December 20, 2012  || Vol. 4, Issue 51
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Funding OpportunitiesFunding   
Affordable Housing Research
Deadline: January 11, 2013 (abstracts)
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation has issued a request for housing research proposals as part of its How Housing Matters to Families and Communities program, a five-year, $25 million research initiative to deepen the literature on the effect that investments in housing have on social and economic outcomes beyond shelter. In the 2012-13 competition, the foundation seeks to expand the body of empirical evidence with respect to the difference that living in decent, stable, and affordable housing makes in the lives of children, families, and communities. The foundation places special emphasis on how such evidence can be put to use by decision-makers to strengthen policies and programs. Click here for more information.
  
NIDCD Small Grant Program (R03)
Deadline: October 28, 2015
The National Institute on Deafness and other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) Small Grant Program (R03) is intended to support basic and clinical research of scientists who are beginning to establish an independent research career. It cannot be used for thesis or dissertation research. The research must be focused on one or more of the areas within the biomedical and behavioral scientific mission of the NIDCD: hearing, balance, smell, taste, voice, speech, or language. The NIDCD R03 grant mechanism supports different types of projects including secondary analysis of existing data; small, self-contained research projects; development of research methodology; translational research; outcomes research; and development of new research technology. Irrespective of the type of project, the intent of the NIDCD R03 is for the Program Director(s)/Principal Investigator(s) (PD(s)/PI(s) to obtain sufficient preliminary data for a subsequent R01 application. Click here for more information.  
  
R40 MCH Autism Intervention Research
Deadline: February 19, 2013
The current competition for R40 MCH Autism Intervention Research supports research on evidence-based practices for interventions to improve the health and well-being of children and adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) and other developmental disabilities.  Consistent with the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)'s mission as the access agency to provide services to underserved populations, applicants are encouraged to propose research studies that address the unique and very important needs of underserved populations, including low-income, racial/ethnic minorities, immigrants, and individuals who are not already readily included in current research on children and adolescents with ASD and other developmental disabilities.  Also encouraged are proposals that address the unique barriers to identification, diagnosis, and receipt of interventions for underserved populations, including issues pertaining to insurance coverage and reimbursement for evidence-based interventions for children and adolescents with ASD and other developmental disabilities. Click here for more information.
  
AHRQ Health Services Research Projects (R01)
Deadline: November 5, 2015
The Research Project Grant (R01) is an award made by the Agency for Health Care Research and Quality (AHRQ) to an institution/organization to support a discrete, specified health services research project. The project will be performed by the named investigator and study team. The R01 research plan proposed by the applicant institution/organization must be related to the mission and portfolio priority research interests of AHRQ. Click here for more information.
  
2013 NARSAD YOUNG INVESTIGATOR GRANT
Deadline: January 18, 2013
The Brain & Behavior Research Foundation is the largest non-government, donor-supported organization that distributes funds for psychiatric brain and behavior disorder research.  The Foundation is pleased to announce the 2013 NARSAD Young Investigator Grant. The NARSAD Young Investigator Grant program offers up to $30,000 a year for up to two (2) years to enable promising investigators to either extend their research fellowship training or to begin careers as independent research faculty. The program is intended to facilitate innovative research opportunities and supports basic, as well as translational and/or clinical investigators, however, research must be relevant to our understanding, treatment and prevention of serious psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia, bipolar, mood and anxiety disorders, or early onset brain and behavior disorders. For more information regarding eligibility, guidelines, requirements, or to apply please visit our website.
  
Center for Mental Health Services Postdoc
Deadline: January 15, 2013
The Center for Mental Health Services Research at the George Warren Brown School of Social Work, Washington University in St. Louis, invites applications for postdoctoral training in mental health services research. We invite applications from individuals with an earned M.D., or Ph.D. from such fields as social work, psychology, health services, organizational psychology, nursing, anthropology, public health, or management. The Brown School is the home of our social work and public health programs, and provides a multidisciplinary environment for research training. Faculty research interests include dissemination and implementation research; improving the quality of mental health care; mental health services to public social service clients; intervention adaptation and development; vulnerable populations; developmental disabilities; and system dynamics. Training appointments are typically for two years. Click here for more information.
  
Sandell Grant and Dissertation Fellowship Programs
Deadline: January 31, 2013
The Center for Retirement Research at Boston College works to promote research on retirement issues, transmit new findings to a broad audience, help train new scholars, and expand access to valuable data resources. The center is accepting applications for two funding opportunities: The Steven H. Sandell Grant Program provides funding opportunities for scholars from all academic disciplines and senior scholars working in a new area to pursue cutting-edge projects having to do with retirement income and disability insurance issues. Junior scholars within the first ten years of their academic career and tenured scholars entering a new field are encouraged to submit a proposal. The principal investigator and co-principal investigator, if applicable, are required to have a Ph.D. or comparable professional certification. Scholars must be employed full-time at an academic or research institution. Grants are not intended to fund dissertation research. Up to five grants of $45,000 will be awarded for projects of one year. The Dissertation Fellowship Program in Retirement Income and Disability Insurance Research provides funding opportunities for doctoral candidates to pursue cutting-edge research on retirement issues. Applicants are required to be enrolled in a qualified doctoral program at a United States university; have completed all coursework for a Ph.D. by the time funding starts; and have a dissertation advisor and/or committee. Doctoral candidates from all academic disciplines are encouraged to submit a proposal. Up to seven fellowships of $28,000 will be awarded. Click here for more information.
  
Dissertation Fellowship in Population, Reproductive Health, and Economic Development
Deadline: March 11, 2013
The Institute of International Education is accepting applications for the Dissertation Fellowship in Population, Reproductive Health, and Economic Development. Sponsored by the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, the program will provide fellows with stipends to support tuition and research expenses. In addition, fellows will become part of a network of researchers and participate in professional development opportunities. The objective of the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation/IIE Dissertation Fellowship is to produce sound evidence on the role of population and reproductive health in economic development that could be incorporated into national and international economic planning and decision making. Click here for more information.
  
Open Society Foundations Fellowship
Deadline: February 1, 2013
A program of the Open Society Foundations, the Open Society Fellowship was founded in 2008 to support individuals pursuing innovative and unconventional approaches to fundamental open society challenges. The fellowship program seeks to fund work that will enrich public understanding of those challenges and stimulate far-reaching conversations within the Open Society Foundations and in the world. A fellowship project might identify a problem that has previously not been recognized, develop new policy ideas to address familiar problems, or offer a new advocacy strategy. Project themes should cut across at least two areas of interest to the Open Society Foundations. Among these are human rights, government transparency, access to information and to justice, and the promotion of civil society and social inclusion. Click here for more information.
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Call for Papers

25th National Symposium on Doctoral Research in Social Work

Deadline:  December 31, 2012

The Ohio State University College of Social Work announces the Call for Papers for the 25th National Symposium on Doctoral Research in Social Work to be held March 28, 2013, on the campus of the Ohio State University. Focusing on the College's year long theme of "Be the Change", Dr. Elizabeth Segal, Arizona State University, will deliver the keynote, "Social Empathy:  Using Interpersonal Skills to Effect Change". The symposium showcases dissertation research of recent Ph.D.  and D.S.W. recipients. Dissertations completed between May 2011 and December 2012 are eligible for consideration; selected presenters will receive a $250 honorarium. Click here for more information and submission guidelines.
 
Call for Papers
Health & Social Work: Service Members, Veterans, & Their Families
Deadline: February 28, 2013
Health & Social Work will publish a special issue in support of NASW's strong commitment to educating all social workers to be prepared to respond to the unique needs of Service Members, Veterans, and their families. This commitment is aligned with the White House's Joining Forces initiative, created by Dr. Jill Biden and First Lady Michelle Obama to bring attention to the distinct needs and strengths of America's military families. NASW has been a proud member of Joining Forces since 2011. Manuscripts on any topic related to health-focused social work with Service Members, Veterans, or military families are welcome. This includes social work at all levels (micro, mezzo, or macro) and in all fields of practice. Click here for more information.
Conferences & Trainingsconf
2013 Research to Practice Institute
May 15, 2013
Newark, NJ
The Network for Social Work Management will convene the 2013 Research to Practice Institute, a professional development event for doctoral students, in conjunction with its 24th Annual Management Institute.  The doctoral student event will commence on Tuesday evening, May 14, 2013 and conclude on Wednesday evening, May 15, 2013.  The 24th Annual Management Institute will be held on May 16 and 17, 2013.  All events will be hosted by Rutgers University in Newark, New Jersey (USA). Doctoral students from around the world with research interests in the area of human service organization management and leadership are encouraged to apply for the Research to Practice Institute by January 31, 2013.  Accepted doctoral students will receive complimentary accommodation for two nights in Newark, New Jersey (May 14 and 15, 2013).  In addition, meals and registration for the Research to Practice Institute for all accepted students will be covered by the Network for Social Work Management. Click here
 for more information. Application due date: January 31, 2013.
  
ICPSR Life of a Dataset Series
Join the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) for a webinar series titled, "Life of a Dataset."  This 3-part series will describe ICPSR's data management approach starting with the identification and deposit of data, to processing and cleaning, and finally to building metadata and tools to ready the data for discovery and dissemination. Whether you are collecting data, planning on sharing (depositing) data to meet funding agency requirements, or interested in repository and archive management, you will find lots of informative content and guidance.  Q&A will be available during each session. Interested in all three sessions?  Please note you must register for each session individually.
-Life of a Dataset Part I: The Deposit - Wednesday, January 16, 2013, at 1 pm EST
-Life of a Dataset Part II: The Process of Processing - Wednesday, January 23, 2013, at 1 pm EST
-Life of a Dataset Part III: Discovery & Dissemination - Wednesday, January 30, 2013, at 1 pm EST
Click here
 for more information.
Research Publications & Data Resourcesdata    

ICPSR Data Additions
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:  

-33201 Monitoring Drug Epidemics and the Markets That Sustain Them, Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring (ADAM) and ADAM II Data, 2000-2003 and 2007-2010
-33501 Congressional Record for 104th-109th Congresses: Text and Phrase Counts
-34422 Transatlantic Trends Survey, 2011
-34425 Strengthening Washington DC Families (SWFP) Project, 1998 - 2004
-34483 Sacramento Area Latino Study on Aging (SALSA Study), 1996-2008: Demographic Data
Click here for more information. 

 

Young Children at Risk: National and State Prevalence of Risk Factors
(From the National Center for Children in Poverty)
Across the U.S., large numbers of young children are affected by one or more risk factors that have been linked to academic failure and poor health. Chief among them is family economic hardship, which is consistently associated with negative outcomes in these two domains. This fact sheet highlights important findings about the prevalence of children experiencing risk factors in the U.S. These findings were produced with the Young Child Risk Calculator. Click here
 for more information.

 

New Meaningful Use data in USHIK
The final versions of several important components of the Meaningful Use initiative have recently been published, including the 2014 Meaningful Use clinical quality measures (CQMs), their associated value sets, and the Meaningful Use Stage 2 Core and Menu Objectives.  The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) is happy to announce that all of these have been loaded to USHIK. AHRQ's USHIK (the United States Healthcare Information Knowledgebase) website is now up-to-date with complete Stage 1 and Stage 2 Core and Menu Objective information, as well as 2011-2013 and 2014 CQM and value set data.  Visit the USHIK Meaningful Use Portal Page to access the updated Meaningful Use information and functionality. Click here 
for more information.

 

Report Supports Developmental Approach to Juvenile Justice
The National Academies' National Research Council has released "Reforming Juvenile Justice: A Developmental Approach." Researchers examined recent advances in behavioral and neuroscience research with regard to adolescent development and offending; they recommend that this scientific knowledge be incorporated into juvenile justice reform efforts nationwide. Click here 
for more information.

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