On February 23, join CSDE for a workshop on Unix/Linux with Instructor Phil Hurvitz! In this workshop, students will learn the basics of interacting with the Unix operating system through the Unix shell, which is an interactive terminal that accepts interactive command-line or scripted input and produces printed or stored outputs. By the end of the workshop, students will learn about the overall organization of the Unix system, including a set of Unix commands and utilities, the structure of and use of the Unix file system, and some practical applications. (read more)

Please join the Evans School Research Seminar on Wednesday February 22nd at 11:30am in PAR 360, where Eric Chyn from the Department of Economics at UT-Austin will be giving a talk is entitled, “The Long-Run Effects of Residential Racial Desegregation Programs: Evidence from Gautreaux.” (read more)

The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) and the Office of Research on Women’s Health (ORWH) have issued a Notice of Special Interest (NOSI) addressing Research on Gender Measurement (Administrative Supplement).  These administrative supplements will support research on the use of gender terminology (e.g., woman, man, nonbinary) for measuring current gender identity as part of the two-step method of data collection (sex assigned at birth and current gender identity) within the original scope of the parent grant. (read more)

The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) is issuing this Notice of Special Interest (NOSI) https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-HD-23-001.html to invite applications to identify mechanisms, causes, correlates, and modifiable risk factors underlying recent trends in mortality during adolescence and young adulthood.  (read more)

*New* PRB Research-to-Media Pitch Challenge: Improving Public Information About Maternal and Child Health Through Media Engagement (Due 2/24/2023)

Through a series of virtual meetings and flexible, short assignments designed to respect the competing demands of academic life, the Research-to-Media Pitch Challenge (March-April 2023) will guide researchers through the foundational steps of positioning and pitching their work for media. We are inviting applications from researchers at Population Dynamics Research Centers funded by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. Researchers planning to attend the PAA Conference in person are especially encouraged to apply.

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*NEW* NAM Funding Healthy Longevity Catalyst Awards (Due: 2/27/23)

A funding opportunity unlike any other! The National Academy of Medicine’s Healthy Longevity Catalyst Awards is accepting bold, new ideas to promote health throughout the lifespan. Two-page narrative applications accepted through February 27, 2023, at 11:59 pm EST. Individuals and teams from all disciplines and sectors, including Public Health with novel ideas to extend human health and well-being, at any stage of life, are invited to apply. The competition is simple—a 2-page narrative submission is all it takes to be considered for an award worth $50K

The 2023 Berkeley Interdisciplinary Migration Institute is hosting its fifth summer institute.  Next summer it will focus on interviewing for migration research.  Several UW faculty and students have participated over the years and it has proven to be an important and productive program.  Here is a link to the program details.

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*New* Grants for Research in Gun Violence Prevention (due 3/1/23)

Grandmothers Against Gun Violence seeks to support emerging scholars in gun violence prevention and to solicit research proposals for projects within Washington State.  Awards range from $15k-$75k.

Grandmothers Against Gun Violence seeks to support emerging scholars in gun violence prevention and to solicit research proposals for projects within Washington State.  Awards range from $15k-$75k.  Grandmothers Against Gun Violence Foundation (GAGVF) works to end gun violence in our communities by raising funds for research that informs public health and safety policies.

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*New* Funding Opportunity @ Responsible Computing Challenge (Due 3/1/23)

The Mozilla Foundation has launched the Responsible Computing Challenge to advance the redesign of undergraduate curricula and pedagogy to support a next generation of technologists. The challenge awards range from $100k to $150k.

The Responsible Computing Challenge – supported by the Mellon Foundation, Omidyar Network, Schmidt Futures, Craig Newmark Philanthropies, USAID, Mozilla – fund academic teams that combine faculty and practitioners from Computing, Humanities, Library and Information Science, and Social Science fields in order to reimagine how the next generation of technologists will be educated.

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U.S. Policy Communication Training Program (Due 3/5/2023)

The training program has two main components. The week-long workshop in Washington, D.C. in June 2023 focuses on the role of research on the policy process and techniques for effective communication of research findings to decisionmakers, media, and nontechnical audiences. During the 2023-2024 academic year, participants will apply the lessons learned during the workshop in their preparation of two policy communication materials (for example, policy briefs, blogs, or op-eds) based on their dissertations or related research topics.

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The “Royalty” in RRF is the royalty and licensing fee income generated by the University’s technology transfer program. These funds are awarded as small grants to advance new directions in research, particularly: In disciplines for which external funding opportunities are minimal, and/or For faculty who are junior in rank, and/or In cases where funding may provide unique opportunities to increase applicants’ competitiveness for subsequent funding. (read more)

Course on Matrix Approaches to Modelling Kinship at MPIDR (3/17/2023)

The Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR) will be offering an open course on Matrix Approaches to Modelling Kinship (3-12 May 2023) and encourages qualified candidates to apply. Instructors are Diego Alburez-Gutierrez, Hal Caswell and Ivan Williams.

This two-part course presents the theory underlying new matrix approaches to the formal demography of kinship networks. The first part of the course introduces the matrix formulation of demographic analyses, while the second part focuses on matrix kinship models that describe the development of the network of kin around a focal individual as it ages from birth.

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Request for Information (RFI): Future Directions in Violence Against Women Research (Due 3/31/2023)

This Request for Information (RFI) is intended to gather public input on priority scientific directions in violence against women (VAW) research. This includes cisgender, transgender, and gender-diverse persons who identify as a woman or girl, as well as other individuals assigned female at birth but who may not identify as a woman or girl. Specifically, the National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR), the Office of Research on Women’s Health (ORWH), the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD),

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*New* Gathering Collaborative & King County Announce $25m Grant Program to Address Racism is a Public Health Crisis (Due 3/26/2023)

The Gathering Collaborative along with King County government invites community and business partners across the region to join in continuing the critical work to undo the harms of systemic racism, which was declared a public health crisis by King County in 2020. Envisioned jointly by community members and King County in August 2021 and launched in March 2022, The Gathering Collaborative is a group of trusted community members who are involved to uplift Black and Indigenous people and their communities – those who are most directly harmed by racism.

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2023 ICPSR Summer Program in Quantitative Methods (Beginning 06/19/2023)

Apply for the 2023 ICPSR Summer Program in Quantitative Methods! They will be offering over 90 courses and lectures in research methods. Nearly all of which will be offered both in person and online live with recordings available. On campus housing is available for the 3-Week Sessions and Intersession! For more information, look here!

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CSDE Matching Support: applications open

CSDE is available to provide matching in-kind or monetary support to accompany a submission to other on-campus funding mechanism, such as PHI, EarthLab, or Urban@UW. All projects must have a CSDE affiliate who is UW faculty and is listed as a PI or co-PI, with any number of other collaborators. Note that we strongly suggest contacting either Development Core Director (Steven Goodreau) or CSDE Director (Sara Curran) to discuss possibilities for your specific proposal before submission. (read more)

PRPGs are designed to provide in-kind support and/or funds of up to $25k* to support a wide array of activity types throughout the development of a research project. As part of our mission to complement rather than duplicate other campus opportunities such as the Population Health Initiative, seed grants we will consider funding things activities such as: (read more)

Demography Events

• Evans School Research Seminar to Host Eric Chyn for a Talk on Long Run Effects of Residential Desegregation Programs 2/22/2023      Where:  PAR 360, University of Washington
• CSDE Workshop: Introduction to the UNIX/Linux Shell (2/23/23) 2/23/2023      Where:  117 Savery
• The Global Aspirational Class and Its Demographic Fortunes 2/24/2023      Where:  101 Hans Rosling Center and Online Here
• Summer Institute in Migration Research Methods at UC Berkeley (Due 3/1/2023)     Where:  University of California, Berkeley
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• Call for Panel Submissions for IAPHS Fall Conference (Due 3/6/2023) (Deadline: 3/6/2023)
• 2023 ICPSR Summer Program in Quantitative Methods (Beginning 06/19/2023)

Conferences & Calls for Papers

• ASA Annual Meeting Open for Attendance (Applications due 2/22/2023) (Deadline: 2/22/2023)
• Call for Panel Submissions for IAPHS Fall Conference (Due 3/6/2023) (Deadline: 3/6/2023)
• 20th Annual West Coast Nonprofit Data Conference! (4/21/2023) (Deadline: 4/21/2023)

Funding

• Burroughs Wellcome Fund (Deadline: 2/10/2023)
• *New* NIH: Administrative Supplements to Recognize Excellence in Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Acessibility (DEIA) Mentorship (Closes: 2/18/2023) (Deadline: 2/18/2023)
• National Science Foundation Offers Funding Through Analytics for Equity Initiative
• Harry Bridges Center Offers Grants for Labor Research To Graduate Students! (Due 2/21/2023) (Deadline: 2/21/2023)
• *New* Grants for Research in Gun Violence Prevention (due 3/1/23) (Deadline: 3/1/2023)
• The Office of Research Invites Applicants to Apply for the Royalty Research Fund Program for Spring 2023 (Due 3/6/2023) (Deadline: 3/6/2023)
• APPLICATION OPEN – Graduate School International Research Fellowships for 2023-2024 (Deadline 3/8/2023) (Deadline: 3/8/2023)
• *New* The American Council of Learned Societies Opens Fellowship Opportunities (Due 3/15/2023) (Deadline: 3/15/2023)
• *New* The American Council of Learned Societies Opens Fellowship Opportunities (Due 3/15/2023) (Deadline: 3/15/2023)
• *New* Gathering Collaborative & King County Announce $25m Grant Program to Address Racism is a Public Health Crisis (Due 3/26/2023) (Deadline: 3/26/2023)
• Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Development and Preliminary Testing of Health-related Behavioral Interventions (Deadline: 9/27/2024)
• CBE Research Restart Funding University of Washington (Open until filled)
• NSF Funding to Support Research Relating to Preventing and Predicting Future Pandemics (Open until filled)
• The NIH Common Fund’s Community Partnerships to Advance Science for Society (ComPASS) (Open until filled)
• CBE Research Restart Funding University of Washington (Open until filled)

Employment

• Research Fellow in Modeling of Population Processes – University of Southampton (UK) The University of Southampton (Deadline: 2/14/2023)
• Postdoctoral Fellow – UC Berkeley Demography University of California, Berkeley (Deadline: 2/15/2023)
• Postdoctoral Position- Climate Hazards Center UCSB (Due 2/15/2023) (Deadline: 2/15/2023)
• Postdoctoral Position (net worth poverty and child well-being) – Duke University (Deadline: 3/1/2023)
• Faculty Position (Environmental Behavioral Sciences) – Stanford Stanford, California (Deadline: 3/1/2023)
• Postdoctoral Fellow – GenderSci Lab Harvard (Deadline: 3/1/2023)
• Lecturer in Economics (Deadline: 3/1/2023)
• Postdocoral Position – UT Austin (marriage, family, and sexual relationships) Texas, UT Austin (Deadline: 4/15/2023)
• Survey Statistician – U.S. Census Bureau Maryland (Deadline: 5/1/2023)
• Survey Statistician – U.S. Census Bureau U.S. Census Bureau (Deadline: 5/1/2023)
• Demographer – UJA Federation of New York (Open until filled)
• University of South Carolina Seeking Two Tenure Track Positions (Open until filled)
• Postdoc position at Harvard University Harvard University (Open until filled)
• Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Network Science (IUNI Fellow) Indiana University Bloomington (Open until filled)
• Position in Statistical Analysis Center for Criminal Justice Research State of Washington (Open until filled)
• Research positions for Education Research and Data Center State of Washington (Open until filled)
• Senior Research Analyst – State of Washington State of Washington (Open until filled)
• Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation seeking new Research position! University of Washington (Open until filled)
• The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) Seeks Researchers! University of Washington (Open until filled)
• Labor Economists at EEOC (Open until filled)
• Several Job Opportunities at The Labor Center and California Policy Lab University of California, Berkely (Open until filled)
• Researcher – Center for Health Information and Analysis Boston, MA (Open until filled)
• School of Public Health at Texas A&M seeks qualified candidates for Instructional Track Professor Positions Texas A&M University (Open until filled)
• Tenure Track Faculty Position, Health and Illness Rowan University- New Jersey, United States (Open until filled)
• Assistant Professor in Rural Sociology Puerto Rico (Open until filled)
• King County Housing Hiring Senior Program Evaluation Analyst King County, Washington (Open until filled)
• US Census Bureau International Program Center (IPIC) hiring multiple positions! (Open until filled)
• Assistant Professor of Environmental Policy & Governance, University of Washington (Open until filled)
• Postdoctoral Scholar- University of Texas, Austin University of Texas, Austin (Open until filled)
• Applied Statistician, Assistant Professor- Tenure track New York University (Open until filled)
• Assistant Professor – Visual Arts and Culture University of Washington, Tacoma (Open until filled)
• Assistant Professor – Gerontology University of Massachusetts Boston (Open until filled)
• Assistant or Associate Dean of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, University of Washington,Washington (Open until filled)
• Assistant Professor – Quantitative Social Science Dartmouth College, New Hampshire (Open until filled)
• Assistant/Associate Professor – Global Studies Arizone State University (Open until filled)
• Postdoctoral Scholar in Poverty and Social Policy Columbia University (Open until filled)
• Research Scientist Postions for University of Washington (UW) Center for Evaluation & Research for STEM Equity (CERSE) (Open until filled)
• Postdoctoral Fellowship – Cardiovascular and Chronic Disease Prevention, Standford Stanford University (Open until filled)
• Assistant Professor of Anthropology: Archaeological Study of Climate Change University of Washington, Seattle Campus (Open until filled)
• Research Faculty Positions – Evicted in Oregon Portland State University (Open until filled)
• Postdoctoral Research Position- Center for Research on Child Wellbeing, Princeton University (Open until filled)
• Research Scientist- Center for Behavioral and Preventative Medicine, Brown University Providence, Rhode Island (Open until filled)
• Assistant Professor of Public Health – Wayne State University Wayne State University (Open until filled)
• Health Policy and Organization Faculty Positions – University of Alabama at Birmingham University of Alabama at Birmingham (Open until filled)
• Epidemiology Professor – Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans (Open until filled)
• Faculty Positions in Health Science and Technology at GIFT – Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai Jiao Tong University (Open until filled)
• Director of PhD Program, Health Sciences – College of Health and Human Sciences – Northern Illinois University Northern Illinois University (Open until filled)
• Department Chair, Epidemiology and Biostatistics – University of Arizona University of Arizona (Open until filled)
• Edgar Berman Chair of the Department of International Health – John Hopkins University John Hopkins University (Open until filled)
• Chair, Associate/Full Professor, Tenure Track, Biostatistics or Epidemiology – Oklahoma Health Sciences Center Oklahoma Health Services Center (Open until filled)
• Department Chair/Head – Public Health Sciences – Clemson University Clemson University (Open until filled)
• Inaugural Divisional Dean, School of Public and Population Health – Boise State University Boise State University (Open until filled)
• Tenure Track Public Health and MPH Program Director – University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy in St. Louis St. Louis, MO (Open until filled)
• Program Manager, Psychology and Health Sciences – University of California Berkeley University of California Berkeley (Open until filled)
• Executive Director, Computational Precision Health – University of California Berkeley University of California, Berkely (Open until filled)
• Postdoctoral Scholar- Columbia University, Poverty and Social Policy (Open until filled)
• Postdoctoral Position – University of Maryland, School of Medicine (Open until filled)
• Postdoctoral Scholar- Columbia University, Poverty and Social Policy (Open until filled)
• Postdoctoral Position – University of Maryland, School of Medicine (Open until filled)
• Full Stack Engineer -University of Washington University of Washington (Open until filled)
• Health Informatics Analyst- State of Hawaii Health Analytics Office Hawaii (Open until filled)
• Postdoctoral Researcher (Centre for Demographic Studies) – Barcelona, Spain
• Research Assistant Position (50% FTE) – Evans School of Public Policy and Governance UW (open until filled)