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October 16, 2007

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CSDE WEEKLY SEMINAR: Charlie Hirschman, UW Sociology - UW "Beyond High School" Project
CSDE ANNOUNCEMENTS: CSDE Statistics Core SAS workshops
CSDE AFFILIATE & FELLOW NEWS: Susan Cassels, CSDE Postdoc, awarded CFAR Emerging Opportunity Grant
CAMPUS SEMINARS & EVENTS OF INTEREST: West Coast Poverty Center Seminar -- Amelia Gavin; Center for Statistics and the Social Sciences Seminar -- Matthew Jackson; IGERT Program in Evolutionary Modeling (IPEM) -- Daniel Hruschka; UW Beyond High School Project workshop; Environmental Anthropology Forum -- Joyce LeCompte-Mastenbrook; Department of Global Health Lecture Series -- Jai Narain; The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation -- Dean T. Jamison
FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES: Proposals for Research Support: Institute for Ethnic Studies in the US; The Greenwall Foundation announces Faculty Scholars Program in Bioethics; NSF Major Research Instrumentation Program; New NSF Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (NSF 08-1); The UW Tobacco Studies Program has Funds to Support Research in Tobacco Related Health Disparities
CALLS FOR PAPERS: Canadian Population Society 2008 Annual Meeting; The East-West Center's International Graduate Student Conference on the Asia Pacific Region
CONFERENCES: 2008 PAA Annual Meeting in the Big Easy; International Symposium on Advances in Geographic Information Systems
TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES: UC Berkeley announces faculty position in the Department of Demography; The Charlotte Ellertson Social Science Postdoctoral Fellowship in Abortion and Reproductive Health; UW Research Assistantship Opportunity for Health Services Research Project
OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST: Population Reference Bureau’s Discuss Online: Will India’s Population Reach 2 Billion?

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CSDE WEEKLY SEMINAR

Charlie Hirschman, UW Sociology - UW "Beyond High School" Project
Friday October 19 2007
12:30 - 2:00 pm
Parrington Hall Commons

CSDE ANNOUNCEMENTS

CSDE Statistics Core SAS workshops

There is still space for these workshops:

Introduction to SAS – instructor Anita Rocha
Wednesday, October 17, 3:30 - 5:30pm, and
Wednesday, October 24, 3:30 - 5:30pm

To register, go to workshop registration.

CSDE AFFILIATE & FELLOWS NEWS

Susan Cassels, CSDE Postdoc, awarded CFAR Emerging Opportunity Grant

The University of Washington Center for AIDS Research (CFAR) has awarded Susan Cassels an Emerging Opportunity Grant for her proposal entitled "HIV Serosorting Among Men Who Have Sex With Men: Modeling HIV Transmission Dynamics." The grant period is October 15, 2007 - April 15, 2008. Way to go!

CAMPUS SEMINARS & EVENTS OF INTEREST

West Coast Poverty Center Seminar -- Amelia Gavin, Assistant Professor, School of Social Work, University of Washington

"Depression and Pre-Term Delivery among African American Women"
Monday, October 22
Parrington Hall Commons
3:00 - 4:30 pm

Center for Statistics and the Social Sciences Seminar -- Matthew Jackson, Professor, Department of Economics, Stanford University

"An Economic Model of Friendship: Homophily, Minorities and Segregation"

Wednesday, October 17
12:30 - 1:20 pm
Denny 401

IGERT Program in Evolutionary Modeling (IPEM) -- Daniel Hruschka (Santa Fe Institute)

Boundary maintenance and the evolution of cooperation
Thursday, October 18
3:30 – 5:00 pm
Live videoconference participation at UW in Kane 019

Fall seminars originate from WSU-Pullman

UW Beyond High School Project workshop

You are cordially invited to attend all or part of the UW Beyond High School Project workshop on October 19th in the Forum (309) in Parrington Hall. The attached draft program includes the schedule of research reports to be presented. The objective of the workshop is present an overview of the research based on the BHS surveys of high school seniors in the Pacific Northwest. In addition to UW faculty and students, we have invited colleagues from our participating high schools and sponsoring institutions to attend. The workshop is open to the public.

Our aim is to maximize discussion and exchange during the day. Toward this end, we are keeping the presentations brief (approx 15 minutes) with an introduction of the research question and selected findings. In addition to discussion during the sessions, we have scheduled coffee/tea breaks to allow for informal contacts and discussions as well.

There will also be food--a continental breakfast at 8 am, a lunch at noon, and snacks in the afternoon. To be sure that we order enough food, we need to have a rough estimate of those who will attend. If you are thinking about attending (even if you will not be there for the whole day) can you send a rsvp to Julie Miller jamill@u.washington.edu A simple "YES" is all that you need to send.

Environmental Anthropology Forum--Joyce LeCompte-Mastenbrook

"Say, can I have some of your purple berries?" Early reflections on the historical and political ecology of huckleberrying in the Pacific Northwest
Wednesday, October 17
3:30 - 5:00 pm
Denny Hall 401

More information on the Forum is at http://depts.washington.edu/anthweb/news_events/EAForum.php

Department of Global Health Lecture Series -- Dr. Jai Narain

Dr. Jai Narain, Director of Communicable of Diseases, WHO South East Asia Regional Office (SEARO) New Dehli, India, Author of AIDS in Asia: the Challenge Ahead
"Emerging Infections in the South East Asia Region with a Focus on India: Lesson Learned and Future Challenges"

Wednesday, October 17th
1:30 - 3:00 pm
Health Sciences Building, Room RR134 (next to the UWMC Plaza Café)

The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington

Dean T. Jamison
Approchates to Measuring Country Performance on Health
Thursday, October 18th
4:00 - 5:30 pm
1616 Eastlake Avenue E, Suite 300
We have limited space so please come early.

FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES

Proposals for Research Support: Institute for Ethnic Studies in the US

The Institute for Ethnic Studies in the United States (IESUS) invites applications from University of Washington faculty members who are engaged in or are beginning projects on ethnic issues in the United States. The deadline for applications is November 15, 2007. For more information on application guidelines, please see the IESUS website at http://depts.washington.edu/iesus/ or direct questions to Kelly Koo via email (preferred method of contact) at iesus@u.washington.edu or call (206) 685-9333 (please leave a voicemail).

Kelly H. Koo (Research Assistant)
Institute for Ethnic Studies in the United States (IESUS)
University of Washington
Psychology Department
Box 351525
(206) 685-9333 (voicemail)

The Greenwall Foundation – Faculty Scholars Program in Bioethics

Here is an opportunity from the Greenwall Foundation for their Faculty Scholars Program in Bioethics. It is "a career development program that enables junior faculty members to carry out original research on policy and moral dilemmas at the intersection of ethics and the life sciences. To maximize Scholars' development, three years of support are provided, requiring a 50% time commitment (carefully monitored) in each of the three years." Please visit this website for more information:

http://www.greenwallfsp.org/index.htm

Because the University of Washington can submit only one final proposal, a pre-proposal internal deadline for Office of Research is set as Thursday, October 25, 2007. A cover letter from OR’s Peggy Fanning is below so you can follow internal procedures.

From the Greenwall Foundation:
Pre-Proposal deadline for Office of Research: Thursday, October 25, 2007 (only 1 applicant from an institution can be submitted). Receipt of Preliminary applications is December 3, 2007. Selected applicants will be invited to submit full proposals which will be due in January 2008. For more nformation on the Greenwall Foundation call for proposals please visit:: http://www.greenwallfsp.org

Who may apply?

Applicants must be junior faculty members holding at least a 60% appointment at a university or non-profit research institute in the U.S.

Priority will be given to applicants who are below the rank of Associate Professor, who have not received a comparable career development award, and whose work will have an impact on public policy or clinical practice. Within this group, priority will be given to applicants whose research addresses innovative and emerging topics. Lower priority will be given to applicants who are working on institutional change, educational reform, or primarily theoretical research. Applicants who propose to carry out a conceptual or theoretical analysis should specify how such work will lead to changes in public policy or clinical practice.

Faculty Scholars will be selected on the basis of their achievements, the strength of their research project, their commitment to the field of bioethics, and support from their home institution. While the amount of an applicant’s original work in bioethics will count favorably towards his/her application, outstanding candidates with less direct experience in bioethics will also be considered.

Only one applicant from an institution will be considered; institutions are requested to have an internal screening and selection process. At a university with a law school, medical school, and school of arts and sciences, for example, only one candidate may submit a preliminary application.

The proposal must include the following:
A three page letter of intent that includes (1) a description of their research proposal, particularly its significance, how it will be carried out, and how it is likely to have an impact on public policy or clinical practice; and (2) a personal statement describing their goals in the field of Bioethics. This letter should be double-spaced and in type no smaller than 12-point. The applicant should also submit a curriculum vitae, no longer than 5 single-spaced pages.

The original pre-proposal and nine copies should be sent to Peggy Fanning, Office of Research, Room G80, Box 351202, by Thursday, October 29, 2007. Pre-proposals will be reviewed by the Proposal Review Committee. The selected proposal must be to the Office of Sponsored Programs by November 21, 2007 in order to make the December 3, 2007 deadline electronically.

NSF Major Research Instrumentation Program

Below is a memo from the Office of Research about the NSF-MRI program. Please disseminate this appropriately in your department. The Provost’s deadline for Letters of Intent is November 14, 2007. Only three proposals may be submitted from an institution: two for instrument acquisition or development, plus a third solely for instrument development. No cost-sharing is required.

Website: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2007/nsf07510/nsf07510.htm

Proposals for this program are due at NSF on the fourth Thursday of January, (January 24, 2008), i.e. and annually thereafter. A total of $90 million is expected to be available for this program in FY 2008 with awards in the $100,000 to $2 million range. Cost sharing is not required.

Each institution may submit a maximum of three proposals: Two proposals for instrument acquisition or development, plus a third solely for instrument development.

Given the limit on the number of proposals, we will develop a screening process similar to that used in past years. Each potential PI should submit 9 copies of a brief letter of intent via the Chair and Dean to Peggy Fanning, G-80 Gerberding Hall, Box 351202, by November 14, 2007. A letter of intent should include an abstract with the proposal, the type of instrumentation acquisition or development to be requested, and the approximate dollar value. The same applies for any proposals for instrument development. The review committee will select the two proposals for instrument acquisition or development, plus a third solely for instrument development. Notification will be sent to applicants immediately after the proposal review committee has made their decision.

The final proposals must be submitted to the Office of Sponsored Programs with the required GC-1 forms, by January 14, 2008 in order to meet the January 24, 2008 deadline.

Please disseminate this memo and the attachment to Departments as necessary within your respective Schools and Colleges.

Questions may be referred to Peggy Fanning at extension 206-543-7502.

New NSF Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (NSF 08-1)

A&S Research Administrators involved with NSF proposals:
NSF has published another update of their Proposal Guide (see web link below). This was recently updated (effective June 2007, NSF07140) but has changed again. The new publication, NSF 081, will be effective for all NSF proposals received on or after January 5, 2008. The main item you need to be aware of is the new "transformative research" clause which has been added to the "intellectual merit" review criteria section (reference my email to Chairs and Administrators dated 9/26/07 about NSF Important Notice #130).

We have published a revised version of the NSF Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide, NSF 08-1, http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=papp which will be effective for proposals received on or after January 5, 2008. It should be noted that revisions were made only to the Grant Proposal Guide (GPG); all other parts of the PAPPG, such as the Award & Administration Guide, remain unchanged. Significant changes made to the GPG include:

Revision of the intellectual merit review criterion to specifically include language on potentially transformative research;

Updated guidance on the designated fonts that may be used when preparing an NSF proposal; and

Requirement that organizations must be registered in the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) prior to submitting a proposal to NSF.

While the changes identified above are effective January 5, 2008, proposers will be strongly encouraged to begin complying with the guidance as soon as possible.

The UW Tobacco Studies Program has Funds to Support Research in Tobacco Related Health Disparities

The UW Tobacco Studies Program, in collaboration with the School of Social Work, Department of Psychology, and WA State Department of Health Tobacco Prevention and Control Program, are pleased to announce a research grant competition: Funds to Support Research in Tobacco Related Health Disparities.

More information on this funding opportunity, including instructions for application, can be found on our website, http://depts.washington.edu/tobacco/rfa, or in the text below.

There will be an information session on November 8, 2007, from 3-5pm, in the Department of Health Services, room H-607. More information and directions can be found below.

If you are interested in tobacco related health disparities, or health disparities in general, please subscribe to the UW Tobacco Related Health Disparities listserv at http://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/uwtrd

CALLS FOR PAPERS

Canadian Population Society 2008 Annual Meeting

University of British Columbia, Vancouver June 4 – 6, 2008
Deadline for Submission: January 15, 2008

More information in PDF

The East-West Center's International Graduate Student Conference on the Asia Pacific Region

The East-West Center invites graduate students from around the world to submit papers for the 7th Annual International Graduate Student Conference on the Asia Pacific Region, taking place in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA from February 14-16, 2008. The Conference will provide an opportunity to share interdisciplinary perspectives formally (through presenting papers and attending other panel presentations) and informally in the warm and encouraging environment of the East-West Center in Hawai`i. Participation in the 2007 conference had broad representation, consisting of graduate students representing 27 nationalities, from more than 50 universities throughout the world.

Abstracts (up to a maximum of 500 words in length) of proposed papers or posters are invited from intending participants at this time. Presentations in a number of thematic and disciplinary areas focusing on the Asia Pacific region, and/or the relationship/interaction of the US with the Asia Pacific region are welcome. Fields represented in past conferences include (but are not limited to) Anthropology, Area Studies, Arts, Business, Culture, Education, Economics, Environmental Studies, Ethnomusicology, Geography, Governance, International Management, Public Health, History, Law, Languages, Linguistics, Philosophy, Politics, Population, Sociology, Social Work, and Urban & Regional Planning.

A very small number of travel grants available from the East-West Center would be provided on a meritorious basis. Presenters will also have the opportunity to submit their conference papers to be considered for publication in the East-West Center's working paper series.

The deadline for abstract submission is November 1, 2007.

We would greatly appreciate if you could pass this information to your graduate students and encourage them to submit papers for this conference.

Additional conference information is available at http://www.eastwestcenter.org/studentconference/

Inquiries may be directed to studentconference@eastwestcenter.org

CONFERENCES

2008 PAA Annual Meeting in the Big Easy

April 17 - 19, 2008
New Orleans, Louisiana Sheraton

Sheraton New Orleans online reservations link will be available in mid-October

More info at: http://www.popassoc.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=3281

International Symposium on Advances in Geographic Information Systems -- Call for Participation

November 7-9, 2007
Seattle, Washington, USA

In cooperation with ACM SIGMETRICS
Sponsored by Microsoft, ORNL, Google, and ESRI
http://www.cise.ufl.edu/dept/acmgis2007/

The ACM International Symposium on Advances in Geographic Information Systems in 2007 (ACM GIS 2007) is the fifteenth event of a series of symposia and workshops that began in 1993 with the aim of bringing together researchers, developers, users, and practitioners carrying out research and development in novel systems based on geo-spatial data and knowledge, and fostering interdisciplinary discussions and research in all aspects of geographic information systems.

The symposium provides a forum for original research contributions covering all conceptual, design, and implementation aspects of GIS and ranging from applications, user interface considerations, and visualization down to storage management and indexing issues. This year, a novelty is that ACM GIS has separated from its long-time host conference in order to become independent and more visible to the GIS community, further expand the spectrum of research topics covered by the symposium, and grow over the next years. ACM GIS will have two invited speakers, 37 full papers and 29 poster papers.

See PDF

TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES

UC Berkeley announces faculty position in the Department of Demography

The Department of Demography at the University of California, Berkeley, invites applications for a 100% position as tenured Associate Professor or early-career full Professor beginning in 2008. The position is not restricted by subfield, and applicants with interdisciplinary interests are welcome. Candidates should have a distinguished record of research and teaching, familiarity with formal demography and demographic theory, and leadership potential.

Applications are due by 1 November 2007 and may either be submitted on the web via instructions http://demog.berkeley.edu/facultysearch, or mailed directly to Demography Search, 2232 Piedmont Avenue, Berkeley, CA, 94720-2120, USA.

Applications are to include the following: a Curriculum Vita, a brief statement of your research interests and teaching experience, one or two published articles as a sample of your best work, and the names, e-mail addresses and physical addresses of three recommenders from whom we may request letters of recommendation.

The Charlotte Ellertson Social Science Postdoctoral Fellowship in Abortion and Reproductive Health

We are delighted to share the call for applications for the 2008-2010 cohort of the Charlotte Ellertson Social Science Postdoctoral Fellowship in Abortion and Reproductive Health – and would like to ask for your help in recruiting strong candidates. Support for research in this area of great policy significance is largely absent, and trained researchers who focus in it are scarce.

The fellowship aims to support promising social science and public health researchers who can study abortion and reproductive health from the perspective of their own disciplines and who can bridge the divide between research, policy and practice. Fellows engage in independent and guided research, tap into the network of researchers, service providers and advocates at each fellowship site, and interact with policy organizations. We seek applicants who are committed to working on abortion and to developing careers that include a focus on abortion research and policy.

We are recruiting five fellows for the 2008-2010 fellowship cohort; one at each of the fellowship sites: Columbia University, the Guttmacher Institute, Ibis Reproductive Health, Johns Hopkins University, and the University of California, San Francisco. Fellowships begin no later than September 30, 2008 and are awarded for two years, with the second year contingent upon successful completion of the first.

PDF file with a flyer

UW Research Assistantship Opportunity for Health Services Research Project

The RA position (50% FTE) would last from October 2007 through March 2009 (18 months, which coincides with the grant period). Basic duties would include assistance with project management, key informant interviewing of medical group leaders and qualitative analysis, and quantitative analysis of medical group level data. The study, "Impact of Paying for Performance on the Quality and Efficiency of Medical Care: Evaluation of a Regional Natural Experiment," will examine the effects of performance measurement, public reporting, and financial incentives on clinical quality, patient satisfaction, and clinical efficiency -- drawing on data over more than 6 years. This project could serve as the basis for a doctoral dissertation or masters thesis for the student under supervision of the project’s principal investigator.

Tuition waiver and benefits would be provided for the appropriately qualified applicant.

To apply, please contact Douglas Conrad: dconrad@u.washington.edu

More info in PDF

OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST

Population Reference Bureau’s Discuss Online: "Will India’s Population Reach 2 Billion?"

Carl Haub, Senior Demographer, Population Reference Bureau
Wednesday, October 17th
1:00 - 2:00 pm (EDT)
http://discuss.prb.org.

You may submit questions in advance and during the discussion. A full transcript of the questions and answers will be posted after the discussion.

Fertility in India has fallen from an average of about six children per woman in the 1960s to about three today, a remarkable achievement for the country’s efforts to slow population growth.

India's population passed the 1 billion mark in 2000--will it pass 2 billion, even with these lower fertility rates? This question was addressed by PRB senior demographer Carl Haub who, along with O.P. Sharma, recently produced a series of population projections for India to 2101. The report is available at: http://www.prb.org/Reports/2007/IndiaProjections.aspx.

Mr. Haub will discuss what is likely to happen with India's population as it edges toward becoming the world’s most populous country. For example: What can the government do to slow population growth? Why did fertility decline so much more in southern India than in the northern "Hindi Belt"? How can India's vast regional differences be narrowed? When is India's population likely to exceed China's? And, is India likely to become the first and only country with 2 billion residents?

Join in PRB’s online discussion: http://discuss.prb.org.

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