Announcing the 2008 Biennial Institutional Development Award (IDeA) Program Symposium, Wednesday, August 6 – Friday, August 8, Wardman Park Marriott Hotel, Washington, D.C.

This Symposium will bring together IDeA Program participants to showcase their accomplishments, exchange ideas, foster collaborations, encourage educational opportunities, demonstrate the Program’s progress in developing biomedical resources and research capacity in IDeA states, and participate in strategic planning sessions to further develop, improve and grow the IDeA Program.

There will be scientific sessions and poster presentations highlighting areas of research supported by IDeA’s Centers of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE) and Networks of Biomedical Research Excellence (INBRE), as well as technical and administrative sessions and workshops.

We encourage attendance by principal investigators, program coordinators, investigators, staff, and students, from IDeA research institutes and institutions, and from partner primarily undergraduate institutions. This meeting is open to all interested parties.

The meeting will begin with a reception at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, August 6, and adjourn at 5 p.m. on Friday, August 8.

Registration information and a preliminary agenda are forthcoming, and will be distributed to all mailing lists and posted on the NCRR Web site.