SYMPOSIA FOR ASSOCIATION FOR RESEARCH IN OTOLARYNGOLOGY

该申请要求提供五年的资金，以继续与耳鼻喉科研究协会（ARO）的仲冬研究会议一起举办的研讨会和讲习班。 这些专题讨论会和讲习班的目的是查明新出现的研究和技术领域;审查和更新相关但边缘的研究领域;教育青年研究人员;鼓励国际科学家参与;讨论通常不包括在较传统会议中的有争议的研究问题;鼓励学科间的相互交流以促进独特的研究方法;并提出解决目前沟通障碍问题的方法。 这些目标是追求在耳鼻喉科的基础和临床科学课题。 报告介绍了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。 还列入了今后专题讨论会的暂定计划。及时的专题讨论会主题由方案委员会和ARO主席根据ARO理事会的建议从成员提交的材料中选择，以确保其持续的质量和对沟通障碍和NIDCD的使命的及时意义。要求提供额外支助，为少数杰出居民和少数民族、博士前和博士后研究员出席仲冬会议提供旅费。 正在提出一项为期五年的请求，以便非洲区域办事处能够规划专题讨论会，以便招募最优秀的国家和国际参与者，并提前组织会议。 它还将使非洲区域办事处能够以低廉的费用在非正式的气氛中及时举办专题讨论会，鼓励自由交流信息和青年研究人员以及资深调查人员的参与。

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.