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May 25, 2012 || Vol. 4, Issue 21
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Funding Opportunities
Grants to Support the Hispanic Health Services Research Grant Program
Deadline: June 20, 2012
(Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services )
This announcement seeks competitive applications for small applied research projects that relate to identifying and evaluating solutions for eliminating health disparities among Hispanics. Investigators should be associated with a university, college, community-based health organization, or a professional association that has a health services research component. Researchers are expected to become involved in the design, implementation, and operation of research projects that address health care issues such as financing, delivery, access, quality, and barriers affecting the Hispanics. CMS is seeking these types of research projects because of the importance in finding solutions to the many difficult health issues that have a significant impact on the health of Hispanics. Click here for more information.
Reforming Social Security's Disability Benefits System
Deadline: June 18, 2012
The National Council on Disability (NCD) seeks an individual or entity to undertake a project to analyze the various options for SSDI and SSI reform, including what measures could facilitate people currently receiving SSDI and SSI benefits in being able to work, what measures could decrease the likelihood of needing such benefits, and what financing options exist to extend the life of both programs. Specifically, the objectives of the analysis are to determine how to substantially increase the number of SSDI and SSI beneficiaries who return to work; how to better structure benefits when a beneficiary returns to work so as to support the work attempt with a more gradual phase-out of benefits in relation to earnings; and to determine whether there are other strategies to assist beneficiaries in returning to work. NCD will generate a platform for disseminating the project findings and recommendations. Click here for more information.
Projects of National Significance: Partnerships in Employment Systems Change
Deadline: June 18, 2012 (letter of intent)
The Administration on Developmental Disabilities (ADD) within the Administration for Children and Families (ACF), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), announces the availability of Fiscal Year (FY) 2012 funds authorized under Subtitle E of the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act of 2000 (DD Act of 2000), Projects of National Significance. Funds will be awarded for projects developed by consortia that demonstrate a collaborative approach to creating employment systems change at the state level on behalf of youth and young adults with developmental disabilities (DD), including youth and young adults with intellectual disabilities (ID). As defined by the American Association of Intellectual and Developmental disabilities, the term intellectual disability is characterized by significant limitations in intellectual functioning (reasoning, learning, problem solving) and in adaptive behavior, which covers a range of everyday social and practical skills and originates before the age of 18. Funding through this announcement will be used to design and implement statewide model demonstration projects through Partnerships in Employment Systems Change grants that stimulate and advance systems change in order to expand competitive employment in integrated settings for youth and young adults with DD, including ID. Click here for more information.
Obesity Policy Research: Evaluation and Measures
Deadline: June 5, 2012
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA), issued by the National Cancer Institute (NCI), the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR), NIH, and the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, CDC, encourages Research Project Grant (R01) applications that propose to: (1) conduct evaluation research on obesity-related "natural experiments" (defined here as community and other population-level public policy interventions that may affect diet and physical activity behavior), and/or (2) develop and/or validate relevant community-level measures (instruments and methodologies to assess the food and physical activity environments at the community level). The overarching goal of this FOA is to inform public policy and research relevant to (1) diet and physical activity behavior, and (2) weight and health outcomes of Americans. Click here for more information.
Macroeconomic Aspects of Population Aging
Deadline: October 3, 2014
(National Institutes of Health)
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) invites research on the macroeconomics of aging - the impact of population aging on the macroeconomy and in turn how macroeconomic factors impact health and well-being. Click here for more information.
Research Initiatives at The Naval Postgraduate School
Deadline: May 14, 2013
The Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) is interested in receiving proposals for research initiatives that offer potential for advancement and improvement in the NPS core mission of graduate education and research. Readers should note that this is an announcement to declare NPS's solicitation in competitive funding of meritorious research initiatives across a spectrum of science and engineering, business, politics and public/foreign policy, operational and informational sciences, and interdisciplinary disciplines that support the NPS' graduate education and research mission. Click here for more information.
BJA FY 12 Visiting Fellows Program
Deadline: June 28, 2012
(Bureau of Justice Assistance)
To address emerging issues and build capacity to improve the administration of criminal justice, BJA is launching a new BJA Visiting Fellows Program. The purpose of this program is to leverage state, local, or tribal subject-matter expertise to assess areas of need and to develop strategies, tools, and policies in collaboration with BJA staff for the benefit of the criminal justice field. By hosting up to five Fellows, BJA will collaborate with practitioners and researchers to build capacity to address gaps in priority and emerging issues in the criminal justice field. Fellowships will last 12-18 months, with a required residency at BJA of at least 6-12 months. These Fellows will be expected to produce specific deliverables that can address these priority issues, such as outreach to BJA stakeholders, applied research tools, training curricula or toolkits, articles or publications, and provision of technical subject-matter assistance. Through this process, the Fellows will assist BJA in enhancing strategies and building capacity and then bring their Fellowship experience back into the field. Click here for more information.
Harkness Fellowships in Health Care Policy and Practice
Deadline: September 17, 2012 & November 19, 2012
The Commonwealth Fund's Harkness Fellowships in Health Care Policy and Practice provide a unique opportunity for mid-career health services researchers and practitioners from Australia, Canada, Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom to spend up to 12 months in the United States, conducting original research and working with leading U.S. health policy experts. Click here for more information.
Disability Determination Small Grant Program Deadline: May 31, 2012 The Disability Determination Process (DDP) Small Grant Program is a one-year stipend program that will allow graduate-level students to conduct supervised independent research on improving the efficiency and reducing the complexity of disability determination processes. Click here for more information. Dissertation Support: Differential Response (DR) in Child Protective Services Deadline: June 29, 2012 (Children's Bureau, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Administration on Children, Youth and Families) This is an announcement of the availability of funding to support doctoral research in the area of Differential Response (DR) in Child Protective Services. The aim of these awards is twofold: (1) to expand the knowledge base for DR and (2) to help develop researchers who can make an ongoing contribution to child welfare research. The purpose of the Quality Improvement Center on Differential Response in Child Protective Services (QIC-DR) is to determine, through research and demonstration projects and doctoral-level dissertations, the impact of DR models on outcomes for children within the child protective services and child welfare systems. The QIC-DR works to generate knowledge about effective practice models of DR in child protective services and to incorporate community and prevention approaches to serve families that are involved in child protective services systems. In addition, the QIC-DR works to foster collaborative research, demonstration, and dissertation projects that address DR in child protective services across the various systems that interface to maximize family strengths and keep children safe: neighborhood and community-based organizations, prevention programs, child protection, child welfare, health, education, housing, financial, and family support. Click here for more information.
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Calls
Call for Proposals
Graduate Student Research Fellowships: Fall 2012
Deadline: June 29, 2012 The Center for Poverty Research seeks applications from affiliated faculty researchers who are interested in hiring a GSR (up to 50% time) for Fall 2012. The Center anticipates providing up to four graduate students with research assistant positions. Receipt of research assistance funds is contingent on agreement by the affiliated faculty member to write a two page policy brief in collaboration with the research assistant, to be disseminated by the Center. The Center seeks applications from faculty affiliates who are conducting research related to our core research areas: -Labor markets and poverty -The non-cash safety net, broadly construed to include education and health policies -Children and the intergenerational transmission of poverty -Immigration and Poverty, especially in connection with the above three areas Click here for more information. Call for Presentations7th Annual Differential Response Conference Deadline: June 11, 2012The 7th Annual Differential Response Conference will be taking place on November 14-16th in beautiful Henderson, Nevada this year. Would you like to be a presenter this year? We are looking for presenters from across the country and internationally to help make this year's conference another fantastic opportunity to learn, share, connect and grow. This year's theme is "The Ever Changing Landscape" and will highlight vast system changes and improvements through differential response by focusing on five areas: Research & Data, Practice, Supervision & Leadership, Community Collaboration, and Sustainability. We are also looking for presenters to participate in a new format this year-our DR Model Discussion Groups. Check out the Call for Presentations to learn more about the conference and how YOU can participate. Submissions to present are due by June 11, 2012. Check out the conference website for details. The Registration Brochure will be released in July. |
Conferences & Trainings
Dyadic Data Analysis Workshop
July 23-27, 2012
Michigan State University
The workshop will focus on analyses for data in which both members of a dyad are measured on the same set of variables. Topics to be addressed include the measurement of nonindependence, the Actor-Partner Interdependence Model, the analysis of distinguishable and indistinguishable dyads, and the analysis of over-time dyadic data (e.g., dyadic growth curve models). The software package used in the workshop will be SPSS. Although the workshop does not require any prior knowledge or experience with multilevel modeling, participants are expected to have a working knowledge of multiple regression and analysis of variance, as well as SPSS. Please see the website for more specific information and a link to the workshop registration.Consumer Expenditure Survey Microdata Workshop
July 18-20, 2012
Washington, DC(From ICPSR)
Registration is now open for the annual Microdata User's Workshop hosted by the Consumer Expenditure (CE) Survey from July 18-20 in Washington, DC. There is no fee to register. The only requirement is to complete and submit a brief online registration form (PDF). Registration materials are also available for the CE Survey Methods Symposium on July 17, also in Washington, DC. Several sessions are targeted to new and novice users of the data, including presentations by researchers currently using the data. For more experienced CE data users, several sessions will address more technical topics in using the CE microdata. Participants will also have the opportunity to talk one-on-one with CE staff about any issues or questions regarding using CE in their particular project. For more information on the upcoming workshop, visit the CE Workshop Web site.
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Research Publications & Data Resources
Baltimore City Public Schools School Social Work Services 1936-2008
Dear Colleagues:
I wish to bring to your attention a valuable resource for social work educators, students, other professionals, as well as citizens concerned about public education. A unique collection of revealing information, compiled in personal narratives, with a variety of documentation, is housed in the Special Collections Library at the University of Baltimore in Baltimore, Maryland. The Collection: Baltimore City Public Schools (BCPS) School Social Work (SSW) Services ... 1936 to 2008, can broaden one's understanding and perspectives regarding educational systems, the influence of social workers employed by school systems, and the commonalities of challenges faced through the decades. Please go to the Baltimore City Public Schools Social Work Services (BCPS) website to learn more about this extensive resource. You may also contact me, Joan Y. Harris at jaykha@verizon.net for more information.
Improving Adult Literacy Instruction: Options for Practice and Research Public Discussion Meeting May 30, 2012 A high level of literacy in both print and digital media is required for negotiating most aspects of 21st-century life-succeeding in a competitive job market, supporting a family, navigating health information, and participating in civic activities. But according to a recent survey, more than 90 million adults in the United States lack the literacy skills needed to have fully productive and secure lives. Improving Adult Literacy recommends a program of research and innovation to gain a better understanding of adult literacy learners, improve instruction, and create the supports adults need for learning and achievement. Focusing on individuals ages 16 and older who are not in K-12 education, the report identifies factors that affect literacy development in adolescence and adulthood and examines their implications for strengthening literacy instruction for this population. It also discusses technologies that show promise for supporting adult literacy learners.Click here for more information. ICPSR New Releases The Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) provides leadership and training in data access, curation, and methods of analysis for a diverse and expanding social science research community. Below is a list of new data collection additions to the ICPSR data archive: *27546 Juvenile Residential Facility Census, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006 -- Concatenated State-Level Data [United States] *32901 Experimental Evaluation of a Youth Dating Violence Prevention Program in New York City Middle Schools, 2009-2010 *33202 National Prosecutors Survey [Census], 2007 *33483 CBS News/New York Times Survey, January #3, 2011 Click here for more information. Health, United States, 2011 Special Feature: Socioeconomic Status and Health (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) Health, United States presents national trends in health statistics on such topics as birth and death rates, infant mortality, life expectancy, morbidity and health status, risk factors, use of ambulatory and inpatient care, health personnel and facilities, financing of health care, health insurance and managed care, and other health topics. The report includes a chartbook and trend tables that may be viewed and printed using Adobe Acrobat. Trend tables are also available as downloadable spreadsheet files for data manipulation or graphical analysis. Data trends may be more complete in spreadsheet files than in pdf files. Click here for complete details.
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News & Notices
Research funding policy alerts (From the Midwest Political Science Association) Flake Amendment to Prohibit NSF Funding of Political Science Research On May 9, the House voted to prohibit NSF funding for political science. Please immediately contact both of your senators to stop this. American Community Survey: Legislative Alert May 22, 2012 On May 9th the House voted 232-190 to pass an amendment to eliminate the American Community Survey (ACS). ACS data are used to help the government determine how to distribute more than $800 million in federal assistance dollars. Please contact both of your Senators today to save the ACS. Click here for more information.
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