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October 4, 2013 || Vol. 5, Issue 39
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SWRnet provides a weekly update about new research funding opportunities, calls for papers and proposals, conferences and trainings, new data and research, and news for the social work research community.
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Funding Opportunities
Nutrition and Alcohol-Related Health Outcomes Grant (NIH)
Deadline: May 7, 2017
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) encourages applications that propose to examine associations between nutrition and alcohol-related health outcomes in humans and animal models. The goal of this FOA is to stimulate a broad range of research on the role of nutrition in the development, prevention, and treatment of a variety of alcohol-related health outcomes including alcohol use disorder and chronic disease. Click here for more information.
Research on the Health Determinants and Consequences of Violence and its Prevention, Particularly Firearm Violence (NIH)
Deadline: January 7, 2017
This funding opportunity announcement (FOA) spans across the missions of several NIH Institutes and Centers (ICs) and Offices, and includes basic neuroscience and basic behavioral research, clinical and translational studies, intervention development at the individual, family and community level, efficacy trials of interventions based on evidence from basic and translational studies, and research to identify the best ways to disseminate and implement efficacious and evidence-based interventions in real-world settings. While this FOA covers all of the areas mentioned above, particular consideration will be given to applications that propose studies of the intersection that focus on the various types of violence (homicide, suicide, youth and gang-related, intimate partner) and firearms. Click here for more information.
Women's Mental Health During Pregnancy and the Postpartum Period (NIH) Deadline: May 7, 2015
The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to outline priority areas for research related to women's mental health during pregnancy and the postpartum period. The NIMH, NICHD, and NIDA are committed to supporting research that will increase scientific understanding of and treatments for mental disorders experienced by women during and following pregnancy.Reduction of the public health burden of mental disorders during this perinatal period will improve the health and well-being of new mothers, their children and families. Click here for more information.
Rural Veterans Coordination Pilot Grant (Department of Veterans Affairs)
Deadline: October 4, 2013
The Department of Veterans Affairs will award five grants to eligible community-based organizations and local and State government entities to assist veterans and their families who are transitioning from military to civilian life in rural or underserved communities. The grants will span 2-years and total $2 million each. Click here for more information.
Academic Research Enhancement Award (NIH)
Deadline: September 7, 2016
The purpose of the Academic Research Enhancement Award (AREA) program is to stimulate research in educational institutions that provide baccalaureate or advanced degrees for a significant number of the Nation's research scientists, but that have not been major recipients of NIH support. AREA grants create opportunities for scientists and institutions, otherwise unlikely to participate extensively in NIH research programs, to contribute to the Nation's biomedical and behavioral research effort. AREA grants are intended to support small-scale research projects proposed by faculty members of eligible, domestic institutions, to expose students to meritorious research projects, and to strengthen the research environment of the applicant institution. Click here for more information.
Soros Justice Advocacy Fellowship
Deadline: October 23, 2013
The Soros Justice Fellowships Program's Advocacy Fellowships fund lawyers, advocates, grassroots organizers, researchers, and others with unique perspectives to undertake full-time criminal justice reform projects at the local, state, and national levels. Projects may range from litigation to public education to coalition-building to grassroots mobilization to policy-driven research. Click here for more information.
Open Society Fellowship
Deadline: February 1, 2014
The Open Society Fellowship was founded in 2008 to support individuals pursuing innovative and unconventional approaches to fundamental open society challenges. The fellowship funds work that will enrich public understanding of those challenges and stimulate far-reaching and probing conversations within the Open Society Foundations and in the world. A fellowship project might identify a problem that has not previously been recognized, develop new policy ideas to address familiar problems, or offer a new advocacy strategy. Click here for more information.
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Calls
Call for Abstracts
CDC STD Prevention Conference
Deadline: October 25, 2013
The Scientific Program Committee invites papers of high quality in the areas of STD prevention research, program and policy. Abstract submissions are peer-reviewed for scientific content, logical presentation, and current interest of the topic to the scientific community. Click here for more information.
Call for Papers
2014 Southwestern Social Science Association Annual Meeting: The Evolving and Everlasting Social Sciences
Deadline: November 15, 2013
Click here for more information.
Call for Papers
Georgetown Public Policy Review
Deadline: December 9, 2013
The Georgetown Public Policy Review is the student-run, peer-reviewed academic journal of the Georgetown Public Policy Institute. Each issue explores various themes in public policy through well-researched articles, interviews, book reviews, and essays. The Review is currently seeking submissions for the Spring 2014 edition. Click here for more information.
Call for Papers
National Organization of Forensic Social Work Annual Conference
Deadline: December 15, 2013
This year's NOFSW conference will feature inter-professional learning opportunities on how to integrate cultural competence with justice in clinical, organizational, community, and policy practice. The conference planning committee invites presentations, workshops, symposia, posters, and advanced or innovative research and practice solutions that address the psychosocial determinants of health, well-being, and legal/justice involvement for individuals, families, and communities. Click here for more information.
Call for Papers
Hawaii International Conference on Social Sciences
Deadline: January 24, 2013
The Hawaii International Conference on Social Sciences encourages submissions of research papers, abstracts, student papers, and case studies from all areas of social science. Click here for more information.
Call for Submissions
Journal of Teaching in Social Work - Special Issue on Doctoral Education in Social Work
Deadline: January 31, 2014
We invite manuscripts from faculty and students that address all aspects pertaining to the pursuit of doctoral study and doctoral degrees in social work. Preferred manuscripts will be those that provide a systematic and rigorous formative or summative assessment of current initiatives, offer a conceptually focused rationale for prospective programs, or propose a detailed prospectus for creative adaptation of current programs. Click here for more information.
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Conferences & Trainings
Rural Assistance Center Webinar: HIV in Rural America
October 1, 2013
The Rural Assistance Center and the Health Resources and Services Administration's Federal Office of Rural Health Policy will be hosting a webinar on October 1, 2013 focused on HIV/AIDS in Rural America. In an effort to reach stakeholders and in support of the National AIDS Strategy this webinar will focus on the Ryan White Program, Research and Prevention. Click here for more information.
The Northern Plains Conference on Aging and Disability: Unleashing the Power of Age, Health and Gender
October 1-3, 2013 - Fargo, ND
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The 20th Annual Affordable Housing Conference
October 7-9, 2013 - Spokane, WA
Housing Washington is a nationally recognized annual conference on affordable housing-a dynamic forum for learning, discussion, networking and collaboration. Click here for more information.
Southby Lecture in Global Health Policy
October 8, 2013 - George Washington University School of Public Health, Washington, DC
The Richard and Janet Southby Distinguished Lectureship in Comparative Health Policy is dedicated to issues in health policy that focus on aspects of domestic policy as they relate to comparative and global policy matters. The October 8 event will feature distinguished guest lecturer Dr. Mary Ellsberg. Dr. Ellsberg's lecture is titled, "Preventing and Responding to Violence Against Women and Girls: Building on Global Best Practices." Click here for more information.
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National Organization for Human Services 2013 National Conference: Sailing into our Future: Expanding our Horizons
October 23-26, 2013 - Baltimore, MD
Change is a constant. From the Dream Act to an aging America, U.S. demographics continue to evolve rapidly. Impacting these changes is our fiscal challenges, threat of cuts in entitlement programs, new service delivery needs (i.e. rise in Asian and Latino populations), and an ever widening border as a result of technology and global initiatives. Human Service practitioners, students and educators, are challenged to address these ever shifting demographics in human service programs as well as service delivery systems. Our capacity to expand our horizons and adapt to our changing societal needs is critical. Click here for more information.
17th Annual Welfare Research and Evaluation Conference (WREC)
May 28-30, 2014 - Washington, DC
The 2014 agenda will focus on the most current research on family self-sufficiency and social welfare programs and policies while also drawing on lessons from past research and experience in the field. Click here for more information.
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Research Publications & Data Resources
The Rural Data Portal
The RURAL DATA PORTAL is a simple, easy to use, on-line resource that provides essential information on the social, economic, and housing characteristics of communities in the United States. Click here for more information and to access the portal.
Housing Assistance Council Report on Rural Poverty
This report provides an overview of the U.S. Census Bureau's annual report: Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2012. Click here for more information.
SAMHSA National Survey on Drug Use and Health: Summary of National Findings
This report presents the first information from the 2012 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), an annual survey sponsored by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). The survey is the primary source of information on the use of illicit drugs, alcohol, and tobacco in the civilian, noninstitutionalized population of the United States aged 12 years old or older. Click here to view the full report.
SAMHSA Medicaid Handbook: Interface with Behavioral Health Services
This handbook should prove useful to anyone wishing to learn the fundamental principles of Medicaid and apply them to their existing knowledge of behavioral health services. Click here to view the handbook.
USDA Economic Research Service Report on Household Food Security in the United States in 2012
Click here for more information and to view the report.
Carsey Institute National Issue Brief on National Child Poverty Rate
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News & Notices
HHS Announces Expansion of Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting
Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has announced $69.7 million in grant awards to 13 states to expand Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) Program activities funded by the Affordable Care Act. Click here for more information.
The Commonwealth Fund: Finding Consensus on Policies to Slow Health Spending Growth
The Commonwealth Fund recently asked researchers at George Washington University to identify major areas of consensus among seven prominent proposals advanced in the past year to contain U.S. health costs and transform the health care delivery system. Click here for more information.
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