**AWARDS ISSUED PRIOR TO JANUARY 20, 2025, WERE FUNDED UNDER PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS AND MAY NOT REFLECT THE PRIORITIES AND POLICIES OF THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION.** INFLUENZA VIRUSES ARE PATHOGENS OF MANY ANIMALS INCLUDING LAND AND SEA MAMMALS BOTH WILD AND DOMESTICATED, PLUS POULTRY AND WATERFOWL, MAKING INFLUENZA A SIGNIFICANT THREAT TO LIVESTOCK. THERE IS ABUNDANT EVIDENCE THAT THESE 'NEGLECTED' INFLUENZA VIRUSES CAN TRANSMIT FROM ONE SPECIES TO ANOTHER, AND FROM ANIMAL RESERVOIRS INTO HUMANS.THE SERIES OF CONFERENCES ON THE 'NEGLECTED' INFLUENZA VIRUSES, ORGANIZED BY THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR INFLUENZA AND OTHER RESPIRATORY DISEASES (ISIRV), EXPLORES THE STATUS OF THESE PATHOGENS, CIRCULATION IN THEIR HOSTS, AND POTENTIAL FOR SPREAD. THIS IS RELEVANT TO THE GOALS OF THE NIFA PROGRAM AREA A1221, DISEASES OF AGRICULTURAL ANIMALS, AND ITS LISTED PRIORITY TOPICS OF: (A) CELLULAR, MOLECULAR, GENOMIC/GENETIC OR WHOLE-ANIMAL ASPECTS OF ANIMAL HEALTH AND DISEASE; AND (C) DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL.THE MAIN PURPOSE OF THIS PROPOSAL IS TO PROVIDE FUNDS TO SUPPORT TRAVEL AWARDS FOR YOUNG SCIENTISTS TO ATTEND AND PRESENT AT THE 5TH ISIRV INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON NEGLECTED INFLUENZA VIRUSES, TO BE HELD IN LEXINGTON, KY ON APRIL 8--10, 2024. THIS MEETING WILL PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY TO BRING TOGETHER SCIENTISTS FROM AROUND THE WORLD, STIMULATE COLLABORATION, AND FOSTER A COMMITMENT TO THIS AREA OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH. WE HOPE TO ENCOURAGE A NEW GENERATION OF YOUNG SCIENTISTS TO FOCUS ON THE 'NEGLECTED' INFLUENZA VIRUSES, AN UNDERSTUDIED AND UNDERREPRESENTED AREA OF RESEARCH WITH SIGNIFICANT AGRICULTURAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH CONCERNS. AN ADDITIONAL PURPOSE IS THE SUPPORT OF AUDIO-VISUAL AND POSTER EXPENSES ASSOCIATED WITH THE PRESENTATIONS GIVEN BY THESE YOUNG SCIENTISTS.