SYMPOSIA FOR ASSOCIATION FOR RESEARCH IN OTOLARYNGOLOGY

这项申请要求在五年期间继续举办与耳鼻咽喉研究协会仲冬研究会议同时举行的研讨会和讲习班。这些研讨会和讲习班的目的是确定新兴的研究和技术领域；审查和更新相关但边缘的研究领域；教育年轻研究人员；鼓励国际科学家参与；讨论更传统的会议通常不包括的有争议的研究问题；鼓励各学科的交叉融合，以激发独特的研究方法；并提出解决沟通障碍当前问题的方法。这些目标是在耳鼻喉科的基础和临床科学课题中追求的。介绍了1999年会议的计划，并列出了同意参加会议的国家和国际科学家的姓名。未来研讨会的初步计划也包括在内。及时的研讨会主题由计划委员会和ARO主席从成员提交的材料中选择，并得到ARO理事会的建议，以确保其持续质量和对沟通障碍和NIDCD使命的及时意义。请求提供额外支助，以便为参加仲冬会议的少数优秀住院医师和少数族裔、博士后和博士后研究员提供旅费奖励。目前正在提出一项为期五年的请求，以使研究会能够规划专题讨论会，以便招募最好的国家和国际与会者，并提前很好地组织会议。它还将使研究组能够以低成本、在鼓励自由交流信息和青年研究人员以及知名研究人员参与的非正式气氛中及时举办专题讨论会。

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.