2015 Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES)-National Science Foundation (NSF) Special Session, Tampa FL, October 7-11, 2015

PI: Hart, Richard T.提案号：1540059该提案寻求资助，以支持学生，博士后研究员，早期职业教师和专业人员以及演讲者的旅费和抵消注册费，包括代表性不足的群体和残疾人，参加bbmes - nsf计划于2015年举行的生物医学工程学会年会特别会议。2015年BMES年会将于2015年10月7日至11日在佛罗里达州坦帕市举行，届时将有19个平行的技术专题讨论，重点关注“界面创新”的总体主题。BMES年会是科学分享和传播生物医学工程最新进展的主要工具，也是生命科学和工程技术之间重要的交叉受精的促进者，这促进了生物医学工程实践中的多学科方法。BMES-NSF特别会议特别建立在2013年西雅图BMES年会和2014年圣安东尼奥BMES年会成功举办的类似会议的基础上。这两次会议都提高了人们对生物医学工程领域NSF资助研究的认识，并使研究人员更好地了解NSF资助的机会以及如何准备成功的资助申请。会议还允许与会者、NSF获奖者和参加会议的NSF项目官员之间进行有效和深入的互动。2015年BMES年会的目标是：1)展示NSF资助的研究和研究人员；2)通过网络招待会促进合作和想法分享；3)使参与者熟悉NSF和NSF资助机制，并为准备竞争性资助提案提供策略见解。会议将于2015年10月9日星期五举行。预计该届会议将每年举行一次，以促进BMES与美国国家科学基金会合作采取综合办法，确保培养一支多样化、受过良好教育、技术上有能力的生物医学工程工作队伍。

PI: Hart, Richard T. Proposal Number: 1540059This proposal seeks funding to support travel and offset registration fees for students, postdoctoral fellows, early career faculty and professionals, and speakers, inclusive of underrepresented groups and accessible to persons with disabilities, to participate in a BMES-NSF Special Session planned for the 2015 Biomedical Engineering Society Annual Meeting. The 2015 BMES Annual Meeting will be held in Tampa, Florida, October 7-11, 2015, and it will feature 19 parallel technical Program Tracks focused on the overall theme of "Innovation at the Interface." The BMES Annual Meeting serves as a primary vehicle for scientific sharing and dissemination of the latest advances in biomedical engineering, as well as a facilitator of important cross-fertilizations between the life sciences and engineering technologies, which foster a multi-disciplinary approach in the practice of Biomedical Engineering.The BMES-NSF Special Session in particular builds on the success of a similar session held for the first time during the 2013 BMES Annual Meeting in Seattle, WA and for a second time during the 2014 BMES Annual Meeting in San Antonio, TX. Both of these previous sessions increased awareness of NSF-funded research in the area of Biomedical Engineering and allowed investigators to gain a better understanding of NSF funding opportunities and of how to prepare successful grant applications. The session also allowed for effective and in-depth interactions among attendees, NSF awardees and NSF program officers who attended the session. The objectives of the session planned for the 2015 Annual BMES Meeting are to 1) showcase NSF funded research and researchers; 2) foster collaboration and idea sharing through a networking reception; and 3) familiarize participants with NSF and NSF funding mechanisms and provide insight into strategies for preparing competitive grant proposals. The session will take place on Friday, October 9, 2015. It is expected that this session will recur on an annual basis to contribute to a comprehensive approach by BMES in partnership with NSF in ensuring development of a diverse, well educated, and technically competent biomedical engineering workforce.