15th Congress of INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH ON ALCOHOLISM

描述（由申请人提供）：国际酒精中毒生物医学研究学会（ISBRA）大会是致力于酒精研究的首要全球科学会议。虽然其根源是酒精研究的生物医学方面，但在过去十年中，大会为所有酒精研究领域提供了场所，包括心理社会，生物行为，干预和临床研究。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。 2010年第15届大会，ISBRA将在法国巴黎举行会议。虽然大会每六年在欧洲召开一次，但这将是大会第一次在法国召开。考虑到NIAAA和NIAAA的法国对等机构CNOMM之间正在发展的合作，会议的地点是合适的。该场地将为来自世界各地的科学家提供一个有吸引力的机会，让他们聚集在一起介绍和讨论他们的研究。这届大会通常对许多国家的酒精研究产生重大影响，包括那些通常与重大酒精研究项目有关的国家，以及那些刚刚开发项目的国家。该计划将以与国际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。目前，大约55%的ISBRA成员来自美国 这项申请要求提供资金，以抵消科学家参加ISBRA这一重要会议的费用。资金将针对在这次会议上发言的美国科学家，尽管一些资金将用于抵消外国科学家的费用，否则他们可能无法参加。此外，大量资金是针对年轻的调查人员，他们通常没有参加国际会议的资源。要求提供75名研究人员的旅费和注册费。此外，还要求为年轻科学家提供部分每日津贴。还要求支付大会方案和摘要书籍的部分出版费用。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The International Society for Biomedical Research on Alcoholism (ISBRA) Congress is the premier worldwide scientific meeting devoted to alcohol research. While its roots are in the biomedical aspects of alcohol research, over the last decade the Congress has provided a venue for all alcohol research areas including psychosocial, biobehavioral, intervention, and clinical research. 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. For the 15th Congress in 2010, ISBRA will be meeting in Paris, France. While the Congress is convened every six years in Europe, this will be the first time the Congress has met in France. The location of the meeting is appropriate given the collaborations being developed between the NIAAA and INSERM, NIAAA's French equivalent. The venue will provide an attractive opportunity for scientists from around the world to come together to present and discuss their research. This Congress typically has a large impact on alcohol research in many countries, including those typically associated with having significant alcohol research programs and just as important, to those just developing programs. The program will feature topics that are highly relevant to the international alcohol research community and provide opportunities for discussion of existing and new collaborative research. At present, approximately 55% of the ISBRA membership is U.S. based This application requests funds to offset expenses for scientists attending this important Congress of ISBRA. Funds will be targeted to U.S. scientists speaking at this meeting, although some funding will be used to offset expenses from foreign scientists who otherwise might not be able to attend. Additionally, a substantial amount of the funding is targeted to younger investigators, who typically do not have the resources for attending an international meeting. Funds are requested for travel and registration fees for 75 researchers. In addition, partial per diems are requested for the younger scientists. Partial publication costs for the Congress program and abstract book are also being requested.