<html><head><base href="x-msg://146/"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);"><b>From: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">"Eleana Ricci" <<a href="mailto:ericci@MIT.EDU">ericci@MIT.EDU</a>></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);"><b>Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;"><b>Simons Center for the Social Brain UROP Announcement: Fall Semester </b><br></span></div><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; "><div style="font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#1f497d"><br></font></div><div style="font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><b><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 102); ">UROP Department: Simons Center for the Social Brain (SCSB)<br>Faculty Supervisor: Varies (see below)<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div style="font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black; ">The Simons Center for the Social Brain (SCSB) will support up to 8 full-time UROPs during Fall 2012 for pay.<br><br><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Project description:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></strong>Undergraduate research topics may address any aspect of the social brain and its disorders, importantly including autism and related neurocognitive disorders. Topics may include but are not limited to: genes and genetic analyses; other risk factors; epidemiology; developmental time course; animal models; human stem cell models; human brain imaging; behavioral studies; mathematical modeling; biological and cognitive therapies; sensors and aids; and diagnosis and biomarkers.<br><br><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Applications for fall 2012 Simons UROPs should include a brief proposal with a clear focus on the social brain and autism spectrum disorders, developed with a faculty mentor who will supervise your work.</span></strong><b><br></b><br>If you have a faculty advisor in mind, please work together to develop a two to three page proposal which describes the context and scope of the project, a tentative work plan, your role in the UROP, and what you hope to get out of the experience, both academically and personally.<br><br>If you do not have a faculty advisor in mind, you can find potential advisors via the SCSB UROP Faculty website [<a href="http://mit.edu/scsb/uropfac.htm" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">http://mit.edu/scsb/uropfac.html</a>] and contact them directly.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br><br>To be considered for Simons Center funding, please submit your UROP proposal online<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">no later than 12 noon on Tuesday, September 25</span></strong></span><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">.</span></strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black; "><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Should your project not be among those funded by the Simons Center, you will be automatically considered for Direct Funding through the UROP office.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br><br>Simons Center UROPs are supported by the Simons Center for the Social Brain, the mission of which is to understand the neural mechanisms underlying social cognition and behavior, and to translate this knowledge into better diagnosis and treatment of autism spectrum disorders (ASD). The Simons Center seeks proposals from undergraduates interested in studying ASDs from a diversity of perspectives including life sciences, physical sciences, mathematics and engineering.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br><b><br><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Contact:</span></strong></b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Eleana Ricci [<a href="mailto:ericci@mit.edu" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">ericci@mit.edu</a>], 617-253-9340</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black; "><o:p></o:p></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 12pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></span></blockquote></div><br></body></html>