February 12, 2016  || Vol. 8, Issue 7
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Funding OpportunitiesFunding
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Policies for Action: Policy and Law Research to Build a Culture of Health
Deadline: March 15, 2016

Policies for Action: Policy and Law Research to Build a Culture of Health (P4A) was created to help build an evidence base for policies that can lead to a Culture of Health. P4A seeks to engage long-standing health and health care researchers, as well as experts in fields like housing, education, transportation, and the built environment, to name a few, who have not worked in health before. The goal is to develop research that generates actionable evidence-the data and information that can guide legislators and other policymakers, public agencies, educators, advocates, community groups, and individuals. Click here for more information.

Organization for Autism Research (OAR) 2016 Applied Research Competition
Deadline: March 28, 2016 
OAR seeks to fund studies that expand the body of knowledge related to autism intervention and treatment, produce practical and clearly objective results, have the potential to impact public policy, and provide outcomes that offer to enhance quality of life for persons with autism and their families.
Click here for more information.

Okura Mental Health Scholarship for Asian and Pacific Islander Social Workers
Deadline: March 31, 2016

The Okura Mental Health Scholarship for API Social Workers (OMHS-SW) aims to improve mental health services to API Americans in the U.S. through innovative and culturally competent social work research, practice, and education. Click here for more information

Fahs-Beck Fund for Research and Experimentation Faculty/Post-Doctoral Research Grant Program
Deadline: April 1, 2016 
Areas of interest to the Fund are: studies to develop, refine, evaluate, or disseminate innovative interventions designed to prevent or ameliorate major social, psychological, behavioral or public health problems affecting children, adults, couples, families, or communities, or studies that have the potential for adding significantly to knowledge about such problems.
Click here for more information.

DOCTORAL STUDENT OPPORTUNITY 
Asian and Pacific Islanders Social Work Education Association Doctoral Fellowship

Deadline: May 2, 2016 
The Asian and Pacific Islander Social Work Educators Association (APISWEA) has established two doctoral fellowships for Asian and Pacific Islander doctoral students. These fellowships will fund two doctoral students to attend the CSWE APM from November 3 to 6, 2016 in Atlanta, Georgia. Click here for more information.

DOCTORAL STUDENT OPPORTUNITY 
Social Work HEALS: Social Work Health Care Education and Leadership Scholars Policy Fellowship 
Social Work Health Care Education and Leaderships Scholars (HEALS) program, is a joint initiative of the Council on Social Work Education and the National Association of Social Workers with the aim of strengthening the delivery of health care services in the United States by advancing the education and training of health care social workers. Click here for more information.  
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Call for Proposals
CSWE 62nd Annual Program Meeting - Aging and Gerontology (Gero-Ed) Track
Deadline: February 22, 2016
The Gero-Ed Track recognizes the imperative to prepare social workers with competencies to enhance the health and well-being of older adults, their families, and other informal caregivers. The Gero-Ed Track covers issues related to aging and intergenerational social work research, policy, education, and practice, which have implications across a range of practice and educational settings and in national and international spheres. Click here for more information.

Call for Abstracts
APHA 2016 Annual Meeting & Expo - Creating the Healthiest Nation: Ensuring the Right to Health
Deadline: February 22, 2016
Authors are encouraged to submit abstracts on the theme and current and emerging public health issues. Click here for more information.
Conferences & Trainingsconf  
UNC Minority Health Conference Keynote Webcast -
In Solidarity: The Role of Public Health in Social Justice
February 26, 2016, 2:00-3:30 PM EST 
The UNC Minority Health Conference is the nation's largest and longest running student-lead health conference. If you are unable to attend in person, we welcome you to join us for this year's William T. Small Jr. Keynote Webcast. The webcast will consist of a streaming of the recorded morning keynote address followed by a live Q&A session with the keynote speaker, Dr. Crystallee Crain. Click here for more information. 

Council on Contemporary Families (CCF) Annual Conference: Families as they Really Are 
March 4-5, 2016 - Austin, TX 
Two days of interactive panels and workshops will provide researchers and clinicians the opportunity to directly engage with some of the most influential family scholars in the U.S. as they discuss their research on the causes and consequences of contemporary trends in family life and their links to family policy and disparities in health and well-being over the life course. Click here for more information.
 
Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) Gero Curricular Guide Meeting
April 1, 2016 - Alexandria, VA 
The Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) Gero-Ed Center seeks gerontological social work faculty and practice experts to join us in a 1-day, in-person meeting to be a part of a national taskforce to increase gerontological competence and expertise in schools of social work. The purpose of the meeting is to share best practices and teaching resources related to gero social work in order to inform the development of the Gero Curricular Guide. This guide will align with the 2015 Educational Policy and Accreditation Standards (EPAS). It will also serve as a model for additional CSWE curricular guides to be developed in the future for other specialized practice areas. 
The curricular guides will assist social work programs in developing specialized practice competencies for gerontological social work. E-mail Heather Marshall for more information or if you are interested in attending.  
Research Publications & Data Resourcesdata
New Dataset Available - General Social Survey, 1972-2014
The GSS aims to gather data on contemporary American society in order to monitor and explain trends and constants in attitudes, behaviors, and attributes; to examine the structure and functioning of society in general as well as the role played by relevant subgroups; to compare the United States to other societies in order to place American society in comparative perspective and develop cross-national models of human society; and to make high-quality data easily accessible to scholars, students, policy makers, and others, with minimal cost and waiting. Click here for more information.
News & Noticesnews   
February is Black History Month
During Black History Month, we commemorate the ways in which African Americans have helped shape our nation's history and culture. This year's theme is "Hallowed Grounds: Sites of African American Memories. Click here for more information.

Time - The Gender Pay Gap Haunts Women in Retirement Too
Women's retirement income is stretched thinner than men's because they earn less and live longer. Click here for more information.
About SWRnet
Formerly known as the IASWR Listserv, SWRnet (Social Work Research Network) was launched in October 2009 to continue serving the social work research community by providing regular updates on funding opportunities, calls for papers, conference deadlines and newly published research.

 

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