October 19, 2012  || Vol. 4, Issue 42
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Funding OpportunitiesFunding   
Agriculture and Food Research Initiative: Foundational Program 
Deadline: May 22, 2013 
The USDA AFRI Foundational Program is offered to support research grants in the six AFRI priority areas to continue building a foundation of knowledge critical for solving current and future societal challenges. The six priority areas are: Plant Health and Production and Plant Products; Animal Health and Production and Animal Products; Food Safety, Nutrition, and Health; Renewable Energy, Natural Resources, and Environment; Agriculture Systems and Technology; and Agriculture Economics and Rural Communities. Click here for more information.

 

New Poverty Scholars, Stanford Center on Poverty and Inequality (CPI) 
Deadline: October 25, 2012 
The Stanford Center on Poverty and Inequality (CPI) seeks to support research that will expand our knowledge of key trends in poverty and inequality. The CPI anticipates funding 5 proposals with a maximum award of $20,000 each. The awards will be made to scholars who have received their Ph.D. no earlier than 2005, who will then work collaboratively with one of the CPI's Research Groups to carry out the proposed research project. Click here for more information. 

 

Measures of Effective Teaching (MET) Project and Grants Program 
Deadline: see website
The National Academy of Education, in partnership with the University of Michigan's Institute for Social Research, is pleased to announce the Measures of Effective Teaching (MET) Early Career Research Grants competition. This program will award up to 10 grants of $25,000 each to conduct a research study using the extensive Measures of Effective Teaching Longitudinal Database. In conducting this study, grantees will receive free technical assistance from members of the National Academy of Education and participate, at no cost, in a series of networking meetings aimed at building a new cadre of scholars interested in research on teaching. Eligibility for the grants program is limited to scholars who received their doctorate after August 31, 2007. Individuals working in a variety of disciplines, including, but not limited to education, economics, psychometrics, psychology, sociology, and statistics are encouraged to apply. A total of three webinars will be held to discuss the details. Click here for more information. 
 
Interdisciplinary Behavioral and Social Science Research (IBSS)
Deadline: January 23, 2013
This is a new solicitation for a new competition. Following are important points that distinguish the Interdisciplinary Behavioral and Social Science Research (IBSS) competition from other competitions. IBSS emphasizes the conduct of interdisciplinary research by teams of investigators in the social and behavioral sciences. There are two types of projects that may be supported by IBSS:
-IBSS Large Interdisciplinary Research Projects (with maximum award sizes of $1,000,000)
-IBSS Interdisciplinary Team Exploratory Projects (with maximum award sizes of $250,000)
In addition to the standing NSF merit review criteria of intellectual merit and broader impacts, proposals submitted for the IBSS competition will be evaluated using special review criteria with respect to three different dimensions of their interdisciplinarity: the interdisciplinarity of the research team, the interdisciplinarity of the research approaches to be used, and the interdisciplinarity of the expected intellectual significance of the research results. Click here for more information.

American Federation for Aging Research
Deadline: December 17, 2012
The American Federation for Aging Research annually provides Research Grants to junior faculty (M.D.s and Ph.D.s) to conduct research that will serve as the basis for longer term research efforts. AFAR-supported investigators study a broad range of biomedical and clinical topics including the causes of cellular senescence, the role of estrogen in the development of osteoporosis, the effects of nutrition and exercise on the aging process, and much more. The major goal of this program is to assist in the development of the careers of junior investigators committed to pursuing careers in the field of aging research. AFAR supports research projects concerned with understanding the basic mechanisms of aging. Projects investigating age-related diseases are also supported, especially if approached from the point of view of how basic aging processes may lead to these outcomes. Projects concerning mechanisms underlying common geriatric functional disorders are also encouraged, as long as these include connections to fundamental problems in the biology of aging. Projects that deal strictly with clinical problems such as the diagnosis and treatment of disease, health outcomes, or the social context of aging are not eligible. Click here to read more.

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Policy Fellows Program
Deadline: November 14, 2012
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Policy Fellows program is designed to provide a comprehensive fellowship experience at the nexus of health science, policy, and politics in Washington, D.C. The program provides an outstanding opportunity for exceptional midcareer health professionals and behavioral and social scientists with an interest in health and healthcare policy. Fellows participate in the policy process at the federal level and use that leadership experience to improve health, health care, and health policy. Exceptional candidates from academic faculties and nonprofit healthcare organizations are encouraged to apply. Applicants may have backgrounds in the disciplines of allied health professions, biomedical sciences, dentistry, economics or other social sciences, health services organization and administration, medicine, nursing, public health, social and behavioral health, or health law. Click here for more information. 

 

Rockefeller Archive Center Grant-in-Aid Program
Deadline: November 15, 2012
The Rockefeller Archive Center in Sleepy Hollow, New York, annually offers a competitive grant-in-aid program to foster, promote, and support research by serious scholars in the collections located at the center, which houses the records of the Rockefeller family, Rockefeller University, Rockefeller Foundation, and other Rockefeller-associated philanthropies and individuals. Click here for more information. 

 

Postdoctoral Fellowships in Autism Translational Research
Deadline: December 12, 2012 (Letters of Intent)
Autism Speaks has announced the third year of its postdoctoral fellowships in translational research. The program supports promising and well-qualified postdoctoral scientists pursuing training in translational research of autism spectrum disorders. Successful applicants will have a project that bridges basic laboratory research and behavioral or biomedical clinical research, and a training plan that includes mentoring in both basic and clinical research environments. Click here for more information. 

 

Graduate Student Research Fellowships, Poverty Research 
Deadline: November 2, 2012 
The UC Davis Center for Poverty Research seeks applications from affiliated faculty researchers who are interested in hiring a GSR (up to 50% time) for Winter and/or Spring 2013. 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. Click here for more information. 
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CALL FOR NOMINATIONS
Health Disparities in Boys and Men Working Group
Deadline: November 7, 2012 
The American Psychological Association as part of its strategic initiative on health disparities is soliciting nominations for a Working Group on health disparities in boys and men. Males from low socioeconomic backgrounds and racial/ethnic minority populations, in particular, experience poorer health, are more likely to engage in high risk behaviors, and are less likely to engage in behaviors that promote good health. The Association is interested in researchers, practitioners and educators who are knowledgeable about the health and well-being of boys and men from underserved communities, especially factors related to stress, substance use, trauma and violence, and interventions effective with males. The major goals of the working group are to prepare a review of evidence-based interventions and policies effective in improving the health and well-being of boys and men from health priority populations (e.g., racial/ethnic minority, low SES) and to develop an action plan for the Association to increase psychology's awareness of and involvement in efforts to improve the health and quality of life of vulnerable boys and men. Candidates are asked to submit (1) a letter indicating their willingness to serve and detailing their particular expertise on the issue, and (2) a current CV, no later than November 7, 2012. Individuals from under-represented and/diverse populations are especially encouraged to apply. Materials should be sent to Patty DiSandro via email, [email protected]. 
 
CALL FOR NOMINATIONS
Stress and Health Disparities Working Group
Deadline: November 7, 2012 
The American Psychological Association, as part of its strategic initiative on health disparities, is soliciting nominations for a Working Group on stress and health disparities. The Association is especially interested in researchers, practitioners, and educators who are knowledgeable about stress-related factors that influence the health and well-being of individuals from health disparity population groups, particularly racial/ethnic minority, low income, disability, and LGBT communities. Stress associated with health conditions such as obesity, substance use, depression and anxiety disorders, trauma, and violence is of interest. Goals of the working group include: (1) summarize major findings on the role of stress in health disparities including information on the biopsychosocial mechanisms through which stress affects different health outcomes and information on potential moderators of these effects including biological, interpersonal and environmental factors; (2) identify evidence-based/effective interventions that address stress, (3) identify strategies to effectively disseminate information on evidence-based programs/best practices on stress assessment, prevention, and treatment to psychologists, other health professionals, students, and consumers, and (4) recommend actions needed to implement effective stress awareness, prevention, and treatment programs and policies. Candidates are asked to submit (1) a letter indicating their willingness to serve and detailing their particular expertise on the issue, and (2) a current CV, no later than November 7, 2012. Individuals from under-represented and/diverse populations are especially encouraged to apply. Materials should be sent to Patty DiSandro via email, [email protected]. 
 
Call for Papers 
Journal of Teaching in Social Work 
Deadline: January 31, 2013 
The Journal of Teaching in Social Work plans to publish a Special Issue on Distance Learning and Online Education in 2013. In this regard, we invite manuscripts that address all aspects pertaining to professional social work online, distance and virtual instruction leading to an accredited BSW, MSW, or DSW degree, and continuing education toward social work specialization certification or licensure renewal. Preferred manuscripts will be those that provide a systematic and rigorous formative or summative assessment of current initiatives or offer a detailed and conceptually focused description and rationale for prospective programs. (Manuscripts that are primarily accounts and do not include a disciplined and independent evaluation of both the strengths and limitations of an enterprise are not likely to be published.) As is our custom, all manuscripts will undergo a traditional double-blind peer review. The final decision on acceptance, as always, will be the responsibility of them Editor-in-Chief. Topics might well include the following: 
● Synchronous and asynchronous instruction 
● Simulcast classes deploying ITV online 
● Live, interactive web-based class and training sessions 
● Interactive video technologies and programmed instruction 
● Skype-based seminars, faculty advising, and video conferencing 
● Hybrid courses using web-based platforms 
● Alternative virtual academic degree-centered educational conceptualizations 
● Assessment of the advantages and disadvantages of the pursuit of online (versus) residential degrees 
● Effectiveness of providing licensure-mandated courses and examinations via distance learning 
● Outcome evaluation of graduates' preparation for practice, including comparative performance on licensing exams 
Questions regarding the requirements for manuscript submission for this Special Issue can be addressed to the Editor-in-Chief at: [email protected].
 
Call for Manuscripts
Psychological Services
Deadline: February 22, 2013
Innovations in Addressing Mental Health Care Disparities
The editorial staff at the APA Division 18's journal, Psychological Services, is extending an invitation for manuscripts to be considered for a special section on innovations in addressing mental health care disparities. Drs. Michi Fu and Joyce Chu will serve as co-editors. This special section will consider manuscripts related to innovations that further the mission to decrease mental health and mental health care disparities to the nation's underserved populations (e.g., ethnic minorities, sexual minorities, etc.). Click here for more information. 
 
Call for Papers
2013 NOFSW Annual Conference
Deadline: October 21, 2012
Advancing Forensic Practice: Promoting Innovation Worldwide
The National Organization of Forensic Social Work (NOFSW) believes forensic practice best serves clients when it functions from an interdisciplinary perspective. NOFSW conferences offer a unique opportunity for social workers and allied professionals to learn from one another while enhancing their knowledge and understanding of the interconnectedness of the law, policy, and practice. Attendees include social workers, psychologists, attorneys, judges, law enforcement, physicians, nurses, child custody evaluators, and various other mental health, medical and legal professionals. Presentations welcomed from national and international speakers on topics including interpersonal violence across the lifespan (offenders & victims); criminal, family, juvenile and restorative justice; specialty courts; child, adult and elder welfare as well as end of life issues; mitigation in capital cases; family and community mediation; mental health and substance abuse treatment in forensic settings; legal and ethical concerns related to work with forensic populations; and risk management for service providers. Click here for more information. 

 

Call for Abstracts 
2nd Annual Social Work Day: International Congress on Qualitative Inquiry 
Deadline: December 1, 2012 
Social Work Day is the great social work get-together. Social workers from throughout the world come together to share ideas and draw energy from each other. In 2012, we had 25 papers, 44 presenters, an opening plenary, six concurrent sessions, a workshop, three round tables, a "town hall" closing, and reception that the School of Social Work at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign sponsored. If you want to discuss ideas and topics, feel free to contact Jane Gilgun at [email protected]. Jane is the convener of the conference and is a professor, School of Social Work, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, USA. If you have ideas about sessions, initiatives, publicity, fund-raising, or any other relevant topic, please contact Jane. She will let you know if others have similar interests and will connect you to other researchers with similar interests. This year Social Work Day is on Friday where we will have time together to share what we are doing and then opportunities to mingle with scholars from about 200 countries and scores of disciplines. We learned about and renewed our interests in innovative methods and new uses for well-known methods. Click here to read more.

 

Call for Applications
NDACAN Summer Research Institute
Deadline: January 30, 2013
The National Data Archive on Child Abuse and Neglect (NDACAN) will sponsor its 20th Summer Research Institute (SRI) for child maltreatment researchers on the Cornell University campus in Ithaca, New York on June 10-14, 2013. The Institute will be an intensive experience in secondary data analysis that combines colloquia with hands-on computing time. Participants are selected on a competitive basis from a variety of disciplines including psychology, social work, and medicine. The primary goal of the Institute is to facilitate secondary analysis projects from which researchers can publish their findings. In addition, the Institute will provide child maltreatment researchers an invaluable opportunity for networking and collaboration. Click here for more information. 
Conferences & Trainingsconf
DMC National Webinar Part II: What the Data and Research Tell Us
October 24, 2012
Presenters will discuss the extent of DMC nationally using the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP)'s National Disproportionate Minority Contact Databook, present a summary of the DMC Field Initiated Research and Evaluation (FIRE) studies which includes examining state and local data over at least a three-year period, and provide an update on the DMC literature review. Presenters will also discuss how Arizona's statewide DMC assessment study will help guide state and local DMC efforts. Click here for more information.

Rural Multiracial and Multicultural Health Conference
December 4-6, 2012
Asheville, NC
The Rural Multiracial and Multicultural Health Conference is one of the National Rural Health Association's fastest growing conferences. One of the only meetings in the nation to focus on rural multiracial and multicultural health issues, this event offers attendees the opportunity to meet with peers and experts who share unique concerns and interests. This conference is designed for those who are dedicated to bringing quality health care and health care services to this underserved and often under-represented portion of the rural population. Click here for more information.

Roundtable on the Promotion of Health Equity and the Elimination of Health Disparities
November 14, 2012
(Institute of Medicine)
The Roundtable on the Promotion of Health Equity and the Elimination of Health Disparities will hold a workshop on Wednesday, November 14, in Seattle, WA. The purpose of this workshop is to focus on Native American Health and how culture is a decisive factor when addressing health inequalities. The topics for the workshop include;
-Training in cultural competence
-Weaving culture into the clinical setting
-Action in cancer prevention in Communities
-Action in diabetes prevention in Communities
Click here for more information.

The Adaptation Effect: Engaging Community Partners to Adapt and Implement Evidence-based Interventions
November 13, 2012
Join us in November as we continue the exploration of practice-based evidence and how it can inform your own community's efforts to engage partners in the adaptation of evidence-based interventions. In the final session of a three-part series, the National Cancer Institute's (NCI) Research to Reality (R2R) November cyber-seminar will highlight three of the R2R Mentorship Program projects that are working with community partners to adapt and implement evidence-based interventions. Kiameesha Evans is adapting and implementing the diet and nutrition program, Body and Soul, to include a physical activity component and is piloting the intervention with several faith-based organizations in New Jersey. Venice Haynes has partnered with a local foundation to provide technical assistance in the adaptation of a cervical cancer program, Con Amor Aprendemos (With Love We Learn), for African American faith-based communities in Atlanta. Finally, Charlene Mitchell adapted a sun safety program, Pool Cool, for implementation at rural Idaho public pools. Kiameesha, Venice, and Charlene will each share an overview of their projects, outcomes, and lessons learned about partnership, adaptation, and implementation relevant to other communities and researchers interested in these types of cancer control interventions. If you missed the previous cyber-seminars on practice-based evidence and the R2R Mentorship Program, you can watch the archives. Register today for the November cyber-seminar here.
Research Publications & Data Resourcesdata    
Brief Summarizes Reductions in Recidivism 
"States Report Reductions in Recidivism" (NCJ 239783, 8 pp.) is a policy brief that highlights a cross-section of states reporting significant declines in recidivism rates for adults released from prison. For each state, this brief compares 3-year postrelease recidivism rates for individuals released from prison in 2005 and 2007. Click here to read the full report. 
 
Economic Impact of Rural Health Care
by Gerald A. Doeksen, Cheryl F. St. Clair, and Fred C. Eilrich,
(National Center for Rural Health Works)
The public is well aware of the medical contributions that rural health providers deliver to rural residents but the economic contributions that rural health care provides to the local community are equally important. It is crucial that rural residents have access to quality health care. It is crucial to generate and retain health care services and health care jobs in rural areas. This is even more crucial since rural areas typically have higher unemployment than urban areas. National and rural health care impacts are presented in this briefing. Click here to read the full report.

 

Tribal Crime Data Collection Activities, 2012
Steven W. Perry
Describes Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) activities to collect and improve data on crime and justice in Indian country, as required by the Tribal Law and Order Act, 2010. The report summarizes BJS's comprehensive outreach and collaboration strategy to implement a census of courts operating in Indian country. It presents data from the 2010 Census of Population and Housing, which was conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau, about American Indians and Alaska Natives (AIAN), their tribal affiliations, and the populations of AIAN reservations and villages. It also includes federal justice statistics on federal suspects investigated and charges filed for offenses occurring in Indian country. The report describes tribal law enforcement agencies and the number of agencies with identifiable crime data in the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program. It summarizes tribal eligibility for Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) awards. Click here to read more. 

 

Critical Access Hospital Year 7 Hospital Compare Participation and Quality Measure Results
Michelle Casey, Bridget Barton, Peiyin Hung, and Ira Moscovice
(University of Minnesota Rural Health Research Center)
This report examines participation and quality measure results for Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) in the seventh year of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Hospital Compare public reporting database. Although CAHs do not face the same financial incentives as hospitals paid under the Medicare Prospective Payment System (PPS) to participate, the Hospital Compare initiative provides an important opportunity for CAHs to assess and improve their performance on national standards of care. This report updates previous national reports on Hospital Compare results for CAHs. The Flex Monitoring Team has also prepared state level reports on 2006-2010 data. Click here to read the full report. 

 

Research Report Digest, Issue 8
October 2012
In the National Institute of Justice (NIJ)'s Research Report Digest, you will find brief descriptions of studies in various criminal justice disciplines, such as criminology and forensic sciences, and evaluations of technologies that are used in the law enforcement and corrections fields. This issue includes reports based on NIJ-funded research that were added to the NCJRS Abstracts Database from April-June 2012. Click here to read more.

 

A Sketch of Community Health Centers Chart Book 2012
The National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC) is pleased to present A Sketch of Community Health Centers, an overview of the federal Health Center Program and the communities they serve. Health Centers began over forty years ago as part of President Lyndon B. Johnson's declared "War on Poverty." Their aim then, as it is now, is to provide affordable, high quality and comprehensive primary care to medically underserved populations, regardless of their insurance status or ability to pay. A growing number of health centers also provide dental, behavioral, pharmacy, and other needed supplemental services. No two health centers are alike but they all share one common purpose: to provide primary health care services that are coordinated, culturally and linguistically competent, and community directed. Click here to see the full chart book. 
News & Noticesnews  
Request for Information (RFI): Enhancing Community- Engaged Research through the Clinical and Translational Science Awards (CTSA) Program
The National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), seeks comments from all key stakeholders in the scientific and public health communities on the development of a research agenda utilizing the community engagement infrastructure developed through the Clinical and Translational Science Awards (CTSA) program to achieve its broad clinical and translational goals. Key stakeholders include all investigators involved in bringing basic science through the translational pipeline to improve health in the community; those public and private partners who fund such research and services; and others including clinicians, patients, and community leaders seeking better diagnostics, treatments, preventions and cures. Click here for more information.
 
NIH Loan Repayment Programs
Deadline: November 15, 2012
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is accepting applications for its extramural Loan Repayment Programs (LRPs) now through 8:00 p.m. Eastern time on November 15, 2012. These programs often allow scientific investigators to remain in the research workforce, achieve research independence and focus their efforts on advancing the health of the nation. Opportunities are available in clinical research, pediatric research, health disparities research, contraception and infertility research, and clinical research for individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds. Each year, about 1,600 scientists benefit from the more than $70 million NIH invests in their careers through the extramural LRPs. Click here for more information. 
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