U.S.-Canadian Workshop on Cross-Border and Multi-Center Wildlife Studies, November 15 -16, 2001, Vancouver, British Columbia

该奖项支持首席研究员和其他三名美国科学家参加连续两天的研讨会，讨论影响野生动物研究的法规。这些讲习班将在加拿大温哥华的不列颠哥伦比亚省大学举行。所有四位科学家都将在一个或两个讲习班上发言。第一个是由加拿大动物护理理事会（CCAC）召集的动物护理区域研讨会，该委员会是负责建立动物护理委员会的加拿大组织，相当于美国机构的机构动物护理和使用委员会（IACUC）。第二个是跨界和多中心野生动物研究讲习班。以前的美国研讨会强调，需要进一步和持续的讨论，如何动物福利法，濒危物种法和其他相关法规影响脊椎动物的实地研究的行为。温哥华研讨会将讨论野生动物的运输、涉及迁徙和濒危物种的项目、多中心项目批准以及与基础研究有关的野生动物管理等问题。还将讨论新修订的加拿大野生动物准则的影响。预计约有150名与会者。由于NSF和NIH一样，将执行所有相关动物护理和使用法规的大部分责任委托给受资助机构，因此非常需要在这一领域进行持续的讨论和教育工作;这四位演讲者的参与将提高研讨会的价值。CCAC、NIH实验动物福利办公室和举办研讨会的主办机构将提供额外支持。

This award supports participation by the principal investigator and three other US scientists in two consecutive day-long workshops concerned with regulations affecting research on wild animals. The workshops will be held at the University of British Columbia (UBC) in Vancouver, Canada. All four scientists will speak during one or both of the workshops. The first of the two is an Animal Care Regional Workshop convened by the Canadian Council on Animal Care (CCAC), the Canadian group responsible for establishing Animal Care Committees, the Canadian equivalent of Institutional Animal Care and Use Committees (IACUCs) at US institutions. The second is a Workshop on Cross-Border and Multi-Center Wildlife Studies. Previous US workshops have underscored the need for additional and ongoing discussion of how the animal welfare act, the endangered species act, and other relevant regulations affect the conduct of field research with vertebrates. The Vancouver workshops will address, among other issues, transportation of wildlife, projects involving migration and endangered species, multi-center project approval, and wildlife management relative to basic research. The impact of newly revised Canadian wildlife guidelines will also be discussed. Approximately 150 attendees are anticipated. Because the NSF, like the NIH, delegates most responsibility for enforcement of all pertinent animal care and use regulations to grantee institutions, there is a significant need for ongoing discussion and education efforts in this area; participation of these four speakers will enhance the value of the workshops. Additional support will be provided by the CCAC, by the Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare of the NIH, and by the host institution where the workshops will be held.