<div dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">******************************** OPAM 2026 ********************************</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">34rd Annual Workshop on Object Perception, Attention, and Memory</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://www.opamconference.com/" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,255);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">https://www.opamconference.com/</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">November 19, 2026 in San Diego, CA, USA</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">***************************************************************************</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> </span></p><p style="text-align:center;line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(33,33,33);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><b><font size="4">OPAM Call for Workshop Proposals</font></b></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(33,33,33);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(33,33,33);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Dear OPAMers,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(33,33,33);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The Object Perception, Attention, and Memory (OPAM) Conference is hosting <b>a series of five free, online training workshops for early-career researchers throughout 2026</b>, funded through the National Science Foundation (NSF), with a second round of workshops planned in 2027.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The goal of this workshop series is to provide accessible, high-quality training that supports professional development in cognitive psychology and related fields. Workshops should focus on practical skills, methodological tools, or career-relevant topics that are often underrepresented in formal graduate curricula and that will directly benefit graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, and other early-career scholars. Workshops should be instructional and hands-on, with a clear focus on skill development. Proposals from individual instructors or small teams are welcome.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Selected workshops will be offered online and free of charge to participants, and selected workshop instructors will receive a <b>$500 honorarium</b>, awarded to one designated primary instructor per workshop.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Who Should Apply</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">We welcome proposals from:</span></p><ul type="disc" style="margin-bottom:0cm"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Postdoctoral researchers</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Early-career faculty</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Research scientists and practitioners with relevant expertise</span></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">We strongly encourage submissions from scholars representing <b>different institutions, methodological approaches, and career paths</b>.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><br></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Workshop Topics</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Proposed workshops may address (but are not limited to):</span></p><ul type="disc" style="margin-bottom:0cm"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Research methods and experimental design</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Data analysis, statistics, and computational tools</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Open science, reproducibility, and data management</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Grant writing, publishing, and peer review</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Teaching, mentoring, and academic career development</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Industry, applied, or alternative career pathways</span></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Workshops should be <b>interactive and instructional</b>, rather than research talks. The duration of the workshop should be between 90 and 120 minutes, including Q&A.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><br></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">What to Include in Your Proposal</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Proposals should include the following information:</span></p><ol start="1" type="1" style="margin-bottom:0cm"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Workshop title and brief abstract</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Intended learning outcomes (what participants will be able to do after the workshop)</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The intended target audience</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Assumed prerequisite knowledge (e.g., beginner, intermediate, advanced)</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Software or materials required to participate (if any)</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Preferred presentation date(s) (if applicable)</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Presenter name(s), affiliation(s), and career stage</span></li></ol><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><br></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Submission</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Proposals are reviewed on a </span><strong style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-US">rolling basis</span></strong><strong style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-weight:normal"> and should be sent to <i><a href="mailto:opam.info@gmail.com">opam.info@gmail.com</a></i></span></strong></p><p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-US">For any questions regarding this call, please contact </span><strong><span lang="EN-US"><a href="mailto:opam.info@gmail.com">opam.info@gmail.com</a></span></strong><span lang="EN-US">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(33,33,33);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"></span></p><p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-US">We look forward to receiving your proposals and to offering an engaging workshop series for the OPAM community! </span></p></div>