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June 28, 2013 || Vol. 5, Issue 25
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Funding Opportunities
Research to Understand and Inform Interventions that Promote the Research Careers of Students in Biomedical and Behavioral SciencesDeadline: October 18, 2013(National Institutes of Health)This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) solicits applications that propose research designed to test assumptions and hypotheses on the role of social and behavioral factors in interventions intended to increase interest, motivation and preparedness for careers in biomedical and behavioral research. These research findings should guide the design and implementation of potential interventions. Click here for more information.
Centers on the Demography and Economics of Aging (P30)Deadline: September 26, 2013(National Institutes of Health)This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) solicits Research and Development Center (P30) grant applications in the areas of demography and economics of aging, including relevant interdisciplinary areas rooted in population-based social science research. Center grant applications must include two mandatory Cores and may choose among four optional Cores. Click here for more information.
Social PsychologyDeadline: July 15, 2013; January 15, 2014The Social Psychology Program at the National Science Foundation (NSF) supports basic research on human social behavior, including cultural differences and development over the life span. Among the many research topics supported are: attitude formation and change, social cognition, personality processes, interpersonal relations and group processes, the self, emotion, social comparison and social influence, and the psychophysiological and neurophysiological bases of social behavior. The scientific merit of a proposal depends on four important factors: (1) The problems investigated must be theoretically grounded. (2) The research should be based on empirical observation or be subject to empirical validation. (3) The research design must be appropriate to the questions asked. (4) The proposed research must advance basic understanding of social behavior. Click here for more information.
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Calls
Call for Proposals
Community-Campus Partnerships for Health 13th International Conference
Deadline: September 30, 2013
Community-Campus Partnerships for Health (CCPH) is convening our 13th International Conference, April 30 - May 3, 2014 in Chicago, Illinois. At a time when community-campus partnerships are increasingly recognized as vital to solving our most pressing health, social, environmental and economic challenges, the CCPH conference promises to be our best yet as hundreds of community members, faculty, staff, students, funders and policy makers from around the world convene for four days of skill-building, networking and agenda-setting! The conference theme "From Rhetoric to Reality: Achieving Authentic, Equitable & Transformative Partnerships" builds on our 2012 conference "Where We've Been and Where We Need to Go" by boldly tackling the challenges that prevent us from "walking the talk" of true partnerships and fully realizing their transformative potential. As community engagement, community-based participatory research and service-learning gain prominence, we are concerned that some are using these terms in name only without embracing the commitment to diversity, equity, justice and impact that they demand. We are also concerned that significant resources are being invested in institutional infrastructure and capacity building without a parallel investment being made in communities. Click here for more information.
Call for PapersJournal for Nonprofit ManagementDeadline: ongoingThe peer reviewed, online Journal for Nonprofit Management (JNM) is a forum for the publication, dissemination, and discussion of all aspects of nonprofit management practice. JNM is dedicated to encouraging mutual scholarly exchanges on practice methods, capacity building, theoretical framework development, tactics and techniques. Scholars, practitioners, and students are invited to submit their manuscripts for publication in the Journal for Nonprofit Management. The Journal for Nonprofit Management accepts submissions of articles, shorter contributions, case studies and book reviews. The Journal for Nonprofit Management accepts submissions on an ongoing basis with reviews occurring on the first of the month in January, May, and September. The journal welcomes submissions from all areas of nonprofit management practice. Manuscripts should be submitted via email to: JNMsubmissions@ssw.rutgers.edu.
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Conferences & Trainings
Advanced Methods Webinars: Contributions to Planning, Executing, Analyzing, and Reporting Research on Delivery System ImprovementFormative Evaluation WebinarJuly 15, 2013An upcoming Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) webinar will focus on formative evaluation, a process that occurs before or during a project's implementation to improve its design and performance. The webinar, to be held on July 15 from 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. EDT, will feature Jeffrey Smith, Ph.D., Implementation Research Coordinator of the Virginia Mental Health Quality Enhancement Research Initiative. Dr. Smith's presentation will focus on Formative Evaluation: Fostering Real-Time Adaptions and Refinements to Improve the Effectiveness of Patient-Centered Medical Home Interventions, an AHRQ Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH) Research Methods Brief posted on AHRQ's PCMH Web site. Other webinar participants are Cheryl McDonnell, Ph.D., Director at James Bell Associates and AHRQ's Michael Harrison, Ph.D., Senior Social Scientist. Click here for more information.
The Campbell Collaboration Methods TrainingsThe Campbell Collaboration provides more information for individuals who would like to learn more about the methodological aspects of summarizing research or how to conduct research on effects. We provide advice, slide presentations and more. Topics include The Introductory Methods; The Advanced Methods/Applied Topics; How to conduct meta-analysis?; Workshop Agenda, Systematic Reviews and Meta-analysis; Methods Links; and Evaluation of training sessions/workshops. Click here for more information.
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Research Publications & Data Resources
Key Elements of a QRIS Validation Plan: Guidance and Planning Template
(Office of Planning, Research, & Evaluation)
Quality Rating and Improvement Systems' administrators are seeking resources and technical assistance for sorting out the goals and methods associated with different validation questions and approaches. This guidance and planning template is a practical tool that states and evaluators can use to develop QRIS validation efforts. This guidance builds on the information provided in the QRIS Evaluation Toolkit and a brief on QRIS validation. Click here for more information.
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:
-34680 Midlands Tomorrow Household Travel Survey, 2006-2007 [Columbia, South Carolina]
-34706 Lessons Learned? Comparing the Federal Reserve's Responses to the Crises of 1929-1933 and 2007-2009
-34707 Fiscal Multipliers in War and in Peace
-34709 FOMC Learning and Productivity Growth (1985-2003): A Reading of the Record
-34710 The Economic Progress of African Americans in Urban Areas: A Tale of 14 Cities
-34711 The Geographic Distribution and Characteristics of U.S. Bank Failures, 2007-2010: Do Bank Failures Still Reflect Local Economic Conditions?
-34712 Forecasting with Mixed Frequencies
Click here for the full list of data resources.
Bridging the Research and Practice Gap: A National Symposium Critical Considerations, Successes & Emerging Ideas
Hosted by the University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work, this symposium invited nationally-known faculty, researchers, and practitioners to identify and discuss critical considerations, successes, and emerging ideas to improve the translation of research into practice. Submitted papers for this symposium are available for viewing on the event website. Day one presentation videos are available here, and day two videos are available here. Questions regarding this event or these resources can be directed to Danielle Parrish, Assistant Professor at dparrish@uh.edu.
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News & Notices
The CTSA Program at NIH: Opportunities for Advancing Clinical and Translational ResearchThe past half century of biomedical and health research has led to significant improvements in individual and public health. However, it often takes many years before the benefits of research reach the targeted beneficiaries due to the challenges of translating scientific findings into practice. Created in 2006, and currently funded by the NIH's National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS), the Clinical and Translational Science Awards (CTSA) Program aims to facilitate and accelerate the translation of laboratory discoveries into new and better preventive and treatment solutions to improve health. The Institute of Medicine was asked by NIH to review the mission and strategic goals of the CTSA Program. The IOM committee finds that the CTSA program is contributing significantly to advancing clinical and translational research, and recommends a number of revisions that could make the program more efficient and effective and could ensure future successes. If enacted, these changes would help establish the CTSA Program as the national leader for advancing innovative and transformative clinical and translational research. Click here to read the full report.
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