Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Study Group Annual Meeting

描述（由申请人提供）：本申请申请资助2005-2009年胎儿酒精综合征研究组（FASSG）会议的部分支持。这些会议每年在酗酒研究学会（RSA）会议之前作为卫星会议举行。研究小组会议代表了一个全国年度的基础，社会和临床科学家的聚会，他们的工作重点是胎儿酒精谱系障碍（FASD）的主题。会议提供了一个论坛，介绍FASD研究界优先感兴趣的主题，提供了讨论合作研究的机会，并促进了现有研究人员和新研究人员（包括学生）之间的互动。虽然到目前为止，这些会议很有吸引力，参加人数也很多，但是由于缺乏足够的外部财政支助，参加会议的人只能有足够的经费来支付会议费用，而发言的人只能是愿意无偿提供时间的“当地人才”。显然，FASSG的未来会议将大大受益于该小组的能力，为有前途的学生和其他可能无法参加的新研究人员提供资金支付会议费用（特别是旅费和住宿费）。此外，成员可以从与FASSG的兴趣重叠的杰出受邀演讲者的演讲中受益，但这可能是小组关注的外围问题；通常不参加会议的个人。如本文所建议的，会议摘要的出版将记录年度会议记录，并向科学界提供会议内容。本申请要求资助5名新研究员（包括学生）的旅费、注册费和部分生活费，以及所有会议相关费用，以及每年3名受邀演讲者的适度酬金，为期5年。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This application requests funding for partial support of the 2005-2009 Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Study Group (FASSG) meetings. These are held annually as a satellite conference preceding the Research Society on Alcoholism (RSA) meeting. The study group meeting represents a national annual gathering of basic, social, and clinical scientists whose work focuses on the topic of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD). The meeting provides a forum for presentation of topics of priority interest to the FASD research community, provides opportunities for discussion of collaborative research, and fosters interactions between established investigators and new investigators, including students. Although the meetings, to date, have been stimulating and well attended, a lack of adequate external financial support has limited attendees to those with adequate grant support to cover their meeting costs, and speakers to "local talent" willing to provide their time at no cost. Clearly, future meetings of the FASSG would greatly benefit with the ability of this group to provide funding to defray meeting costs (especially for travel and accomodations) for promising students and other new investigators who may be unable to attend, otherwise. Additionally, the membership could benefit from presentations by distinguished invited speakers who have interests that overlap with those of the FASSG, but that may be somewhat peripheral to the focus of the group; individuals who would not normally attend the meeting. Publication of a meeting synopsis, as proposed herein, will document the annual proceedings and afford availabilty of the meeting content to the scientific community. This application requests funding for travel, registration fees and partial living expenses for 5 new investigators (including students), and all meeting related expenses plus a modest honorarium for 3 invited speakers each year for a period of five (5) years.