12th World Congress on Biomedical Alcohol Research

描述(由申请者提供)：本申请请求提供资金，用于支付美国常驻科学家(特邀演讲者和年轻/新研究人员)的部分旅费和与会议有关的费用，以及美国少数族裔科学家参加第12届世界生物医学酒精研究大会。这次会议将于2004年9月29日至10月2日在德国海德堡/曼海姆举行。国际酒精中毒生物医学研究协会(ISBRA)大会现在是唯一一个涉及酒精研究所有领域的世界性科学会议。除了生物医学方面，它们还包括生物行为和临床研究。ISBRA大会每两年举行一次，自ISBRA成立以来，已在德国、美国、芬兰、日本、加拿大、英国、澳大利亚和丹麦举行了会议。 这将是ISBRA大会自1982年以来第四次在欧洲举行，也是第二次在德国举行。这次会议不仅将对欧洲的酒精研究产生重大影响，也将对北美以及亚洲和太平洋周边国家的酒精研究产生重大影响。该计划将以国际酒精研究界感兴趣的优先主题为特色，并提供讨论合作研究的机会。目前，ISBRA大约60%的成员是美国人。因此，美国科学家的出席对会议的成功绝对至关重要；约40%的受邀演讲者将来自美国。 这项申请要求提供经费，用于35名受邀演讲者的旅费和注册费、25名青年/新调查员和5名少数族裔学生/青年调查员的旅费、登记费和部分生活费。还要求支付国会议事程序的部分出版费用。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This application requests funds for the partial Payment of travel and conference-related expenses of U.S. resident scientists (invited speakers and young/new investigators) and for U.S. minority scientists to attend the 12th World Congress on Biomedical Alcohol Research. This meeting will be held in Heidelberg/Mannheim, Germany, September 29 through October 2, 2004. The International Society for Biomedical Research on Alcoholism (ISBRA) Congresses is now the only worldwide scientific meeting involving all areas of alcohol research. In addition to biomedical aspects, they also cover biobehavioral and clinical research. The ISBRA Congresses are held biennially and, since the founding of ISBRA, meetings have been held in Germany, U.S.A., Finland, Japan, Canada, UK, Australia, and Denmark. This will be the fourth time since 1982 that the ISBRA Congress will be held in Europe and the second time that it will be in Germany. This meeting will have a large impact on alcohol research not only in Europe, but also in North America, as well as in the Asian and Pacific Rim countries. The program will feature topics of priority interest to the international alcohol research community and provide opportunities for discussion of collaborative research. At present, approximately 60% of the ISBRA membership is U.S. based. Accordingly, attendance by U.S. scientists is absolutely essential for the success of the meeting; about 40% of invited speakers will be from the U.S. This application requests funding for travel and registration fee for 35 invited speakers, travel, registration fee and partial living expenses for 25 young/new investigators and 5 minority students/young investigators. Partial coverage of publication costs of the Congress proceedings is also requested.