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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif">Dear colleagues,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif">I am excited to announce the publication of two new Funding Opportunity Announcements (FOAs), entitled “Perception and Cognition Research to Inform Cancer Image Interpretation”. There
is an FOA for standard R01 research grants (https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-17-125.html), and one for riskier R21 research grants (https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-17-124.html). This is a great opportunity for researchers
interested in topics related to medical image perception. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif">The purpose of the FOA is to facilitate research on the perceptual and cognitive processes underlying the performance of cancer image observers. Specifically, the FOA will bring scientists
with expertise in visual perception and cognition together with radiologists, pathologists, nuclear medicine physicians, and other experts in cancer image interpretation. The scientific scope of the FOA will yield insights to improve the accuracy of cancer
detection and diagnosis as a result of NCI's investment in studying the underlying perceptual and cognitive processes.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif">Please contact me (todd.horowitz@nih.gov) at NCI or Vinay Pai (paiv@mail.nih.gov) at NIBIB with any inquiries.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif">Todd S. Horowitz, Ph.D.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif">Program Director, Psychologist<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif">Basic Biobehavioral and Psychological Sciences Branch<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif">Behavioral Research Program<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif">Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif">National Cancer Institute<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif">9609 Medical Center Drive, 3E 116<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif">Rockville, MD 20850<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif">Phone: 240.276.6963<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif">Mobile: 240.678.5986<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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