting is the premier annual scientific meeting involving all areas of alcohol research. In addition to biological/preclinical aspects, it also covers medical/clinical, and psychosocial research. The RSA meeting is held annually, and previous meetings (37) have been held mostly in the continental US, although some meetings have also been held in Hawaii and Canada (Vancouver, Montreal). For the 38th meeting in 2015, the meeting will be held in San Antonio, TX (June 20-24, 2015). The 39th meeting in 2016 will be in New Orleans, LA. The location of these meetings will provide an attractive opportunity for scientists from around the U.S.A. along with others around the world to present and discuss their research. The meetings will have a large impact on alcohol research in the U.S., and the outcome of the research presentations and discussion will advance the field. The program for each meeting will feature topics that are highly relevant to the alcohol research community and provide opportunities for discussion of existing and new collaborative research. The research presentations will be in the form of symposia, roundtables, and workshops that will be proposed by the membership of RSA. The RSA Program Committee will select the proposals with the highest scientific merit and innovation. In addition, numerous poster sessions will be held. The RSA has made an effort to recruit and retain new investigators in the field by highlighting their work as well as providing professional development activities, and this will continue for the 2015 and 2016-2020 meetings. Since RSA is a stable, established organization with annual meetings, this application is for 5 years of funding (support for the 2016-2020 meetings). Planning for the next three meetings is well underway, but we expect similar planning for years 4-5 of this application to begin soon. This application requests funds to offset expenses for young scientists (predoctoral and postdoctoral trainees within 4 years of their terminal degree) to attend these important meetings. Funds are requested for travel and registration fees. An effort will be made to specifically target underrepresented groups. Some administrative costs are also requested. The specific aim of this grant is to provide travel and registration assistance for students and young investigators to attend the annual RSA meeting. The overall goal is to provide information to those individuals who are interested in learning more about current research in the alcohol field with the possibility of pursuing alcohol research as a career.