The United States National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) will, once again, be sponsoring an all-day satellite mini-convention at this years Society for Neuroscience (SfN) meeting on Friday, October 16th, 2009 in Chicago, Illinois, USA.  The "Frontiers in Addiction Research" mini-convention will have four symposia (please click here to view word document) and a poster session for early career investigators (graduate students, postdoctoral fellows and junior faculty) that will take place during a two-hour extended lunch break.

IUPHAR has again been asked to co-sponsor three international (non-U.S.) early career investigators who will receive travel awards of USD$1,000 each. It is generally expected that poster presenters will be individuals who are already planning on attending the SfN meeting, and it is therefore acceptable for them to present the same poster at both meetings. The travel award is to help with their expenses and defray the extra cost of coming a day earlier.

Please send nominations, including a copy of the abstract to be presented and a CV of the young investigator, by e-mail attachment to Ms. Lynn LeCount (iuphar@kumc.edu) no later than Friday, May 15th, 2009.

The winners will be announced in the June issue of the “Pharmacology International” newsletter.