<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">We are pleased to announce our Pilot Project Program Awardees for 2013. We'd also like to remind and encourage researchers to apply for the 2013 Visiting Scholars Program. Read more about each program below.</span><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<br></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><b><font size="4">Pilot Project Awards</font></b></div>We got an outstanding response to our call for proposals this year. Given the high caliber of the applicant pool, we carefully reviewed the applications among our internal team and with the NCSRR Scientific Advisory Board. <div>
<br></div><div>We selected two projects for Pilot Awards: </div><div><ul><li>Sensory Components for Simulating Postural Feedback Control in OpenSim, submitted by Ian Stavness</li><li>A model for spasticity and contracture in OpenSim: refinement, validation, and dissemination, submitted by Marjolein van der Krogt </li>
</ul>We also granted a dozen Outstanding Researcher Awards, which includes travel funds to attend an OpenSim workshop. See the full list of <a href="http://www.stanford.edu/group/opensim/support/pilot.html#Awardees" target="_blank" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:rgb(17,85,204)">2013 Pilot Project Program Awardees</a> on our website.</div>
<div><div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><div><br></div><div><b><font size="4">Apply for the 2013 Visiting Scholars Program</font></b></div>
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We are now accepting applications for the 2013 Visiting Scholars Program. The program is a unique 10-week experience on the Stanford campus that fosters expertise and collaborations in biomechanical simulations for rehabilitation research. Applications are due on January 25, 2013. You can find out more about the program and download the application materials on our website:</div>
<div><font color="#222222" face="arial, sans-serif"><a href="http://opensim.stanford.edu/support/scholars.html" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">Learn More and Apply</a></font></div><div><br></div><div>Best wishes,</div>
<div>Jen Hicks</div></div><div><br></div>-- <br><span><b><font color="#333333">Jennifer Hicks, Ph.D.</font></b></span><div><font color="#333333">Associate Director | <a href="http://www.stanford.edu/group/opensim/about/index.html" target="_blank">NCSRR</a><br>
R&D Manager | <a href="http://opensim.stanford.edu/" target="_blank">OpenSim</a> </font></div><div><font color="#333333">Stanford University<br><a value="+16504984403">650-498-4403</a> | <a href="mailto:jenhicks@stanford.edu" target="_blank">jenhicks@stanford.edu</a></font></div>
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