<div dir="ltr"><div id="gmail-m_9051492021500538077gmail-hs_cos_wrapper_primary_rich_text_module" style="line-height:inherit"><div id="gmail-m_9051492021500538077gmail-hs_cos_wrapper_primary_rich_text_module_" style="line-height:inherit"><p style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px;line-height:33px"><span style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><font color="#000000">Dear all, </font></span></p><p style="margin:0px;line-height:33px"><font color="#000000"><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Bitbrain is opening </font></font>a <b>Call for Research Projects</b> in which they grant up to <b>€ 150K of equipment </b>(Bitbrain, Tobii Pro and Psychology Software Tools - E-Prime) for Research Projects in the areas of human behavior and brain-computer interfaces. Deadline is September 21st. </p><p style="margin:0px;line-height:33px">More info below or <a href="https://bit.ly/350aqc7" target="_blank">on Bitbrain's website</a>.<br> Kind regards, </p><p align="center" style="font-size:22px;color:inherit;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px;line-height:33px;text-align:center"><span style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span style="color:rgb(3,103,255)"><strong>Call for Research Projects</strong></span></span></p><p style="font-size:16px;color:inherit;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px;line-height:24px"> </p><p align="center" style="font-size:15px;color:inherit;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px;line-height:22.5px;text-align:center"><span style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Bitbrain grants up to 150K€ of equipment for Research Projects in the areas of human behavior and brain-computer interfaces.</span></p><p style="font-size:inherit;color:inherit;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 10px;line-height:22.5px"> </p><p style="font-size:13px;color:inherit;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px;line-height:19.5px"><span style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:14px"><strong><span style="text-decoration-line:underline">Aim of the Call</span></strong></span></p><p style="font-size:13px;color:inherit;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 10px;line-height:19.5px"> </p><p style="font-size:13px;color:inherit;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px;line-height:19.5px"><span style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:14px">This year has been unexpectedly complicated for all of us. We have had an ongoing threat to public health with a strong impact on economic activity in every country and organization. Scientific endeavors have been delayed in most research fields, and many research conferences and symposiums have been postponed or canceled. The aim of this call is to catalyze and mobilize research in human behavior and brain-computer interfaces during this difficult time, by supporting outstanding research projects for 2 years of duration starting in 2021. This is our way of giving back to the scientific community and helping research projects start-up in the wake of COVID 19. Bitbrain's mission is to boost real-world research and real-life applications that enhance people's lives. For this reason, we particularly welcome project proposals from academia or research institutions that are exploring neuroscience research in real-world settings.</span></p><p style="font-size:13px;color:inherit;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 10px;line-height:19.5px"> </p><p style="font-size:13px;color:inherit;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px;line-height:19.5px"><span style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:14px"><strong>The deadline for submissions is September 21st, 2020.</strong></span></p><p style="font-size:13px;color:inherit;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 10px;line-height:19.5px"> </p><p style="font-size:13px;color:inherit;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px;line-height:19.5px"><span style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:14px"><span style="font-weight:bold">More info <a href="https://bit.ly/350aqc7" target="_blank">on our website</a>.</span></span></p><p style="font-size:13px;color:inherit;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 10px;line-height:19.5px"> </p><p style="font-size:13px;color:inherit;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px;line-height:19.5px"><span style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:14px"><strong><span style="text-decoration-line:underline">The Awards</span></strong></span></p><p style="font-size:13px;color:inherit;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px;line-height:19.5px"> </p><p style="font-size:14px;color:inherit;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px;line-height:24.5px"><strong><span style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">This initiative awards projects with up 150K€ in equipment and software licenses of Bitbrain, plus Psychology Software Tools and Tobii Pro selected solutions (see below or in our website).</span></strong></p><p style="font-size:14px;color:inherit;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px;line-height:24.5px"><span style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Applicants should list all the equipment necessary to successfully carry out their research project proposal, selecting from these options, and irrespective of the cost:</span></p><ul style="font-size:inherit;color:inherit;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;line-height:26.25px"><li style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:none"><ul style="line-height:26.25px"><li style="margin-left:15px;font-size:14px;line-height:24.5px"><span style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><strong>Bitbrain equipment:</strong> Systems specifically designed to facilitate research in real-world settings and include high-tech EEG brain sensing devices and 35+ complementary monitoring technologies (GSR, BVP, ExG, etc), as well as Bitbrain's software solutions for synchronized multimodal data acquisition and analysis. The equipment will belong to the awarded institutions once the project is completed, but they are free to use it for other types of research.</span></li><li style="margin-left:15px;font-size:14px;line-height:24.5px"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51)"><strong>Psychology Software Tools:</strong> E-Prime Licenses for up to two projects that need comprehensive stimulus presentation.</span></li><li style="margin-left:15px;font-size:14px;line-height:24.5px"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51)"><strong>Tobii Pro:</strong> Up to two projects may choose between the Tobii Pro Fusion 250 Hz remote eye tracking system or the Tobii Pro Glasses 3 50 Hz. In addition, a one year access to the Tobii Pro Lab software will be granted, to ensure successful analysis of the eye tracking data.</span></li></ul></li></ul></div></div><div id="gmail-m_9051492021500538077gmail-hs_cos_wrapper_module_15989690084152" style="color:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;line-height:inherit"><table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0px"><tbody><tr><td align="left" valign="top" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;border-collapse:collapse;color:rgb(35,73,109);word-break:break-word;padding:10px 20px;font-size:0px"><img alt="sponsor-brands-call2" src="https://hs-2607603.f.hubspotemail.net/hub/2607603/hubfs/sponsor-brands-call2.png?upscale=true&width=4814&upscale=true&name=sponsor-brands-call2.png" width="822" align="middle" height="131" class="gmail-CToWUd gmail-a6T" tabindex="0" style="cursor: pointer; outline: none; font-size: 16px; margin-right: 0px;"></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div id="gmail-m_9051492021500538077gmail-hs_cos_wrapper_module_15989690044971" style="line-height:inherit"><div id="gmail-m_9051492021500538077gmail-hs_cos_wrapper_module_15989690044971_" style="line-height:inherit"><p style="color:inherit;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;margin:0px;line-height:24.5px"><span style="text-decoration-line:underline"><strong><span style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Call topics</span></strong></span></p><ol style="color:inherit;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:inherit;line-height:26.25px"><li style="margin-left:15px;font-size:14px;line-height:24.5px"><span style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><strong>Topic 1: Human Behavior Research:</strong> We are looking for projects that expand the understanding of human behavior using multimodal approaches, preferably in ecological and natural conditions. The research includes, but is not limited to, cognitive sciences, clinical research, education, developmental psychology, human performance, UX or human factors, neuroeconomics, hyperscanning, neuroaesthetics, etc.<br><br></span></li><li style="margin-left:15px;font-size:14px;line-height:24.5px"><span style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><strong>Topic 2: Brain-Computer Interfaces (BCI):</strong> We are looking for projects that expand the introduction or usage of brain-computer interfaces in ecological and natural conditions. Research project proposals should focus on the application of brain-computer interfaces in real-world scenarios, in areas such as immersive environments, neurorehabilitation, neuroadaptive technologies, hyperscanning, neuroprosthetics, etc</span></li></ol><p style="color:inherit;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;margin:0px;line-height:19.5px"><span style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:14px"><strong><span style="text-decoration-line:underline">Jury</span></strong></span></p><ol style="color:inherit;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:22.75px"><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:14px">Alan Kingstone, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia. Canada.</span></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:14px">Ander Ramos, Ph.D., Head of the Neurorehabilitation Lab. University of Tübingen. Germany.</span></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:14px">Dima Amso, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Psychology at Columbia University. USA.</span></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:14px">Gernot Müller-Putz, Ph.D., Professor and Head of the Institute of Neural Engineering. Graz University of Technology. Austria.</span></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:14px">Marco Congedo, Ph.D., Charge de Research (CNRS), France.</span></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:14px">Tad Brunye, Ph.D., Visiting Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Tufts University; Senior Research Psychologist, Army Natick Soldier Research, Development, and Engineering Center, USA.</span></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:14px">Tiago Falk, Ph.D., Associate Professor and Multimedia/Multimodal Signal Analysis and Enhancement (MuSAE) Laboratory.  University of Toronto. Canada.</span></li></ol><p style="color:inherit;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;margin:0px 0px 10px;line-height:19.5px"><br><span style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:14px"><strong><span style="text-decoration-line:underline">Important Dates</span></strong></span></p><ul style="color:inherit;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:22.75px"><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:14px"><strong>Submission of applications:</strong> 21st September</span></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:14px"><strong>Communication of the awards:</strong> 6th October</span></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:14px"><strong>Contracts:</strong> 12th October</span></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:14px"><strong>Equipment delivering:</strong> 20th December</span></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:14px"><strong>Kick-off Meetings:</strong> 11th January</span></li></ul><div style="text-align:center"><font color="#333333" face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14px"><a href="https://bit.ly/350aqc7" target="_blank"><b>Read full information on our website</b></a></span></font></div><p style="color:inherit;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:inherit;margin:0px;line-height:26.25px"><span style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:14px">The Bitbrain Team</span></p></div></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><span><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:16px;padding-left:12px"><div style="background-color:transparent;padding-left:12px"><div style="padding-left:12px"><div style="font-size:medium;padding-left:12px"><div style="padding-left:12px"><img src="https://www.bitbrain.com/bitbrain-signature.png" width="525" height="135"></div><div style="display:inline-block;vertical-align:top;margin-bottom:10px;width:280px;font-family:arial;font-size:12px;line-height:15px;color:rgb(51,51,51);padding-left:12px"><span style="font-weight:bold">Cristina Ocejo</span><br>Marketing Communications Director<br>Marketing & Communications Department<br><a href="mailto:cristina.ocejo@bitbrain.com" style="color:rgb(51,51,51)" target="_blank">cristina.ocejo@bitbrain.com</a><br><a href="https://twitter.com/cristinaocejo" style="color:rgb(51,51,51);padding-right:8px" target="_blank">Twitter</a> <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/cristinaocejo/" style="padding-left:8px;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);color:rgb(51,51,51)" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;vertical-align:top;margin-bottom:10px;width:127px;font-family:arial;font-size:12px;line-height:15px;color:rgb(51,51,51);padding-left:12px;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204)"><a href="https://www.bitbrain.com/" style="color:rgb(51,51,51)" target="_blank">www.bitbrain.com</a><br>+34 935 041 083<br><a href="mailto:info@bitbrain.es"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