ANNUAL MEETING OF THE ISMRM--APRIL 2000

国际医学磁共振学会（ISMRM）是由医学磁共振学会和磁共振成像学会合并而成的，是唯一一个致力于促进磁共振在医学、生物学和相关领域的所有应用的研究和教育的国际性非营利性专业协会。成员包括临床医生、物理学家、工程师、生物化学家、化学家和技术专家。目前，ISMRM是唯一一个将基础学科和应用学科（包括临床研究）结合起来，以最好地为医学和科学服务的协会。这个合并后的协会成立于1994年，目前已有五千多名会员。科学会议每年举行一次，涵盖广泛的主题，包括核磁共振技术在癌症、神经系统疾病、心血管疾病、精神健康和其他领域的诊断、治疗和研究中的发展和应用。2000年，第八届协会年会将于4月1日至7日在科罗拉多州丹佛市举行。预计将有4000多名科学家、医生和学生出席。本提案要求资金部分支持来自美国的优秀学生和博士后学员的教育津贴，他们的摘要通过学会的定期同行评审过程提交和接受。每个奖学金的金额将是特定学生预期旅行费用的70%，其余30%由学生的导师提供。该协会已从无限制的企业捐款中拨出12.5万美元用于支持该计划。本提案要求NIH提供25,920美元的补充资金。在许多研究实验室面临来自同行评审、工业和临床收入来源的有限资金的背景下，所要求的支持对于激励年轻研究人员积极贡献他们的研究并帮助将这一快速发展的医学研究领域的知名研究人员和学生聚集在一起变得至关重要。这里所要求的支持对于我们为即将到来的会议支持尽可能多的学生和博士后学员的努力至关重要。

The International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM), created from the merger of the Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine and The Society for Magnetic Resonance Imaging, is the only international, non-profit professional association devoted to the promotion of research and education in all applications of magnetic resonance in medicine, biology, and related fields. Members include clinicians, physicists, engineers, biochemists, chemists, and technologists. The ISMRM is, at present, the only society that combines both basic and applied disciplines, including clinical research, to best serve medicine and science. This merged society was founded in 1994 and has now reached a membership of over five thousand. Scientific meetings are held annually and cover a broad range of topics including the development and application of MR technology to diagnosis, treatment and research in cancer, neurological disorders, cardiovascular disease, mental health and other areas. In 2000, the Eighth Annual Meeting of the Society will be held in Denver, Colorado from April 1-7th. An attendance of over four thousand scientists, physicians and students is anticipated. This proposal requests funds to support, in-part, educational stipends for meritorious students and postdoctoral trainees from the U.S. whose abstracts are submitted and accepted through the regular peer review process of the Society. The amount of each award will be 70 percent of the anticipated travel cost for a particular student, with the remaining 30 percent being provided by the student's supervisor. The Society has earmarked an amount of 125,000 dollars, derived from unrestricted corporate donations, for the support of this program. This proposal requests supplemental funds in the amount of 25,920 dollars from NIH. In the context of limited funding from peer-reviewed, industrial, and clinical revenue sources faced by many research laboratories, the requested support has become critical to stimulate young investigators to actively contribute their research and help bring together established researchers and students in this rapidly-evolving field of medical research. The support requested herein is vital to our efforts to support as many students and post-doctoral trainees as possible for the upcoming meeting.