WELCOME TO THE CNS NEWSLETTER COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE SOCIETY NEWSLETTER September 2002 Table of Contents: I Welcome to the Newsletter II Annual Meeting III Announcements IV Positions Available (not available for viewing online) V Conferences VI CNS Registration/Membership Form *************************************************************** I WELCOME TO THE COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE SOCIETY NEWSLETTER *************************************************************** This newsletter is intended for CNS members only. It is a monthly newsletter designed to update CNS members on events, job opportunities, and related information in the field of Cognitive Neuroscience. The Newsletter is emailed monthly to all current members (receipt of this Newsletter does not confirm membership status, contact cnsinfo@cogneurosociety.org for membership status), and sections are posted on the Society's Web site at http://www.cogneurosociety.org. To become a member or to renew your membership, go to the membership page at our web site for online submission. For guidelines on submitting an announcement to the Newsletter, see the website www.cogneurosociety.org or email cnsnewsletter@cogneurosociety.org. Please note that the guidelines for submitting an ad for the Newsletter have changed. Please check the guidelines on the website periodically as they may change again in the future. ************************************************************** II ANNUAL MEETING ************************************************************** REMINDER DEADLINE FOR SYMPOSIA SUBMISSIONS IS TOMORROW, 7/31/02. THE CALL FOR SYMPOSIA We are pleased to announce the tenth annual meeting of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society. The meeting will be held in New York City at the Marriott Marquis Hotel, March 30- April 1, 2003. The call for symposia has passed and we will announce the accepted symposia to our members soon. THE CALL FOR ABSTRACTS The deadline for online submission of abstracts for the tenth annual meeting is November 1, 2002. The online submission will be available soon on our website. ******************************************************* III ANNOUNCEMENTS ******************************************************* The fMRI Data Center and The Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience would like to announce the call-for-papers for The 2003 New Perspectives in fMRI Research Award. Please remit your Letter of Intent by October 1st, Au2002 to The fMRI Data Center, Attn: Anne Taggart, 6162 Moore Hall, Hanover, NH 03755. Deadline for manuscript submission: February 1st, 2003. Awardees to be announced at the Cognitive Neuroscience Society 2003 Annual Meeting in New York, NY. For more information see http://www.fmridc.org or call (603)646-0170. ******************************************************* NSF Cognitive Neuroscience Program. The new Cognitive Neuroscience program at the National Science Foundation seeks sharply innovative proposals aimed at advancing a rigorous understanding of how the human brain supports thought, perception, affect, action, social processes, and other aspects of cognition and behavior. Topics may bear on core functions such as sensory, learning, language, reasoning, emotion, and executive processes, or more specialized processes such as empathy, creativity, representation of self and other, music, or intentionality, among many other possibilities. Topics may also include how such processes develop and change in the brain. The program is particularly interested in supporting the development of new techniques and technologies for recording, analyzing, and modeling complex brain activity. The program also intends to foster projects that integrate perspectives across disciplines: e.g., projects that involve collaborations among individuals with expertise in one of the cognitive sciences, neuroimaging, neural microcircuitry, and modeling complex systems are strongly encouraged. Target deadlines July 15 and January 15 annually. See http://www.nsf.gov/pubsys/ods/getpub.cfm?nsf02031 ******************************************************* Cattell Sabbatical Awards Competition for AY 2003-2004 The James McKeen? Cattell Fund offers a program of sabbatical awards for tenured faculty to supplement the sabbatical allowance provided by the recipients' home institutions, to allow an extension of leave-time from one to two semesters so that a substantial and important project can be undertaken. Information about the Cattell Fund, all needed application materials, requirements for award eligibility, and a list of previous recipients are available at http://www.cattell.duke.edu/. For specific questions contact: C.L. Williams, Secretary-Treasurer Cattell fund, williams@psych.duke.edu. Deadline for Proposal submission for awards in Academic Year 2003-2004 awards is Dec. 1, 2002. ******************************************************* The Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences at NSF would like to alert you to the Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Sites Program. The REU program supports active research participation by undergraduate students in any of the areas of science funded by NSF. REU Sites typically support 8-12 students for 10-12 weeks during the summer. Sites are typically focused around a common discipline or theme and should show plans for moving undergraduates from a dependent to an independent researcher status. Recruitment should focus on underrepresented minorities and those students who may not have access to research experiences; typically at least half of the students come from outside the host institution. The deadline for proposals is September 15, and the program announcement is located at http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2002/nsf02136/nsf02136.htm. A listing of the current REU Sites in the social, behavioral, and economic sciences is located at http://www.nsf.gov/home/crssprgm/reu/reu98sber.htm. For additional information, please consult the website www.nsf.gov/reu or contact the Cross-Directorate Activities program -- Kristin Raymond (kraymond@nsf.gov, 703-292-7323) or Bonney Sheahan (bsheahan@nsf.gov, 703-292-7291). ******************************************************* NSF Director's Award for Distinguished Teaching Scholars -- recognizes and rewards individuals with distinguished records of educating undergraduates while also contributing significantly to the scholarship of a science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM) discipline http://www.ehr.nsf.gov/due/programs/dts/ DEADLINE: November 20 (Optional Letters of Intent due September 18) ******************************************************* Research on Learning and Education (ROLE) -- supports research along a four-quadrant continuum that includes 1) brain research as a foundation for research on human learning; 2) fundamental research on behavioral, cognitive, affective and social aspects of human learning; 3) research on science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) learning in formal and informal educational settings; and 4) research on STEM learning in complex educational systems http://www.ehr.nsf.gov/rec/programs/research/ DEADLINE FOR PREPROPOSALS (required): September 1 ************************************************************ V CONFERENCES ************************************************************* The MGH-NMR Center's Visiting Fellowship Program in Functional MRI continues to be offered three times per year in Charlestown (5 minutes from Boston), Massachusetts. Next program: October 7-11, 2002. Subsequent programs in 2003: March 24-28; June 2-6; October 20-24. On-line registration and more information: http://www.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/fmrivfp Registration and administrative questions: fmrivfp@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu Off-site workshops; other technical information: savoy@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu ************************************************************* COGNITIVE NEUROIMAGING SABBATICAL PROGRAM The Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging at the Massachusetts General Hospital invites applications from mid- and senior-level scientists interested in spending their sabbatical or fellowship year investigating the neural bases of cognition. The Center offers state of the art neuroimaging facilities in fMRI, MEG, EEG, & NIRS. Opportunities include intensive training, hands-on experience in the various imaging modalities, imaging time, technical assistance with designing and running experiments and data analysis. Applications should include a CV and letter of interest, and will be accepted throughout the year. For more information please refer to the website (www. nmr.mgh.harvard.edu) or contact Maria Mody (maria@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu) ************************************************************ Neuroimaging Symposium Announcement The MGH/MIT/HMS Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging invites participants to register for Brainstorm 2002: The Future of Neuroimaging to be held at the Aphrodite Astir Palace Resort, Athens, Greece, September 19-21. This intimate symposium will explore how current and upcoming bioimaging techniques might be applied to address the major outstanding basic science and clinical questions in neuroscience. Space is limited. To register and for more information see www.martinos.org/brainstorm or contact Caroline West (caroline@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu). ************************************************************ Language and Motor Integration: Neuroimaging and Computational Modeling Centre for Functional Imaging Studies, University of Edinburgh, September 23-25, 2002 This CFIS workshop will bring together scientists with experimental and computational expertise in language and motor functions. It aims at enhancing the understanding of language and motor integration by relating functional imaging to computational models of brain function. There is no registration fee. For details and application see: http://www.anc.ed.ac.uk/workshops/LMI-workshop Or contact: Martin Meyer mmeyer@anc.ed.ac.uk ************************************************************ The Self: From Soul to Brain," (September 26-28, 2002, New York City). A New York Academy of Sciences sponsored conference, organized by Joseph LeDoux?, brings together some of the world's leading neuroscientists, psychologists, anthropologists, philosophers, theologians, and others to assess the significance of rapidly developing brain science for our conceptions of self, individuality, and personhood. For detailed program and registration information, click here: www.nyas.org/scitech/conf/index.cfm ************************************************************ Emotions Inside Out: 130 Years after Darwin's The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals," (November 16-17, 2002, New York City). A New York Academy of Sciences sponsored conference, organized by Paul Ekman, Joe Campos, Richard Davidson, and Frans de Waal, takes a fresh look at an old theory that is still the reference point for research into emotions and facial expression. This conference will update and deepen our understanding of the emotional life of animals, the role of emotional communication in human development, and the emotional underpinnings of normal and pathological social behavior. For detailed program and registration information, click here: www.nyas.org/scitech/conf/index.cfm ************************************************************ VI CNS REGISTRATION/MEMBERSHIP FORM For faster service go to the online membership application.