February 22, 2013  || Vol. 5, Issue 8
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Funding OpportunitiesFunding   
Mechanisms, Models, Measurement, & Management in Pain Research
Deadline: May 7, 2016 
The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to inform the scientific community of the pain research interests of the various Institutes and Centers (ICs) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and to stimulate and foster a wide range of basic, clinical, and translational studies on pain as they relate to the missions of these ICs. New advances are needed in every area of pain research, from the micro perspective of molecular sciences to the macro perspective of behavioral and social sciences. Although great strides have been made in some areas, such as the identification of neural pathways of pain, the experience of pain and the challenge of treatment have remained uniquely individual and unsolved. Furthermore, our understanding of how and why individuals transition to a chronic pain state after an acute injury is limited. Research to address these issues conducted by interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary research teams is strongly encouraged, as is research from underrepresented, minority, disabled, or women investigators. Click here for more information. 

 

Social Science Research on Forensic Science
Deadline: May 15, 2013
The National Institute of Justice (NIJ) is seeking applications for funding social science research on forensic science. Some of the forensic disciplines, particularly in the area of DNA, have experienced numerous advances over the last decade. NIJ is interested in stimulating research to examine the impact of these forensic advances on the criminal justice system and changes in policies to adapt to the greater use of forensic evidence. Click here for more information. 
 
Policy Relevant Evaluations to Inform Development of Health Information Technology (IT) Meaningful Use Objectives
Deadline: March 28, 2013 
The mission of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) is to improve the quality, safety, efficiency, and effectiveness of healthcare for all Americans. AHRQ achieves this mission by supporting a program of health services research and by working with partners to promote improvements in clinical and health systems practice that benefit patients. This Notice announces AHRQ's interest in funding research demonstration projects that will provide evidence to inform the development of meaningful use objectives. Given the current state of development, AHRQ is only interested in supporting applications that propose projects that can begin in September, 2013, and which will disseminate results before June, 2014. AHRQ is particularly interested in projects that will evaluate implementation of proposed Stage 3 meaningful use objectives in primary care practices for the Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Programs and that propose strategies for improving the objectives at the policy level, EHR innovations that would support meeting the proposed objectives, and suggestions for primary care practices to increase the value of meaningful use objectives. AHRQ is also interested in projects that evaluate implementation of the same objectives in the hospital setting and propose strategies for improvement as above. Click here for more information.
 
Family Self-Sufficiency and Stability Research Scholars Network
Deadline: May 20, 2013 
The Office of Planning Research and Evaluation (OPRE) within the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) in the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) plans to invite applications for Principal Investigators to join a network of scholars who will investigate critical issues in family self-sufficiency and stability research. The Family Self-Sufficiency and Stability Research Network (the Network) will be a collaborative enterprise of scholars who undertake research in family self-sufficiency and stability that is both scientifically rigorous and highly relevant to family self-sufficiency programs and research. This project would support cooperative agreements with scholars who will work independently and collectively to undertake a systematic, multi-disciplinary examination of the current gaps in family self-sufficiency and stability policies, programs and existing research; execute research and program evaluation activities in collaboration with state and local human services agencies and community-based organizations; and participate in a multi-disciplinary learning community by collaborating with other members of the Network and affiliated scholars. Click here for more information. 
 
Data Center for Family Self-Sufficiency
Deadline: May 20, 2013 
The Office of Planning Research and Evaluation (OPRE) within the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) in the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) plans to invite applications to support the development, implementation, and ongoing operations of a Data Center to support family self-sufficiency research and activities (Center). This Center would serve as a hub to support the development of state and institutional capacity for data collection, linkage, and where necessary, storage in order to provide access to high quality data to practitioners and policymakers in family self-sufficiency programs and research. The center would work independently, but would also collaborate with an affiliated Family Self-Sufficiency and Stability Research Network. Click here for more information. 
 
Academic-Community Partnership Conference Series (R13)
Deadline: October 27, 2014 
The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) encourages Research Conference Grant (R13) applications to conduct health disparities-related meetings, workshops, and symposia. The purpose of the Academic-Community Partnership Conference Series is to bring together academic institutions/organizations and community organizations to identify opportunities for addressing health disparities through the use of Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR). The objectives of meetings conducted as part of this award will be to: (1) establish and/or enhance academic-community partnerships; (2) identify community-driven research priorities, and (3) develop long-term collaborative CBPR research agendas. Thus, it is expected these partnerships will lead to grant applications for the support of CBPR projects designed to meet identified community needs. The areas of focus for these partnerships may include one or more of the following community-health issues: infant mortality; Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS); fibroid tumors; childhood, adolescent, and/or adult obesity; health literacy; techniques for outreach and information dissemination; pediatric and maternal HIV/AIDS prevention; and violence prevention. Click here for more information. 
 
Fellowships for Advanced Social Science Research on Japan
Deadline: May 1, 2013 
The Fellowship Program for Advanced Social Science Research on Japan is a joint activity of the Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission (JUSFC) and the National Endowment for the Humanities. Awards support research on modern Japanese society and political economy, Japan's international relations, and U.S.-Japan relations. The program encourages innovative research that puts these subjects in wider regional and global contexts and is comparative and contemporary in nature. Research should contribute to scholarly knowledge or to the general public's understanding of issues of concern to Japan and the United States. Click here for more information. 

 

David B. Larson Fellowship in Health and Spirituality
Deadline: April 17, 2013 
The Library of Congress invites qualified scholars to apply for a post-doctoral fellowship in the field of health and spirituality. Made possible by a generous endowment from the International Center for the Integration of Health and Spirituality (ICIHS), the fellowship is named in honor of the Center's late founder, David B. Larson, an epidemiologist and psychiatrist, who focused on potentially relevant but understudied factors which might help in prevention, coping, and recovering from illness. The fellowship is designed to continue Dr. Larson's legacy of promoting meaningful, scholarly study of these two important and increasingly interrelated fields. It seeks to encourage the pursuit of scholarly excellence in the scientific study of the relation of religiousness and spirituality to physical, mental, and social health. The fellowship provides an opportunity for a period of six to twelve months of concentrated use of the collections of the Library of Congress, through full-time residency in the Library's John W. Kluge Center. Click here for more information. 
 
Institute of International Education Scholar Rescue Fund
Deadline: Open
(From the Philanthropy News Digest) 
The Institute of International Education invites qualifying scholars to apply to the Scholar Rescue Fund, which provides fellowships for established professors, researchers, and public intellectuals whose lives or careers are threatened in their home countries. The fellowships, which last up to one academic year, support temporary academic positions at universities, colleges, and research centers in locations anywhere in the world where scholars can continue their work in safety. Fellows are expected to teach, research, or publish at host academic institutions until conditions allow them to return to their home countries. Established professors, researchers, and public intellectuals from any country, field, or discipline are eligible to apply. Preference is given to scholars who are facing or have recently fled from immediate threats to their lives and/or careers in their home countries or countries of residence; hold a Ph.D. or equivalent in their field with extensive teaching or research at the university level; and can demonstrate superior academic accomplishment or promise. Click here for more information. 
 
AHRQ 2013 Summer Intramural Fellowship Program
Deadline: March 5, 2013
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), a component of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), is soliciting applications for time limited Fellowship opportunities. AHRQ's mission is to improve the quality, safety, efficiency, and effectiveness of health care for all Americans by examining how people get access to health care, how much care costs and what happens to patients as a result of the care they receive. The AHRQ Intramural Fellowship Program provides opportunities for individuals to work with leading health services researchers in the conduct and support of research on "real life" issues which supports the Agency's mission and contributes to improvements in health care. Fellows are also afforded the opportunity to work with administrative protocols, gain access to AHRQ-sponsored data sets, and apply statistical analysis methods in an effort to broaden the Fellow's understanding of health services research and the Agency' impact on the health care system. Junior fellows are generally involved as part of a team responsible for conducting research and performing research related activities. At this level, research studies generally have clear and specific objectives and involve investigations having a limited number of variables and self directed work in planning and carrying research activities. Click here for more information. 
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Call for Papers
Journal of Applied Research on Children
Deadline: June 1, 2013
Topic: Accountable Communities: Healthier Neighborhoods, Healthier Children
Published by the Texas Medical Center Library and edited by the CHILDREN AT RISK Institute, the Journal of Applied Research on Children (JARC) seeks to influence policy impacting children by evidencing, through hard data, the need for policy change to improve the lives of children across the United States. Through practical case studies or research on how data has already been applied to change policies, articles provide a powerful link between data and policy solutions to strengthen the argument of child advocates across the country. For this reason, the Journal of Applied Research on Children is available online in an open-access format (jarc.childrenatrisk.org) and is indexed in CINAHL and SocINDEX, making it available to child advocates, researchers, practitioners, and policymakers across America. Since its launch, journal articles have been downloaded over 35,000 times. For the seventh issue of the Journal of Applied Research on Children, Accountable Communities, the CHILDREN AT RISK Institute invites authors to write about how to effectively create healthy, successful communities for our children. All papers should be data-oriented and should address wherever possible: 1) evidence informed if not evidence based practices, 2) links to policies and programs related to building healthier communities, 3) culturally relevant issues and supports for diverse families and children. Click here for more information.

 

Call for Papers
Journal of Youth Development
Deadline: March 1, 2013
The Winter 2013 issue of Journal of Youth Development will specifically focus on the "Impact of Media on Youth Development." Suggested topics include digital literacy, the effects of youth engagement with new technologies, influences of intensity and duration of media exposure on youth development, and the role of advertising on youth development. The Journal of Youth Development is a refereed publication that seeks to enhance knowledge about matters of current interest to professionals in youth development. It provides access to the latest youth development research, practices and information from the fields of psychology, nutrition, agricultural education and other disciplines. The Journal of Youth Development ~ Bridging Research and Practice is an online resource for youth development researchers, practitioners and policy makers. Click here for more information. 
 
Call for Applications
Early Career Work and Family Scholars Program
Deadline: June 1, 2013
The Work and Family Researchers Network is committed to mentoring the next generation of work and family scholars. Our Early Career Scholars Program (ECS) provides supports for recent doctoral recipients to advance their research, teaching, and long-term career prospects. By offering networked resources and consultation, we help promising new scholars move into tenured appointments and secure senior-level positions, as well as engage them with the work and family community of scholars. This program builds on three successful cohorts supported by the former Sloan Work and Family Research Network. Click here for more information. 
Conferences & Trainingsconf
Hands-Ons with ICPSR - Discovering ICPSR Data
February 25, 2013
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. This session will cover effective search strategies, ICPSR's bibliography of data-related literature, our growing tools associated with the social science variables database, and more! This session is for those who are searching for research data or teaching tools and those who are helping others to find data or teaching tools. Click here for more information.

HEALTH DISPARITIES RESEARCH AT THE INTERSECTION OF RACE, ETHNICITY, AND DISABILITY
April 25 & 26, 2013
Washington, DC
The conference is intended to bring together researchers, advocates, and policy makers in racial and ethnic disparities and disability-related disparities to:
-Learn about barriers to health care and health promotion for people with disabilities in underserved racial and ethnic groups
-Share your own work on health disparities at this intersection
-Discuss priorities for future research and action
Click here for more information.

Pedagogy of Privilege Conference
August 5 & 6, 2013
Denver, CO
The 2013 conference is the 3rd biennial conference held at the University of Denver that brings scholars, students, faculty, staff, community members, social justice workers, and activists together to engage in dialogues about the various aspects of privilege and the ways in which privilege impacts education, social justice work, helping professions, and research. Click here for more information.
Research Publications & Data Resourcesdata 
ICPSR Data Additions
Below is a list of new data collection additions to the ICPSR data archive:
-28561 National Elder Mistreatment Study, 2008 [United States]
-31483 Eurobarometer 73.1: The European Parliament, Biotechnology, and Science and Technology, January-February 2010
-34472 CBS News/New York Times National Poll, October #2, 2011 
Click here to view all ICPRS data resource.

Child Welfare Information Gateway library
Below is a list of new publications that were added to Child Welfare Information Gateway Library in January:
-Intakes and Investigative Response to Human Trafficking of Children.
-Let's Talk About Your Education.
-Child Welfare Court Data Metrics: New York State Key Indicators 2012.
-Wisconsin Human Trafficking Protocol and Resource Manual; Smirnova, Marianna.
-Abusive Head Trauma among Children Aged <2 Years: Alaska, 2005-2010.
To view all 42 publications and their detail click here.

Estimating Benefits from University-Level Diversity
Barbara Wolfe and Jason Fletcher
(Institute for Research on Poverty)
One of the continuing areas of controversy surrounding higher education is affirmative action. The Supreme Court has agreed to hear Fisher v. Texas, and their ruling may well influence universities' diversity initiatives, especially if they overturn Grutter v. Bollinger and rule that diversity is no longer a "compelling state interest." But what lies behind a compelling state's interest? One issue that continues to require more information is estimating and understanding the gains for those attending colleges and universities with greater diversity. Most existing studies are either based on evidence from one institution, which has issues of both selectivity and limited "treatments," or focus on selective institutions, which also face issues of selection bias from college choice behaviors. In this research we use Wave 3 of Add Health, collected in 2001-02 of those then attending college. Add Health collected the IPEDS number of each college and matched these to the racial/ethnic composition of the student body. We convert these data into an index of diversity and then ask whether attending a college/university with a more diverse student body influences a variety of outcomes at Wave 4 (2007-08), including years of schooling completed, earnings, family income, composition of friends, and probability of voting. Our results provide evidence of a positive link between attending a college with greater diversity and higher earnings and family income, but not with more schooling or the probability of voting. Click here to read more.

Growing Up Locked Down: Youth in Solitary Confinement in Jails and Prisons Across the United States
(From the OJJDP)
This report is based on research in both US jails and prisons in five states �- Colorado, Florida, Michigan, New York, and Pennsylvania - and correspondence with young people in 14 others. The isolation of solitary confinement causes anguish, provokes serious mental and physical health problems, and works against rehabilitation for teenagers, Human Rights Watch and the ACLU found. Click here to read more.

Population and Public Policy
The Population Council's quarterly journal of peer-reviewed research, Population and Development Review, just published a supplement containing 21 new essays on some of today's most important population and development challenges. The supplement marks the retirement of noted demographer Paul Demeny, Distinguished Scholar at the Council. Demeny founded the journal in 1975 and served as Editor for the past 38 years. Click here to read more.
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