Registration for CONNECT Cycle 2 is now closed. Stay tuned for the next phase!Ìý
Are you interested in how the social world influences the brain?
The HBHL CONNECT project is offering a new funding opportunity!
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TheÌýsecond cycle of the Cognitive Neuroscience kNowledge Exchange for Clinical Translation (CONNECT) Initiative will be focused on examining the social factors that might be relevant to cognitive neuroscience. We will host four workshopsÌýstarting May 18ÌýwhereÌýparticipants will get support to form a research team, design a project,Ìýand compete for fast fundingÌý(total envelope of $300,000).
Early on in the process, CONNECT participants will form project teams and settle on an initial focus for their team’s project. Many aspects of the projects will evolve and be refined as participants work through the facilitated design thinking process—this is the program’s goal.
Don’t have a research idea yet? This is also for you! CONNECT workshops will support development of ideas at any stage.ÌýWhether you already have a research idea or not, you are invited to participate! While CONNECT participants are welcome to come to the program with an idea for a problem they want to work towards solving (and maybe an idea for a possible solution), this isn’t mandatory. Being interested in investigating problems within the program’s broad topic area is enough, and those who come in with pre-formed ideas should be open to investigating new directions.
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Schedule
This second cycle of CONNECT will take place over four weeksÌýstarting onÌýMay 18 and ending June 15.
- May 18: Workshop with guest speakers for idea generation and team building from 9:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. at the SSMU Ballroom
- May 24, May 30, June 7: Online work sessions in project groups (12:00 - 2:00 p.m.)
- June 15: Project pitch session and celebration (4:00- 7:00 p.m.)
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Speakers of the workshop on May 18
- Nathan Spreng, Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery
- N. Keita Christophe, Department of Psychology
- Keiko Shikako, School of Physical & Occupational Therapy
- Natasha Rajah, Department of Psychiatry
- Jennifer Bartz, Department of Psychology
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What to expect
Early on in the process, CONNECT participants will form project teams and settle on an initial focus for their team’s project. Many aspects of the projects will evolve and be refined as participants work through the facilitated designÌýthinkingÌýprocess—this is the program’s goal.
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While CONNECT participants are welcome to come to the program with an idea for a problem they want to work towards solving (and maybe an idea for a possible solution), this isn’t mandatory. Being interested in investigating problems within the program’s broad topic area is enough, and those who come in with pre-formed ideas should be open to investigating new directions.
CONNECT Principal Co-investigators
- Madeleine Sharp
- Anna Weinberg
- Maiya Geddes
- Lesley Fellows
