Comparative Medicine Resource Directors Meetings

 说明(申请人提供)：本申请申请资金用于支持2016年第11届比较医学资源中心主任会议，以及2018和2020年的会议。这些会议的目的是为由美国国立卫生研究院(NIH)研究基础设施项目办公室(ORIP)、项目协调、规划和战略倡议司资助的资源中心的主任提供一个论坛。这些会议产生的讨论和行动项目确定了资源主任在管理和创新资源以支持生物医学研究方面面临的机遇和挑战。科学指导委员会将确定每次会议的议程。暂时，会议将包括一位著名资源主任的主旨演讲，由ORIP资助的科学家和NIH工作人员的演讲，主持人领导的讨论，以及海报会议。第一次会议将于2016年8月在马里兰州贝塞斯达的Doubletree酒店举行，为期两天。贝塞斯达的优势是靠近NIH，因此NIH的工作人员和科学家更多地参与了会议。随后的两年期会议的地点将在第一次会议之后确定。

 DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This application requests funds to support the 11th Comparative Medicine Resource Center Directors' Meeting in 2016, and then meetings in 2018 and 2020. The purpose of these meetings is to provide a forum for Directors of Resource Centers that are funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of Research Infrastructure Programs (ORIP), Division of Program Coordination, Planning, and Strategic Initiatives. The discussion and action items deriving from these meetings identify opportunities and challenges that Resource Directors face in administering and innovating resources in support of biomedical research. A Scientific Steering Committee will set the agenda for each meeting. Tentatively, meetings will include a keynote address by a prominent Resource Director, presentations by ORIP-funded scientists and NIH staff, moderator led discussions, and a poster session. The initial meeting will be held in Bethesda, MD at the Doubletree Hotel for 2 days in August 2016. Bethesda offers the advantage of proximity to NIH and thus greater participation of NIH staff and scientists in the meeting. The location of subsequent biennial meetings will be determined after the first meeting.