Support for Young Scholars to Participate in ISSBD PreConference Workshops on Important Topics in Developmental Science

这笔赠款将用于支付美国10名新学者的旅费，他们将参加2008年7月12日至17日在德国维尔茨堡举行的国际行为发展研究学会两年期会议的两个会前讲习班之一。 这些讲习班旨在学习和形成国际研究合作。 讲习班的经费还将使学者有机会参加ISSBD会议本身，这是一个重要的国际会议。 这些学者由一个委员会通过激烈的竞争过程选出，包括研究生、博士后研究员和新教师。 这些讲习班是为来自世界各地的早期职业研究人员举办的，涵盖两个重要和不断增长的研究领域：儿童/青年受害和发展社会认知神经科学。 参加研讨会和会议将对这些早期职业研究人员的培训产生重大影响，因为他们将有机会从世界各地的顶级学者那里学习理论，最新发现和方法。 也许更重要的是，在儿童发展研究领域的国际合作将通过让这些学者有机会见面，并与其他人在发展科学的重叠领域工作的智力交流。

This grant will fund the travel expenses of ten new scholars from the United States to attend one of two pre-conference workshops at the biennial meeting of the International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development (ISSBD), held in Wurzburg, Germany, July 12-17, 2008. The workshops are intended for both learning and forming international research collaborations. Funds for the workshops will also provide the scholars with the opportunity to attend the ISSBD meeting itself, a major international conference. The scholars, chosen by a committee through an intense competition process, include graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and new faculty. The workshops are held for early career researchers from around the world and cover two important and growing fields of study: Child/youth victimization and developmental socio-cognitive neuroscience. Attendance at the workshops and conference will have a substantial impact on the training of these early career researchers, as they will have the opportunity to learn theories, recent findings, and methodology from top scholars around the world. Perhaps more importantly, international collaborations in the field of child development research will be facilitated by giving these scholars the opportunity to meet and have intellectual exchanges with others working in overlapping areas of developmental science.