Worldwide Impact
The Foundation's Communications Department monitors the wealth of alcohol research from around the globe, communicates with the scientific community through both print and electronic publishing activities, and responds to requests for information concerning alcohol research from students, scientists, and the general public.
ABMRF/The Foundation for Alcohol Research has supported many research conferences, scientific seminars, and workshops to bring together researchers from many nations to exchange recent findings and develop new ideas. Proceedings have been published in major research journals or individual monographs. Topics have included:
- Alcohol, Society and the Determinants of Health;
- Alcohol Consumption and Indigenous People;
- Genetics and Alcohol;
- North American Conference on Alcohol and Highway Safety;
- Life Transitions and Alcohol Consumption;
- Alcohol and Cardiovascular Disease.
The Foundation also provides support for seminars at scientific meetings hosted by other organizations such as the International Society for Biomedical Research on Alcoholism (ISBRA) and the Research Society on Alcoholism (RSA). Support to RSA is given for the Research Society on Alcoholism Annual Scientific Meeting, which provides an opportunity for researchers, clinicians, and students to interact and present their latest findings. Foundation funding to the RSA goes toward Student Merit and Junior Investigator Awards, so that the newest members of the research community are able to attend the meeting.
Foundation conference funds primarily support the International Medical Advisory Group (IMAG) conference. The IMAG is an annual meeting that presents various topics in current alcohol research and brings together scientists and industry representatives from around the world.
To read more about specific meetings, refer to the links below:
36th International Medical Advisory Group Conference
35th International Medical Advisory Group Conference
34th International Medical Advisory Group Conference
33rd International Medical Advisory Group Conference
32nd International Medical Advisory Group Conference
31st International Medical Advisory Group Conference
30th International Medical Advisory Group Conference
29th International Medical Advisory Group Conference
Alcohol Consumption and Indigenous People: An International Research Symposium
Funding Alcohol Research Studies Abroad
Global Funding
New knowledge in alcohol studies benefit people everywhere, but few countries have the needed infrastructure to support truly successful programs and international colleagues have struggled to obtain separate alcohol funding. After exploring connections with preeminent academic researchers in key markets, the Foundation jumpstarted its program to establish global understanding concerning the value of alcohol research and now proudly welcomes Brazil and South Africa into the fold.
South African Advisory Council Member
We proudly announce the addition of Dr. Dan Stein, professor in the department of psychiatry and mental health and director of the Medical Research Council at the University of Cape Town, to the Behavioral and Social Advisory Council. Dr. Stein will participate actively in reviewing grant proposals from applicants in North America and South Africa.
First Grantees Awarded
Best wishes to our first grantee at the Federal University of São Paulo, Brazil who was approved for funding at the Fall 2010 grant review meeting, and also to the first two South African grant award winners from the University of Cape Town and University of Limpopo respectively, who were approved for funding the following Fall.
Future Applications
Information on research grants for young investigators from South African institutions is available here. With its new worldwide focus, ABMRF/The Foundation for Alcohol Research looks forward to helping jumpstart global understanding concerning the value of alcohol research.
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The International Medical Advisory Group Conferences
| 1st | Montebello, Québec, Canada | 1972 |
| 2nd | Hamilton, Bermuda | 1973 |
| 3rd | London, United Kingdom | 1974 |
| 4th | Victoria, British Columbia, CA | 1975 |
| 5th | Rosslyn, Virginia, USA | 1976 |
| 6th | London, United Kingdom | 1977 |
| 7th | Toronto, Ontario, CA | 1978 |
| 8th | Melbourne, Australia | 1979 |
| 9th | Washington, DC, USA | 1980 |
| 10th | Stratford-Upon-Avon, UK | 1981 |
| 11th | Halifax, Nova Scotia, CA | 1982 |
| 12th | Sydney, Australia | 1983 |
| 13th | Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA | 1984 |
| 14th | Turnberry, Scotland, UK | 1985 |
| 15th | Ottawa, Ontario, Canada | 1986 |
| 16th | Melbourne, Australia | 1987 |
| 17th | Charleston, South Carolina, USA | 1988 |
| 18th | Eastbourne, Sussex, UK | 1989 |
| 19th | Jasper, Alberta, CA | 1990 |
| 20th | Gold Coast, Australia | 1991 |
| 21st | La Jolla, California, USA | 1992 |
| 22nd | London, United Kingdom | 1993 |
| 23rd | Quebéc City, Québec, CA | 1994 |
| 24th | Sydney, Australia | 1995 |
| 25th | Tucson, Arizona, USA | 1996 |
| 26th | Bath, England, UK | 1997 |
| 27th | Vancouver, British Columbia, CA | 1998 |
| 28th | Melbourne, Australia | 1999 |
| 29th | San Francisco, California, USA | 2000 |
| 30th | Brussels, Belgium | 2002 |
| 31st | Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, CA | 2003 |
| 32nd | Canberra, Australia | 2004 |
| 33rd | Chicago, Illinois, USA | 2005 |
| 34th | Copenhagen, Denmark | 2006 |
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35th |
Halifax, Nova Scotia, CA |
2007 |
| 36rd | Frascati, Italy | 2010 |
| 37th | Montréal, Québec, CA | 2011 |
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