Hi All,

I am preparing the competing renewal for the main R01 that funds FreeSurfer engineering, documentation, development and support. It would be extremely helpful to have letters from our user community to indicate the importance of this type of support, which of course is not the usual hypothesis-based NIH R01. Specifically, if people could indicate:

1. How many datasets you have been able to run through FS. 2. How you think FS has improved since 2006 since the grant began (in terms of level of support, robustness of the tools, documentation, etc....) 3. A (brief) description of the type of research you are using FS for, with citations for papers that you have published using FS if any. 4. Some indication of whether the support you get from us was important in your ability to carry out this research.

thanks, Bruce