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Formerly IASWR Listserv Announcements
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August 19, 2011 || Vol. 3, Issue 33
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The IASWR Listerv Announcements are now SWRnet. Subscribers to SWRnet receive weekly email updates about funding opportunities, calls for papers, conference deadlines, and newly published research. Please visit the website to access other resources related to social work research.
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Funding Opportunities
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
Deadline: November 15, 2011
(From the Philanthropy News Digest)
The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention provides research grants to support studies that aim to increase understanding of the causes of suicide and factors related to suicide risk, and to test treatments and other interventions designed to prevent suicide. Investigators from all academic disciplines are eligible to apply, and both basic science and applied research projects will be considered, providing the study has an essential focus on suicide or suicide prevention. AFSP grants are awarded for one- or two-year periods. Grant applications are not accepted from for-profit organizations, or from federal or state government agencies. Click here for more information.
Secondary Analyses and Archiving of Social and Behavioral Datasets in Aging
Deadline: November 3, 2011
The National Institute on Aging supports collection of data and biological samples including a broad array of measures that are relevant to: the dynamics of health and disability, cognition, psychosocial and sociodemographic factors, genetics and biomarkers, long-term care, caregiving, behavioral medicine, retirement, economic status and well-being over the lifecourse. The purpose of this FOA is to solicit one-year applications for (1) secondary analysis of data on aging in the areas of psychology, behavioral genetics, economics, demography or (2) archiving and dissemination of data sets to enable secondary analyses in order to further advance research. Click here for more information.
Minerva Research Initiative (MRI)
Deadline: September 14, 2011 (white papers)
Minerva brings together universities, research institutions, and individual scholars and supports multidisciplinary and cross-institutional projects addressing specific topic areas determined by the Department of Defense. The MRI aims to promote research in specific areas of social science and to promote a candid and constructive relationship between DoD and the social science academic community.The Minerva Research Initiative competition is for research related to the seven (7) topics listed in Section VIII, of the BAA. Click here for more information.
Secondary Analysis of Existing Alcohol Epidemiology Data (R01)
Deadline: September 7, 2014
This funding opportunity announcement (FOA) issued by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism encourages R01 Research Grant applications for organizations/institutions that propose to conduct secondary analysis of existing data sets. NIAAA seeks to enhance the understanding of the patterns of alcohol consumption and the epidemiology of alcohol-related problems. Click here for more information.
Native American Research Centers for Health (NARCH) V and VI Competitive Supplements
Deadline: August 29, 2011
The purpose of this opportunity for supplementing the existing NARCH V & VI program is to determine the feasibility of adapting and implementing HIV Evidence-Based Interventions (EBI) supported by the 4 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for effective use within AI/AN communities, and to contribute to and document a successful adaptation and implementation in this new population and setting. Baseline and ongoing data will be collected and analyzed to help determine future effectiveness of the adapted EBI. Click here for more information.
Study of the United States Institute on U.S. National Security Policymaking
Deadline: October 11, 2011
The Branch for the Study of the U.S., Office of Academic Exchange Programs, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA/A/E/USS), invites proposal submissions for the design and implementation of the Study of the United States Institute on U.S. National Security Policymaking. This institute will provide a multinational group of up to 18 experienced foreign university educators and other professionals with a deeper understanding of U.S. approaches to national security policymaking, past and present, in order to strengthen curricula and to improve the quality of teaching about the United States at universities and other institutions abroad. The institute should be an intensive, academically rigorous program for scholars and other professionals from outside the United States, and should have a central theme and a strong contemporary component. Click here for more information.
Drug Abuse Prevention Intervention Research
Deadline: September 7, 2014
The purpose of this FOA is to encourage Research Project Grant (R01) applications from institutions/organizations that propose to advance the science of drug abuse and drug-related HIV prevention through 1) the development of novel prevention approaches, 2) the testing of novel and adapted prevention intervention approaches 3) the elucidation of processes associated with the selection, adoption, adaptation, implementation, sustainability, and financing of empirically validated interventions, and 4) the development of new methodologies suitable for the design and analysis of prevention research studies. Programs of research are intended to provide pathways toward the discovery of population-level approaches for the prevention of drug abuse and dependence, drug-related problems (such as mental health, interpersonal violence, criminal involvement, and productivity loss), and drug-related disorders (e.g., comorbid drug and psychiatric disorders; infections such as HIV, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C). Click here for more information.
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: Health & Society Scholars Program
Deadline: September 30, 2011
(From the Philanthropy News Digest)
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health & Society Scholars program provides two years of support to postdoctoral scholars at all stages of their careers to help build the nation's capacity for research that addresses the multiple determinants of population health and contributes to policy change. The program is based on the principle that progress in the field of population health depends on multidisciplinary collaboration and exchange. Its goal is to improve public health by training scholars to investigate the connections among biological, genetic, behavioral, environmental, economic, and social determinants of health; and to develop, evaluate, and disseminate knowledge, interventions, and policies that integrate and act on these determinants. Click here for more information.
Woodrow Wilson Center Fellowships
October 1, 2011
The Wilson Center invites scholars, practitioners, journalists and public intellectuals to take part in its flagship Fellowship Program and to take advantage of the opportunity to engage actively in the Center's national mission. The Center awards approximately 22-25 residential fellowships through its annual international fellowship competition. Fellows will be affiliated with one of the Wilson Center programs/projects and are encouraged to interact with policy makers in Washington, D.C. as well as with Wilson Center staff who are working on similar research and topics. Click here for more information.
Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society: Emerging Leaders International Fellows Program and U.S. Diversity Fellowship
Deadline: September 23, 2011
(From the Philanthropy News Digest)
The Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society, part of the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, focuses on giving, voluntarism, and nonprofit entrepreneurship by individual donors, foundations, and corporations in the U.S. and around the world. The center's Emerging Leaders International Fellows program, which provides leadership training through seminars and applied research, is accepting applications from emerging leaders (generally under age 36) at community foundations, at place-based grantmaking organizations, and institutions that support community philanthropy. This year's fellows will be selected from abroad and also from communities of color underrepresented in the U.S. grantmaking sector. Individuals interested in building third sector capacity and strengthening local philanthropy are encouraged to apply. During the program from March 5 to May 25, 2012, fellows will be based at the CUNY Graduate Center, where they will design and pursue an individualized research project. In addition, fellows will attend weekly seminars, explore the work of key agencies and foundations, meet with nonprofit leaders, and study U.S. and international community foundation models. Click here for more information.
Bridges to the Doctorate Program (R25)
Deadline: October 31, 2011
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) issued by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), encourages Research Education Grant (R25) applications from institutions that propose to increase the pool of masters degree students from underrepresented backgrounds who go on to research careers in the biomedical and behavioral sciences, and who are trained and available to participate in NIH-funded research. This initiative promotes partnerships/consortia between colleges or universities granting a terminal masters degree with institutions that offer the doctorate degree. The program expects that the joint efforts of doctorate degree-granting and masters degree-granting institutions will foster the development of a well-integrated institutional program that will provide students from underrepresented groups with the necessary academic preparation and skills to enable their transition and successful completion of the Ph.D. degree in biomedical and behavioral sciences. Click here for more information.
SOPHE/ATSDR Student Fellowship in Environmental Health Promotion or Emergency Preparedness
Deadline: September 20, 2011
(From the Rural Assistance Center's Health Update)
This fellowship is designed to recognize, assist and train students working on projects in environmental health promotion and social justice or emergency preparedness from the perspective of health education, health promotion or the behavioral sciences. Click here for more information.
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Calls 
Call for PapersJournal of Evidence-Based Social WorkDeadline: January 30, 2012Guest Editors: Johnny M. Jones, Ph.D. and Michael E. Sherr, Ph.D.This special issue of the Journal of Evidence-Based Social Work will focus on conceptual and empirical research articles that emphasize the translation between treatment developments or developing evidence supported interventions and its use in practice. Serious challenges seem to exist in the translation of social work research to social work practice. Critics of evidence-based practice (EBP) often challenge the efficacy of social work research, whether it is a question of methodological rigor or implementation practicality. Researchers claim practitioners shun using empirical studies, instead relying on humanitarian impulses, authoritative guidance from consultants and supervisors, and anecdotal practices to make decisions. Practitioners assert that researchers conduct studies that are too obscure, present findings that are hard to understand, and do not apply to their work. If taught and implemented consistently, the EBP model can mend the connection between researchers and practitioners by merging their roles. Conceptual and empirical studies that address methodological issues and lessons learned regarding improved translation and implementation of social work research are welcome. Authors interested in submitting manuscripts for this special issue are encouraged to contact the guest editors or look at the Journal's website. Call for PapersJournal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development1. Higher Education and Food Systems (deadline: December 1, 2011)A growing number of colleges and universities are making serious efforts to increase their ecological sustainability through conscious change in very specific aspects of teaching, research, operations, and public engagement. In addition to adopting practices such as LEED certified construction, green cleaning supplies, and sustainability education programming, many are focusing specifically on food- and agriculture-related sustainability issues, including developing local food procurement for their student food services, adopting composting and other food waste management practices, establishing demonstration farms, gardens and CSAs, supporting student food and agriculture groups, and programming in support of public engagement in food and agricultural policy. Many institutions of higher learning now offer food-related courses and academic programs. In this special topic call we invite researchers, administrators, graduate students, NGO staff members, and others to submit manuscripts featuring results of surveys, case studies, policy analyses, review articles, reflective essays, commentaries, and the like in which they examine the ways colleges and universities are pursuing their food system sustainability goals and the extent to which they are finding success. 2. Sustainable Livelihoods in Food Systems (deadline: February 15, 2012)JAFSCD welcomes submissions on a wide range of food system livelihood topics that will inform thinking and practice related to regional food system trends, issues, and public policy. We seek reports of qualitative and quantitative studies, review articles, reflective essays, and commentaries. We encourage submission which focus on Sustainable Livelihoods Approaches (SLA), drawing on diverse disciplinary perspectives and bridging divides, particularly between the natural and social sciences. Click here for more information. Call for PapersWork and Family Researchers Network Inaugural Conference: Interdisciplinary ConversationsDeadline: September 30, 2011We invite submissions of papers, posters, and symposia proposals that address all aspects of work and family issues, including basic research, theory, history, international comparisons, political analyses, policy evaluations, action research, ethnographic investigations and statistical analyses. As this will be a multidisciplinary conference, researchers and scholars from all disciplines are encouraged to participate including anthropology, business and management, economics, family studies, political science, psychology, public health, social work, sociology, and related fields. Click here for more information.
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Conferences & Trainings
The New Majority? The Past, Present, and Future of Women in the Workplace
September 9, 2011
Cambridge, MA
Women's increasing employment for pay has transformed households, workplaces, and social life over the past half-century. Now women workers make up half the labor force. While women are the breadwinners in their families more and more often, have their jobs, their pay scales, and their opportunities for advancement gained parity with men's? At this symposium, speakers with a wide range of involvement in the labor movement, labor law, and social policy will discuss what has changed, what has not, and what lies ahead. Click here for more information about this Schlesinger Library Symposium honoring the legacy of Clara Schiffer.
HCUP Data Users' Workshop
September 15, 2011
Rockville, MD
AHRQ's Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) is sponsoring a free, one-day workshop on September 15 at the AHRQ Conference Center in Rockville, MD, focused on conducting revisit analyses using HCUP State data. The instructor-led workshop is targeted at intermediate-level data users or people who are familiar with HCUP. Prior experience with HCUP databases, prior attendance of HCUP overview presentations, or completing the online overview course is encouraged. Computers will be provided, and programming examples are presented in SAS. HCUP is a family of health care databases, software tools, research publications, and support services created through a Federal-State-Industry partnership. HCUP is used for a broad range of health services research and policy issues at the national, State, and local market levels, including cost and quality of health services, medical practice patterns, access to health care, and outcomes of treatments. Click here to register.
Eighth Annual Interdisciplinary Women's Health Research Symposium
November 17, 2011
Bethesda, MD
The Office of Research on Women's Health is pleased to announce the Eighth Annual Interdisciplinary Women's Health Research Symposium. This event will feature the latest interdisciplinary research findings on women's health and sex and gender factors that affect health and disease. Please mark your calendars for this special event. Click here for more information.
5th Annual NIH Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation
March 19-20, 2012
Bethesda, MA
There is a recognized need to close the gap between research evidence and clinical and public health practice and policy. How is this best accomplished? Dissemination and implementation research in health seeks to answer this question, and is gaining momentum as a field of scientific inquiry. The goal of the annual NIH Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation is to facilitate growth in the research base by providing a forum for communicating and networking about the science of dissemination and implementation. Researchers, evaluators and implementers who are interested in identifying opportunities and strategies for overcoming obstacles for dissemination and implementation research/evaluation are encouraged to attend this meeting. The goal is to engage in dialog, exchange ideas, explore contemporary topics and challenge one another to identify and test research approaches that will advance dissemination and implementation science. Registration and call for proposals details will be available online shortly here.
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Research Publications & Data ResourcesICPSR Data Archive UpdatesBelow is a list of new data collection additions to the Interuniversity Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) data archive. *22140 HIV Transmission Network Metastudy Project: An Archive of Data From Eight Network Studies, 1988--2001 *27962 Criminal Justice Drug Abuse Treatment Studies (CJ-DATS): National Criminal Justice Treatment Practices (NCJTP) Survey of Co-occurring Substance Use and Mental Disorder (COD) Treatment Services in Criminal Justice Settings, 2002-2008 *29202 Crime in Boomburb Cities: 1970-2004 [United States] *29262 Filipino American Community Epidemiological Study (FACES), 1995-1999 *30543 Firearm Injury Surveillance Study, 1993-2008 *30544 National Electronic Injury Surveillance System All Injury Program, 2008 *30742 Party Variation in Religiosity and Women's Leadership: A Cross-National Perspective, 2008-2010 *31101 Vietnam Life History Survey, 1991 *31322 Familial Responses to Financial Instability: Married and Cohabiting Couples, 2010 [United States] Click here for more information. Victims' Assistance Through Service Agencies
(From the National Criminal Justice Reference Service)
"Use of Victim Service Agencies by Victims of Serious Violent Crime, 1993-2009" presents data from the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) on trends in the percentage of serious violent crime victims who received help or advice from a victim service agency from 1993 to 2009. This special report examines the relationship between a victim receiving assistance and criminal justice system actions pertaining to the crime. Click here for the full report. AARP Report Gives New Data on the Value of Family Caregiving
The AARP Public Policy Institute recently released a report in its Valuing the Invaluable Series, which addresses the economic value of family caregiving and updates the national and state estimates of the economic value of family caregiving using the most current available data. The report also explains the contributions of family caregivers, details the costs and consequences of providing family care, and provides policy recommendations to better support caregiving families. To read the report in its entirety, please click here. FosteringConnections.org releases new analysis on youth aging out of foster care
Did you know that since 1998, nearly 309,000 youth have "aged out" of foster care nationally? The latest Connections brief by FC.org provides year-by-year numbers of youth aging out of foster care, showing that the number of children who aged out of the system rose markedly in the ten-year period between 1998 and 2007, with a more than 70 percent increase during that time. In the last few years, there has been a slight decrease in the aging out numbers, from a high of 29,730 in 2007 to around 27,850 in 2010. Despite the recent drop in numbers of youth aging out, the proportion continues to increase with respect to all exits from foster care for youth aging out. Read more here.
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News & Notices
HRSA Seeks Grant Reviewers
(From the ASPH Friday Letter)
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) is looking for public health professionals to serve as grant reviewers. To best evaluate the viability of grant applications, HRSA needs experts from a wide variety of professions, work settings, and cultural backgrounds. Click here for more information.
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