American Society for Neural Therapy and Repair

描述(由申请人提供)：此R13申请寻求资金，以支持学生和博士后研究员参加美国神经治疗与修复学会(ASNTR)2009年年会的旅行奖励。ASNTR自1994年成立以来，每年4月/5月在佛罗里达州克利尔沃特召开会议。会上通过平台和海报演示讨论了移植、神经工程和基因疗法应用于帕金森氏病、亨廷顿病、阿尔茨海默病、中风、脊髓损伤和创伤性脑损伤等神经系统疾病领域的各种研究进展。ASNTR在其所有会议上都侧重于治疗战略。因此，学生和博士后研究员不仅学习基础科学，还学习基础科学家和临床医生之间讨论的翻译问题。因此，ASNTR确实是一次独特的聚会。本次会议的参会者从125人到200人不等。ASNTR教育和培训委员会每年鼓励学生/博士后研究员在比赛中提交摘要，排名最高的申请者将获得旅行奖励，以支付他们参加会议和旅行的费用。ASNTR一直高度重视资助学生和博士后研究员的旅行奖励。ASNTR过去曾收到生物技术公司和非营利组织的捐款，用于支付这些旅行奖项，然而，ASNTR近年来看到这些捐款有所减少，尽管ASNTR将继续从私营部门寻求资金，但我们预计未来几年的捐款不会超过最近的水平。因此，NIH为这项活动提供资金是至关重要的。这项申请要求20,000美元的总直接成本，以支持申请的美国机构前20名研究生/博士后研究员的旅行奖励(每名学生/博士后奖励1000美元)。ASNTR以及教育和培训委员会包括并鼓励妇女、少数群体和残疾人参与其所有活动。公共卫生相关性：这项申请寻求资助研究生和博士后参加美国神经治疗和修复学会年度会议的旅行奖励。这次会议将允许致力于发现神经疾病新疗法的年轻和资深科学家和医生聚集在一起，讨论他们的新研究成果。这次会议可能会允许进行新的研究合作，从而可能导致治疗方法的改进。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This R13 application seeks funding to support travel awards for students and postdoctoral fellows to attend the annual meeting of the American Society for Neural Therapy and Repair (ASNTR) 2009. Since its founding in 1994, the ASNTR has convened yearly each April/May in Clearwater, Florida. At the meeting various research advances in the fields of transplantation, neuroengineering and gene therapy applied to neurological diseases such as Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease, Alzheimer's disease, stroke, spinal cord injury and traumatic brain injury are discussed via platform and poster presentations. ASNTR focuses on treatment strategies throughout all its sessions. Thus, students and postdoctoral fellows not only learn the basic sciences, they also learn translational issues discussed between basic scientists and clinicians. Therefore, ASNTR is truly a unique gathering. Attendance of this meeting ranges between 125-200 registrants. Each year the ASNTR Education and Training Committee encourages students/postdoctoral fellows to submit their abstracts in a competition and the top rated applicants receive travel awards to cover the cost of their meeting attendance and travel. ASNTR has always placed a high priority on funding travel awards for students and post-doctoral fellows. In the past ASNTR has received donations from biotech companies and non-profit organizations to cover these travel awards, However, in recent years ASNTR has seen these contributions dwindle and although ASNTR will continue to seek funding from the private sector, we do not anticipate any increase in contributions above recent levels in the coming years. Therefore NIH funding for this activity is critical. This application requests $20,000 in total direct costs to support travel awards for the top 20 graduate students/postdoctoral fellows from US institutions that apply (awards of $1000 per student/postdoc). ASNTR and the Education and Training Committee includes and encourages participation of women, minorities and persons with disabilities in all its activities. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: This application seeks funding for travel awards for graduate students and postdocs to attend the annual meeting of the American Society for Neural Therapy and Repair. This meeting will allow young and senior scientists and doctors working to discover new treatments for neurological disorders to come together and discuss their new research findings. This meeting will potentially allow new research collaborations to occur that could lead to improved treatments.