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Formerly IASWR Listserv Announcements
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September 16, 2011 || Vol. 3, Issue 37
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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
NIDA Program Project Grant Applications
Deadline: September 25, January 25, and May 25 annually until September 8, 2013
This program provides funding for investigator-initiated Program Project Grant (P01) applications from institutions/organizations to address critical issues of neuroscience, behavior, prevention, treatment, epidemiology, etiology, health services, HIV/AIDS or other drug abuse-related research areas. There must be a unifying and well defined goal or problem area of research which clearly establishes the direction, objectives, and aims of the program project. In addition, there must be a minimum of three inter-related research projects that relate to and contribute toward those objectives and aims. Each research project must be supportable on its own merit, recognizing that the scientific merit of each research project is assessed independently, as well as within the context of the whole program. Click here for more information.
Social Neuroscience and Neuroeconomics of Aging
Deadline: May 7, 2014
The National Institute on Aging (NIA) issues this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) with special review to stimulate interdisciplinary aging-relevant research in the social, affective and economic neurosciences. The NIA invites applications examining social, emotional and economic behaviors of relevance to aging, using approaches that examine mechanisms and processes at both (a) the social, behavioral or psychological (emotional, cognitive, motivational) level, and (b) the neurobiological or genetic level. Proposals are encouraged that have an overriding emphasis on economic, social or emotional processes and associated genetic or neurobiological processes. Applications should demonstrate either relevance for aging or for age differences or age-related changes in these processes. Aging-relevant applications can address issues of importance to the well-being and health of either mid-life or older adults, and can include data spanning the entire life course. Click here for more information.
NICHD Program Project Grant (P01)
Deadline: September 25, January 25, and May 25 annually until September 8, 2013
This program provides funding for innovative, multidisciplinary, interactive, and synergistic program project (P01) grant applications to support research on reproductive, developmental, behavioral, social, and rehabilitative processes that determine the health or functioning of newborns, infants, children, adults, families, and populations. The NICHD invites P01 applications in any research area relevant to the mission of the Institute as represented by its program areas. The research interests of NICHD are described in more detail here. More information about applying for funding can be found here.
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Policy Fellows
November 9, 2011 (3:00 PM EST)
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Policy Fellows program provides the nation's most comprehensive fellowship experience at the nexus of health science, policy and politics in Washington, D.C. It is an outstanding opportunity for exceptional midcareer health professionals and behavioral and social scientists with an interest in health and health care policy. Fellows participate in the policy process at the federal level and use that leadership experience to improve health, health care, and health policy. Click here for more information.
Extreme Scale Social Network Post doc
Deadline: September 20, 2011
The Dynamics Lab at UCD CASL and the Geary Institute in University College Dublin, in collaboration with the newly established IBM Dublin Research Lab, is seeking PhD candidates and postdoctoral fellows to work in the area of "Extreme Scale Social Network Simulations". Successful candidate(s) are likely to have prior training in the computer and/or mathematical sciences or the business/social sciences combined with excellent computational skills. Interested candidates should send their CV by 20th September 2011 to Dr. Diane Payne at the Dynamics Lab, CASL and Geary Institute, UCD and Dr. Georgios Theodoropoulos at IBM Dublin Research Lab. Social systems that need to be analyzed and modelled are becoming increasingly more complex in their structure and interdependencies. This coupled with the increasing capacity of scientific computation, as well as the various modelling techniques, challenges researchers to move towards extremely large scale social systems. Data are being collected and organized into databases at finer levels of granularity and these micro-data can now support individual-based simulations. The Dynamics Lab at UCD, in collaboration with IBM, is particularly interested in exploring various ICT applications for research on governance and policy modelling within extremely large social networks. Click here for more information.
National Academy of Education to Administer Spencer Foundation Dissertation Fellowship Program
Deadline: October 3, 2011
(From the Philanthropy News Digest)
The Spencer Dissertation Fellowship Program seeks to encourage a new generation of scholars from a wide range of disciplines and professional fields to undertake research relevant to the improvement of education. Each year, the program funds a small group of outstanding advanced doctoral candidates so that they can devote themselves full-time to the completion of their dissertation. The $25,000 fellowships support individuals whose dissertations show potential for bringing fresh and constructive perspectives to the history, theory, and practice of formal or informal education anywhere in the world. Click here for more information.
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Calls 
Call for Abstracts
SCCR Annual Meeting
Deadline: November 30, 2011
The upcoming Society for Cross Cultural Research (SCCR) Annual Meeting will be held in Las Vegas from February 22-25, 2012. For many years, the SCCR has been a welcoming host to social workers who have presented many papers on issues relating to culture and social work. The SCCR is a multi-disciplinary organization devoted to the conduct of cross-cultural research. This is a unique opportunity to present and discuss social work research in the company of scholars working in other allied disciplines. There is a strong student presence, including a student social, conversations about publishing and careers, as well as an opportunity for students to win awards for their presentations. The abstract submission process is open until November 30, 2009. Social work faculty, practitioners, and students are welcome to submit abstracts for paper or poster presentations. Please check the website for information and submission requirements.
CALL FOR PAPERS
Social Work with Groups
Special Issue on Standards for Social Work Practice with Groups
Deadline: October 1, 2011 (abstracts)
This special issue will focus on the development and use of standards for social work practice with groups. The Standards for Social Work Practice with Groups were developed by the Practice Committee of the Board of the Association for the Advancement of Social Work with Groups (AASWG), with the First Edition adopted by the AASWG Board in 1998 (revised in 1999) and the Second Edition adopted in 2005. The Standards represent the perspectives of AASWG on the value, knowledge and skill base essential for professionally sound and effective social work practice with groups. They are intended to serve as a guide to social group work practice. The editors are soliciting abstracts that focus on how the Standards are being used in practice, teaching and research and how they might be further disseminated and revised. Authors of abstracts receiving positive reviews will be invited to submit full papers for final review for the special issue. Click here for more information.
Call for Abstracts Child and Youth Mental Health Matters First National Parental Mental Health Conference First International Young Carers Congress Third International World Congress on Children of Parents with Mental Illness Deadline: September 26, 2011 (From Social Work E-news)
This conference brings together an interdisciplinary group of professionals working in the field of mental health with young people and parents and other stakeholders to share knowledge and experiences related to child and youth mental health. Three themes of the conferences are Parental Mental Health, Children of Parents with Mental Illness, and Young Carers. Click here for more information.
Call for Applications
NIH Loan Repayment Programs
Deadline: November 15, 2011
Participants in the NIH Loan Repayment Programs receive up to $35,000 annually to help repay student loans. The 2012 application cycle for the National Institutes of Health's Loan Repayment Programs (LRPs) is now open, so start your application online here. The LRPs repay the outstanding student loans of researchers who are or will be conducting nonprofit biomedical or behavioral research. Opportunities are available in five research areas - clinical, pediatric, health disparities, contraception and infertility and clinical research for individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds. Applications will be accepted until 8:00 p.m. Eastern time on November 15, 2011.
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Conferences & Trainings
3rd Health Literacy Annual Research Conference
October 17-18, 2011 Chicago, IL The Health Literacy Annual Research Conference is an interdisciplinary meeting for investigators dedicated to health literacy research, co-funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities and other National Institutes of Health. The themes of this year's conference will be health disparities and health care quality. The HARC is being held in Chicago, Illinois on October 17-18, 2011 in conjunction with European Association for Communication in Healthcare. Continuing Medication Education credits are available. To find out more about the conference, visit the website.
Social Networking: Changing the Way We Communicate & Form Opinions
October 12, 2011
American Association for Public Opinion Research
Presented by Mark Hardy, Survey Sampling International
This 90-minute webinar will help you understand how social networking trends are re-shaping our world and influencing opinions. First, Mark will present the results of SSI's groundbreaking study on who's really using social networking, for what activities, how often and through which sites (plus what's driving their actions and preferences). Then, he will take a close-up look at the social media "avids" those spending 5 or more hours a week social networking. Across all age groups from 13 - 66+ avid users are most likely to post comments, answer polls and share opinions on brands. Based on a new SSI study, Mark will reveal who the "avids" are, how they are different, whether they are opinion shapers, early adopters and high-volume consumers and if they are the same people influencing through traditional media or a unique group. You will gain an in-depth view of these new communicators who are influencing the social media world. Click here for more information.
Solution-Focused Brief Therapy Association
2011 Annual Conference Research Meeting
Bakersfield, CA
November 10, 2011
The Solution-Focused Brief Therapy Association is hosting its annual pre-conference research meeting. The purpose of this workshop is to gather interested individuals together to spend the day talking about topics pertaining to SFBT research and practice. This all-day event is a wonderful opportunity to hear more about the emerging research on SFBT as well as providing an opportunity for attendees to network, discuss research opportunities, and consultation on research issues. More information about this conference can be found here.
Symposium on BSSR and HIV/AIDS
November 9, 2011
You are cordially invited to a symposium convening in two months on the contributions of behavioral and social science to HIV/AIDS research. The event, "HIV/AIDS 2011 and Beyond: Propelling the Next Generation of Research with Behavioral and Social Science" will convene from 1-4pm on Wednesday, November 9 in Building 45/Natcher Conference Center on the NIH main campus. Commemorating 30 years since the first reported cases of HIV/AIDS in 1981, this symposium honors the significant contributions of behavioral and social science to HIV/AIDS research thus far and highlights ways in which it will continue to advance the understanding, treatment and prevention of the disease moving forward. World-renowned researchers - Drs. Thomas Coates (UCLA), Wafaa El-Sadr (Columbia Univ.), David Bangsberg (Harvard Univ.) and Carl Dieffenbach (NIH/NIAID) - will offer presentations on the role of behavioral and social science in HIV/AIDS research projects targeting three research and implementation goals: expanded testing, effective prevention tools and a cure. No registration is required and the event is open to the general public. A videocast recording will be available approximately one week following the event; no live recording will be available. More information can be obtained by contacting OBSSR's Dana Sampson. |
Research Publications & Data Resources Income, Poverty and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2010 The U.S. Census Bureau announced on September 13 that in 2010, median household income declined, the poverty rate increased and the percentage without health insurance coverage was not statistically different from the previous year. Real median household income in the United States in 2010 was $49,445, a 2.3 percent decline from the 2009 median. The nation's official poverty rate in 2010 was 15.1 percent, up from 14.3 percent in 2009 ─ the third consecutive annual increase in the poverty rate. There were 46.2 million people in poverty in 2010, up from 43.6 million in 2009 ─ the fourth consecutive annual increase and the largest number in the 52 years for which poverty estimates have been published. The number of people without health insurance coverage rose from 49.0 million in 2009 to 49.9 million in 2010, while the percentage without coverage −16.3 percent - was not statistically different from the rate in 2009. This information covers the first full calendar year after the December 2007-June 2009 recession. These findings are contained in the report Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2010. Click here for full access to these data results. AHRQ Releases Nursing Home Survey on Patient Safety Culture: 2011 Comparative Database Report AHRQ released the Nursing Home Survey on Patient Safety Culture: 2011 Comparative Database Report, which shows that residents are well cared for and safe, according to nursing home staff's perceptions of their organization's overall patient safety culture. It is the first annual report that provides supplemental data that enables users of the Nursing Home Survey on Patient Safety Culture, released in 2008, to assess their strengths and areas for potential improvement in patient safety culture. The comparative database report represents data from 16,155 staff within 226 U.S. nursing homes and contains detailed comparative data for various nursing home characteristics (size and ownership) and respondent characteristics (job titles, work areas, direct patient contact, and shift worked). Click here to access the report on the AHRQ Web site. Report Offers Framework for Weighing Health Consequences of Policies, Projects
Factoring health and related costs into decision making is essential to enhancing public well-being, says a new report from the National Research Council, which adds that a health impact assessment (HIA) is a promising tool to evaluate public health consequences of proposed projects -- such as building a major roadway, urban planning, or developing national agricultural policies. The report offers guidance to officials in the public and private sectors on conducting HIAs and suggests actions that could minimize adverse health impacts and optimize beneficial ones. Click here for more information.
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News & Notices
JOURNAL OF SOCIAL WORK VALUES AND ETHICS SPRING ISSUE AVAILABLE
(From Social Work E-News)
The Journal of Social Work Values and Ethics is a free, online, peer-reviewed journal published by the publisher of THE NEW SOCIAL WORKER. It is published twice a year, in full text, online here. The Spring 2011 edition is available online now here. Go to the journal Web site to read this and other available issues. You can also sign up for a free subscription, and you will be notified by e-mail when each issue is available online.
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About SWRnet
Formerly known as the IASWR Listserv, SWRnet (Social Work Research Network) was launched in October 2009 to continue serving the social work research community by providing regular updates on funding opportunities, calls for papers, conference deadlines and newly published research. Help others subscribe by forwarding these announcements using the Forward to a Colleague function at the end of the email. |
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