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

 描述(由申请者提供)：酒精中毒研究会(RSA)年会是涉及酒精研究所有领域的主要年度科学会议。除了生物学/临床前方面，它还包括医学/临床和心理社会研究。RSA会议每年举行一次，以前的会议(37次)大多在美国大陆举行，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2015年第38次会议，会议将在德克萨斯州圣安东尼奥举行(2015年6月20日至24日)。2016年的第39次会议将在洛杉矶的新奥尔良举行。这些会议的地点将为来自美国各地的科学家以及世界各地的其他科学家提供一个有吸引力的机会来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。每次会议的计划都将以与酒精研究社区高度相关的主题为特色，并提供讨论现有和新的合作研究的机会。研究报告将以专题讨论会、圆桌会议和由RSA成员提出的研讨会的形式进行。RSA计划委员会将选出具有最高科学价值和创新能力的提案。此外，还将举行多次海报宣传会。RSA通过突出他们的工作和提供专业发展活动，努力在外地招聘和留住新的调查员，并将在2015年和2016-2020年会议上继续这样做。由于RSA是一个稳定的、有年度会议的组织，本申请为期5年(为2016-2020年会议提供支持)。未来三次会议的计划正在很好地进行中，但我们预计很快就会开始为这项申请的第4-5年进行类似的计划。本申请申请资助青年科学家(毕业后4年内的博士前和博士后学员)参加这些重要会议的费用。要求提供旅费和登记费。将作出努力，专门针对 代表不足的群体。还要求支付一些行政费用。这项资助的具体目的是为学生和青年研究人员提供旅行和注册援助，以 参加RSA年度会议。总体目标是向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，并有可能以从事酒精研究为职业。

 DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Research Society on Alcoholism (RSA) Annual Meeting is the premier annual scientific meeting involving all areas of alcohol research. In addition to biological/preclinical aspects, it also covers medical/clinical, and psychosocial research. The RSA meeting is held annually, and previous meetings (37) have been held mostly in the continental US, although some meetings have also been held in Hawaii and Canada (Vancouver, Montreal). For the 38th meeting in 2015, the meeting will be held in San Antonio, TX (June 20-24, 2015). The 39th meeting in 2016 will be in New Orleans, LA. 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 2015 and 2016-2020 meetings. Since RSA is a stable, established organization with annual meetings, this application is for 5 years of funding (support for the 2016-2020 meetings). Planning for the next three meetings is well underway, but we expect similar planning for years 4-5 of this application to begin soon. This application requests funds to offset expenses for young scientists (predoctoral and postdoctoral trainees 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.