Meeting of the International Society for Developmental Psychobiology

描述(由申请人提供)：本次会议旅行补助金的竞争续期的目的是继续促进学生/博士后研究员(包括现有成员和潜在成员的新研究生)参与国际发展心理生物学学会(ISDP)的会议。ISDP的使命是促进和鼓励对包括人类在内的所有有机体的行为发展的研究，并特别关注在任何组织层面上运作的生物因素的影响。正常发育和异常发育的表观遗传学基础都是研究的对象。我们要求部分资助30名博士后和20名博士后参加ISDP未来5年年会的旅费。2005年ISDP会议将在华盛顿特区举行，就在神经科学学会会议之前。我们之前的两次会议(2003年在洛杉矶新奥尔良，2004年在法国普罗旺斯的艾克斯)取得了巨大的成功，这在很大程度上要归功于美国国立卫生研究院为研究生和博士后研究员提供的旅行补助。自1999年会议以来，我们已经为40名或更多的学生/博士后研究员提供了部分旅行支持。在过去5年中，学生参加ISDP会议的人数稳步增长。此外，这笔资金使我们在ISDP开始了一项新的传统；旅行奖获得者被邀请在5分钟的“单张幻灯片”演讲中介绍精选数据。学生和资深科学家对这些演讲的反应都非常热烈。学生和博士后是我们社会的命脉。在像我们这样的小社会里，培养高水平的学生参与是至关重要的。事实上，ISDP的许多高级成员最初是在学生时代加入该协会的。许多人在ISDP会议上发表了他们的第一次研究报告。考虑到可用旅行资金的有限性质，学生旅行支持仍然是我们社会的一个关键问题。美国国立卫生研究院继续提供旅行支持，将对我们吸引学生和博士后研究员参加这次会议的能力产生重大影响。此外，对学生旅行的支持将使我们能够使用ISDP账户中的有限资金，从而进一步增加这种补助金的影响。例如，我们能够提供部分旅行支持，以吸引外国研究生参加会议，并促进与美国成员的互动。本提案要求提供5年的支助，继续为参加ISDP年会的学生和博士后研究员的旅费提供部分支助。获得多年支助将鼓励各大学研究生参加ISDP会议的文化，这将使赠款的影响在所要求的支助期过后很长一段时间内继续存在。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The purpose of the present competing renewal of our conference travel grant is to continue to facilitate student/postdoctoral fellow involvement (both current members and newer graduate students who are potential members) in the International Society for Developmental Psychobiology (ISDP) meetings. The mission of ISDP is to promote and encourage research on the development of behavior in all organisms, including humans, with special attention to the effects of biological factors operating at any level of organization. The epigenetic underpinnings of both normal and abnormal development are targets of study. We are requesting partial support of the travel expenses of 30 pre-doctoral and 20 postdoctoral students for attendance at the annual meetings of the ISDP over the next 5 years. The 2005 ISDP meeting will be held in Washington, DC, just prior to the Society for Neuroscience meeting. Our previous two meetings (2003 in New Orleans, LA and 2004 in Aix en Provence, France) have been enormously successful, due in no small part to the travel grants from NIH that provided partial support for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows to travel to these meetings. Since the 1999 meeting, we have provided partial travel support for 40 or more students/postdoctoral fellows. Student attendance at ISDP meetings has grown steadily in the past 5 years. In addition, this funding enabled us to begin a new tradition at ISDP; travel award winners were invited to present select data in a "single slide" 5-min talk. Reactions to these presentations were overwhelmingly enthusiastic from both students and senior scientists. Students and postdoctoral fellows are the lifeblood of our society. It is critical in a small society such as ours to foster a high level of student participation. Indeed, many of the senior members of ISDP first became involved in the Society as students. Many gave their first research presentation at an ISDP meeting. Student travel support remains a critical issue for our society, given the limited nature of travel funds available. Continuation of travel support from NIH will have a major impact on our ability to bring students and postdoctoral fellows to this meeting. Furthermore, support for student travel will enable us to use the limited funds in the ISDP account in ways that will increase the impact of such a grant even further. For example, we are able to provide partial travel support to bring foreign graduate students to meetings and facilitate interactions with US members. The present proposal requests 5 years of support, to continue to provide funds for partial support of travel for student and postdoctoral fellows to the ISDP annual meetings. Obtaining multiple year support will encourage a culture of attendance at the ISDP meetings among graduate students at various universities, which will prolong the impact of the grant long after the period of support requested.