IBDR: Workshop on Successful Approaches for Development and Dissemination of Instrumentation for Biological Research - May 1-2, 2014; Rosslyn, VA

颁发这一奖项是为了组织一次特别讲习班，讨论开发生物学研究新仪器的成功方法，并通过广泛传播和推广，充分发挥这种仪器的潜力。研讨会议程将确定成功的方法，（1）生物学家和仪器开发人员的跨学科合作，（2）将学生和博士后研究人员纳入生物仪器开发，（3）美国机构间合作的机会，以促进协同工具的开发工作（4）创业活动，使第一个证明-概念原型转化为商业仪器（5）教育和推广的最佳实践，以及（6）当前生物研究仪器开发（IDBR）计划主要研究者（PI）对IDBR计划有效性的反馈。研讨会将汇集：1）代表生物科学不同分支的活跃研究人员; 2）相关仪器开发技术专家的物理学家和工程师; 3）国家科学基金会和国立卫生研究院项目经理; 4）成功的企业家; 5）负责研究生培训和技术转让和商业化的大学人员;（6）研究生和博士后。会议组织者和受邀演讲者在职业阶段、性别、机构类型和地理区域方面各不相同。PI将招募并积极鼓励早期职业调查人员，学生和工程和生物学领域代表性不足的群体成员的参与。为此，PI将使用电子邮件、口碑、社会通讯、公告和广告。主要研究员将交流/传播研讨会的成果，将发言和讨论的重点以及会议成果和未来方向和建议汇编成一份详细报告。该报告将提交给NSF，修改后的版本将提交给生物技术期刊（例如，生物工程和生物技术前沿，生物技术等）发表。该研讨会的目标与生物研究仪器开发（IDBR）计划的目标相一致，该计划旨在开发和传播可能对生物研究产生变革性影响的仪器。

This award is being made to organize a special workshop to discuss successful approaches for development of novel instrumentation for biological research and to realize the full potential of such instrumentation through broad dissemination and outreach. The workshop agenda will identify successful approaches for (1) Interdisciplinary collaborations of biologists and instrument developers, (2) Inclusion of students and postdoctoral researchers in biological instrumentation development, (3) Opportunities for U.S. interagency collaboration to promote synergistic instrument development efforts (4) Entrepreneurial activities that allow the first proof-of-concept prototype to be transformed into commercial instrumentation (5) Best practices for education and outreach, and (6) Feedback from current Instrument Development for Biological Research (IDBR) program principal investigators (PIs) on the effectiveness of the IDBR program. The workshop will bring together: 1) active researchers representing diverse branches of biological sciences; 2) physicists and engineers who are experts in relevant instrument development technologies; 3) National Science Foundation and National Institutes of Health program managers; 4) successful entrepreneurs; 5) university personnel responsible for graduate training and for technology transfer and commercialization; and 6) graduate students and postdoctoral fellows. The meeting organizers and invited speakers are diverse in terms of career stage, gender, type of institution, and geographical region. The PIs will recruit and actively encourage participation of early-career investigators, students, and members of underrepresented groups in the fields of engineering and biology. To do so, the PIs will use email, word of mouth, society newsletters, announcements, and advertising. The PIs will communicate/disseminate results of the workshop by compiling in a detailed report the highlights of the presentations and discussions as well as meeting outcomes and future directions and recommendations. The report will be submitted to NSF and a modified version will be submitted for publication in a biotechnology journal(e.g. Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, Biotechniques, etc.). The goals of the workshop are aligned with goals of the Instrument Development for Biological research (IDBR) program, which seeks to develop and disseminate instrumentation that is potentially transformative for biological research.