SUPPORT FOR THE ANNUAL MEETING FOR THE RESEARCH SOCIETY ON ALCOHOLISM (RSA)

描述（由申请人提供）：酒精中毒研究学会（RSA）年会是涉及酒精研究所有领域的首要科学会议。除了生物医学方面，它还涵盖医学/临床和心理社会研究。RSA会议每年举行一次，以前的会议（33次）主要在美国大陆举行，尽管也有一些会议在夏威夷和加拿大（温哥华、蒙特利尔）举行。对于2011年的第34次会议，会议将在格鲁吉亚亚特兰大举行（2011年6月25日至29日）。2012年第35次会议将在加利福尼亚州旧金山弗朗西斯科举行。这些会议的地点将为来自美国各地的科学家提供一个有吸引力的机会，沿着世界各地的科学家介绍和讨论他们的研究。这些会议将对美国的酒精研究产生重大影响，研究报告和讨论的结果将推动该领域的发展。每次会议的计划将以与酒精研究界高度相关的主题为特色，并为讨论现有和新的合作研究提供机会。研究报告将采取专题讨论会、圆桌会议和讲习班的形式，由登记册系统管理人成员提议。RSA计划委员会将选择具有最高科学价值和创新性的提案。此外，还将举办多场海报展示会。登记册系统管理局努力通过强调外地新调查员的工作和提供专业发展活动来征聘和留住他们，2011年和2012年的会议将继续这样做。由于RSA是一个稳定、成熟的组织，每年都会举行会议，因此此申请的资助期限为5年。接下来两次会议的规划正在顺利进行中，但我们预计该应用程序的第3-5年的类似规划将很快开始开始。该申请要求资金来抵消年轻科学家（博士前和新的研究人员在他们的终端学位4年内）参加这些重要会议的费用。请拨经费用于旅费和登记费。将努力专门针对任职人数不足的群体。还要求支付一些行政费用。这笔赠款的具体目的是为学生和年轻的调查人员提供旅行和登记援助，以参加年度RSA会议。总体目标是为那些有兴趣了解更多关于酒精领域当前研究的个人提供信息，并有可能将酒精研究作为职业。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Research Society on Alcoholism (RSA) Annual Meeting is the premier scientific meeting involving all areas of alcohol research. In addition to biomedical aspects, it also covers medical/clinical, and psychosocial research. The RSA meeting is held annually, and previous meetings (33) have been held mostly in the continental US, although some meetings have also been held in Hawaii and Canada (Vancouver, Montreal). For the 34th meeting in 2011, the meeting will be held in Atlanta, Georgia (June 25-29, 2011). The 35th meeting in 2012 will be in San Francisco, CA. The location of these meetings will provide an attractive opportunity for scientists from around the U.S.A. along with others around the world to present and discuss their research. The meetings will have a large impact on alcohol research in the U.S., and the outcome of the research presentations and discussion will advance the field. The program for each meeting will feature topics that are highly relevant to the alcohol research community and provide opportunities for discussion of existing and new collaborative research. The research presentations will be in the form of symposia, roundtables, and workshops that will be proposed by the membership of RSA. The RSA Program Committee will select the proposals with the highest scientific merit and innovation. In addition, numerous poster sessions will be held. The RSA has made an effort to recruit and retain new investigators in the field by highlighting their work as well as providing professional development activities, and this will continue for the 2011 and 2012 meetings. Since RSA is a stable, established organization with annual meetings, this application is for 5 years of funding. Planning for the next two meetings is well underway, but we expect similar planning for years 3-5 of this application to begin soon. This application requests funds to offset expenses for young scientists (predoctoral and new investigators within 4 years of their terminal degree) to attend these important meetings. Funds are requested for travel and registration fees. An effort will be made to specifically target underrepresented groups. Some administrative costs are also requested. The specific aim of this grant is to provide travel and registration assistance for students and young investigators to attend the annual RSA meeting. The overall goal is to provide information to those individuals who are interested in learning more about current research in the alcohol field with the possibility of pursuing alcohol research as a career.