<div dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:italic;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Please consider sharing with your colleagues, faculty, postdocs, graduate students, research scientists and others who may be interested. Thank you!</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The deadline to apply for the 2020 Training Course in fMRI is Wednesday, January 15, 2020.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:transparent;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Application, CV, and 2 letters of recommendation should be sent to Theresa Russ via email at <a href="mailto:psych.fmri.course@umich.edu" target="_blank">psych.fmri.course@umich.edu</a>.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:transparent;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Thank you!</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font color="#1a1a1a" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;white-space:pre-wrap">---------------------------------------------------</span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26);background-color:transparent;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">NIH has granted funding to the University of Michigan for a "Training Course in fMRI". We are now recruiting students for the course, which will be held August 3-14, 2020 here at the University of Michigan.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26);background-color:transparent;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26);background-color:transparent;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">We are interested in advertising the course widely to graduate students, post docs, or faculty with interests in neuroscience or biomedical engineering who want to learn about fMRI. For those students outside the University of Michigan, we do have funding available for their travel costs, including airfare, lodging, and meals. There is an application process and 30 students will be selected to be supported for attendance at the course.  Applications are for US Citizens or Permanent Residents only.  </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The deadline for applications is January 15, 2020</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26);background-color:transparent;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">.  We would appreciate your advertising the course to any interested students, faculty, post-docs, or researchers.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26);background-color:transparent;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26);background-color:transparent;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Program Announcement and Application are attached for distribution.  </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26);background-color:transparent;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The website for the course is:</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26);background-color:transparent;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><a href="https://fmri-training-course.psych.lsa.umich.edu/" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(16,60,192);background-color:transparent;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">https://fmri-training-course.psych.lsa.umich.edu</span></a></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26);background-color:transparent;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Thank you in advance.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26);background-color:transparent;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26);background-color:transparent;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">John Jonides</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26);background-color:transparent;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Edward E. Smith Collegiate Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26);background-color:transparent;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">co-Director, fMRI Center</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26);background-color:transparent;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Department of Psychology</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26);background-color:transparent;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">University of Michigan</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Theresa Russ</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Program Administrator</span></p></div>