Grant: Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Disorders of reproductive health have a significant burden on society with long-lasting impact across generations. The immune system is known to play a key role in these disorders and presents potential diagnostic, preventative and therapeutic targets for improving short and long-term health outcomes. The American Society of Reproductive Immunology (ASRI) is dedicated to advancing research in reproductive immunology and to bring clinicians, and scientists, and most importantly trainees together to facilitate translational advances in the field. The objective of the ASRI meeting is provide a formal forum for multidisciplinary interactions, intellectual cross-fertilization, networking, and career development and mentorship for basic and translational scientists and mentoring trainees with research foci in reproductive immunology. The meeting consistently draws strong predominant attendance, notably from graduate and postdoctoral trainees and under-represented groups from Canada, the USA and internationally. The current proposal. We request funding to support part of the meeting and importantly, to support early career researchers from Canada to attend the meeting, support speakers/chairs from Canada and also to contribute to a special session during which funding agencies (including CIHR) have the opportunity to share their vision and funding priorities to present their mandate.