SYMPOSIA FOR ASSOCIATION FOR RESEARCH IN OTOLARYNGOLOGY

本申请申请为期五年的资金，以继续与耳鼻喉科研究协会（ARO）的冬至研究会议一起举行的专题讨论会和讲习班。这些专题讨论会和讲习班的目的是确定新出现的研究和技术领域；审查和更新相关但外围的研究领域；培养年轻的研究人员；鼓励国际科学家的参与；讨论有争议的研究问题，这些问题通常不包括在更传统的会议中；鼓励学科间的交流，激发独特的研究方法；并提出解决当前沟通障碍问题的途径。这些目标是追求基础和临床科学主题在耳鼻喉科。书中描述了1999年会议的计划，并列出了同意参加会议的国内外科学家的名字。未来专题讨论会的暂定计划也包括在内。根据ARO理事会的建议，计划委员会和ARO主席从成员提交的材料中选择及时的专题讨论会，以确保其持续的质量和对沟通障碍和NIDCD使命的及时意义。为参加冬至会议的少数优秀住院医师和少数民族、预科和博士后提供额外的旅费奖励。目前提出了一项为期五年的要求，使ARO能够规划专题讨论会，以便招募最好的国内和国际参与者，并提前组织会议。它还将使ARO能够以低成本和非正式的气氛及时举办专题讨论会，鼓励自由交流信息和年轻研究人员以及知名研究人员的参与。

This application requests funding for a five-year period to continue the symposia and workshops held in conjunction with the Midwinter Research Meeting of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology (ARO). The aims of these symposia and workshops are to identify emerging areas of research and technologies; review and update relevant but peripheral areas of research; educate young researchers; encourage the participation of international scientists; discuss controversial research issues not usually included in more traditional meetings; encourage the cross-fertilization of disciplines to stimulate unique research approaches; and propose ways of solving current problems in communication disorders. These goals are pursued for both basic and clinical science topics in otolaryngology. Plans for the 1999 meeting are described and the names of national and international scientists who have agreed to participate are listed. Tentative plans for future symposia are also included. Timely symposia topics are chosen by the Program Committee and the ARO President from members' submissions, with advice of the ARO Council, to assure their continued quality and timely significance to communication disorders and the mission of NIDCD. Additional support is requested to provide travel awards to a small number of outstanding residents and minority, pre-and postdoctoral fellows to attend the Midwinter Meeting. A five-year request is being made to allow ARO to plan the symposia so as to recruit the best national and international participants and to organize the meeting well in advance. It will also allow the ARO to present timely symposia at a low cost and in an informal atmosphere which encourages free exchange of information and the participation of young researchers as well as established investigators.