Expanding Participation for Women and Minorities in the 2022 Neurobiology of Cognition Gordon Research Seminar & Conference

认知神经科学领域在过去20年里突飞猛进--每年发表的论文数量在这20年里增加了20倍。每两年将认知神经科学界聚集在一起，就尖端研究进行重点和深入的讨论，这是非常有价值的(2020年戈登会议不是因为大流行而举行的)。与此同时，分子、细胞、电路和系统神经科学领域的信息也出现了爆炸性增长，但这些信息几乎没有对我们理解认知功能产生重大影响。这次戈登认知神经生物学研究会议应该有助于弥合这一差距，至少是通过确定最有可能在短期内取得进展的联系途径，并通过将来自不同领域的科学家联系起来。戈登会议(GRS和GRC)将于2022年7月举行。研讨会的重点是促进在不同领域工作的科学家之间的深入讨论，这些领域的整合对于理解认知的神经生物学至关重要。NSF的支持将使研究生、博士后实习生和早期调查人员能够参加这一备受瞩目的研讨会，并将允许早期调查人员(非终身教授)作为演讲者和正式参与者参加。用于支付旅费和注册费的见习奖学金将优先提供给妇女和代表性不足的少数群体，以加强认知神经科学领域的多样性。这一奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

The field of Cognitive Neuroscience has expanded by leaps and bounds over the past 20 years - the number of yearly publications has increased 20-fold over these two decades. Bringing the Cognitive Neuroscience community together for focused and in-depth discussion of cutting edge research every two years is incredibly valuable (the 2020 Gordon Conference was not held because of the pandemic). Meanwhile there has also been an explosion of information in molecular, cellular, circuit and systems neuroscience but little of that information has made significant inroads into our understanding of cognitive function. This Gordon Research Conference on the Neurobiology of Cognition should help bridge the gap, at the very least by identifying the avenues for connection that have the most potential for near-term traction and by linking scientist from disparate fields. The Gordon conference (GRS and GRC) will take place in July, 2022. The emphasis of the workshop is to facilitate in-depth discussion between scientists working in divergent fields whose integration is essential to understanding the neurobiology of cognition. NSF support will enable graduate students and postdoctoral trainees and early investigators to participate in this high-profile workshop and will allow early stage investigators (non-tenured) to attend as speakers and full participants. Trainee fellowships to cover travel and registration expenses will be preferentially given to women and under-represented minorities in order to enhance diversity in the field of cognitive neuroscience.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.