Funding Opportunities

Social Psychology

National Science Foundation

Deadline: July 15, January 15 annually

The Social Psychology Program at NSF supports basic research on human social behavior, including cultural differences and development over the life span. Among the many research topics supported are: attitude formation and change, social cognition, personality processes, interpersonal relations and group processes, the self, emotion, social comparison and social influence, and the psychophysiological and neurophysiological bases of social behavior. The scientific merit of a proposal depends on four important factors: (1) The problems investigated must be theoretically grounded. (2) The research should be based on empirical observation or be subject to empirical validation. (3) The research design must be appropriate to the questions asked. (4) The proposed research must advance basic understanding of social behavior. Click here for more information.

USDA-FNS-WIC Research Grants FY2011
Deadline: July 25, 2011
For each of 3 separate research areas, the purpose of this RFA is to select an institution-/organization (i.e. accredited university) that can develop and administer a series of researcher-initiated grants pertinent to the research area, coordinate activities among researchers and widely disseminate findings. Institutions may submit an application on 1 or more of the 3 areas, but a separate application is required for each area. Click here for more information.

Spatial Uncertainty: Data, Modeling, and Communication (R01, R21)
Deadline: September 7, 2014
The purpose of this funding opportunity announcement (FOA) is to support innovative research that identifies sources of spatial uncertainty (i.e., inaccuracy or instability of spatial or geographic information) in public health data, incorporates the inaccuracy or instability into statistical methods, and develops novel tools to visualize the nature and consequences of spatial uncertainty. Click here for more information.

Early Career Work and Family Scholars Program
Deadline: July 31, 2011
The new Work and Family Researchers Network is seeking applicants for its 2011-2012 Early Career Work and Family Scholars program. The goal of the Early Career Work and Family Scholars program is to provide supports for recent doctoral recipients and facilitate their teaching and research scholarship.   By offering resources and consultation, the program is designed to help promising young scholars move into tenured appointments and secure senior level positions, as well as connect them to the work-family community of scholars.  To date, 30 scholars in their early career stages have benefited from resources provided through this program sponsored by the former Sloan Network.  The Work and Family Researchers Network will provide 15 new awards in 2011-2012, and will later recruit an additional 15 scholars to participate in 2013-2014.  Click here for more information.

Interuniversity Consortium for Political and Social Research

Below is a list of new data collection additions to the ICPSR data archive:

*20423 Law Enforcement Response to Human Trafficking and the Implications for Victims in the United States, 2005

*25361 Demographic Components of Change File of the United States, States and Counties, 1980-1990

*29801 National Study of Physician Organizations and the Management of Chronic Illness II (NSPO2), 2006-2007

*30261 Counts of US Daily Newspapers by City and Political Affiliation, 1869-2004

*30701 Federal Justice Statistics Program: Paired-Agency Linked Files, 2008

*30862 Drug Use Trajectories: Ethnic/Racial Comparisons, 1998-2002 [United-States]

Please click here for access to data.

Research on Implementing Evidence Based Practices in Community Based Addiction Treatment Programs: Policy and Program Implications
Evaluation and Program Planning
Currently, there is an emerging body of research identifying factors that facilitate and/or impede the implementation of EBPs by CBOs. There is however, a dearth of research regarding successful real world clinical, procedural or organizational and systems strategies that can be employed by policy makers, state officials, and program administrators and staff to accelerate adoption of new practices. Hence, this special issue and the articles selected describe key barriers that need to be overcome in order to increase EBP implementation and provide specific recommendations for, and examples of, how program planners, policy makers, and service providers can accelerate successful and sustained EBP implementation processes. This special issue is edited by Dr. Lena Lundgren and Dr. Traci Rieckman. The articles can be found in Volume 34, Issue 4, Pages 323-406 (November 2011) of Evaluation and Programming.

Learning From Mom Boosts Low-Income Kids' School Readiness
Previous research says on average, children living in poverty are less well prepared to start school than children from middle-income homes. Now, new research says home learning experiences may help low-income children's school readiness. "Our findings indicate that enriched learning experiences as early as the first year of life are important to children's vocabulary growth, which in turn provides a foundation for children's later school success," said Eileen T. Rodriguez, survey researcher at Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. Over a five-year period, the study examined the learning environments of more than 1,850 children and their mothers from predominantly low-income households; that is, households at or below the federal poverty line.  Researchers used home visits to gather information when the children were one, two, three and five years old. Click here for more information.

GW Report Shows Medicaid's Success in Protecting Children, Vulnerable Populations
(From the ASPH Friday Letter)
A new report titled Medicaid Works: A Review of How Public Insurance Protects the Health and Finances of Children and Other Vulnerable Populations demonstrates the effectiveness of the Medicaid program in addressing the health and financial needs of children and other vulnerable populations. The piece was authored by Dr. Leighton Ku and Ms. Christine Ferguson, both professors of the George Washington University, and commissioned by First Focus. Click here for the full report.