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*New* “Banning ‘Statistical Noise’: Understanding DAO 216-26 and Its Consequences” co-sponsored by the American Statistical Association (ASA) and the Association of Public Data Users (APDU) (07/13/26) July 9th, 2026
When: 07/13/2026 9:00 –10:30 AM PT

Call for Proposals: Health and Extreme Weather Research (Ongoing) July 9th, 2026
Funding
Core Research Grants – Russell Sage Foundation (07/15/26) July 9th, 2026
Funding
Stay Up to Date On CACHE Opportunities and Seed Funding July 9th, 2026
CSDE Research

The Center for Aging, Health & Environment (CACHE) is a virtual research center advancing interdisciplinary collaboration on disaster and weather-related health impacts on older adults. CACHE’s Opportunity Corner links researchers to calls for abstracts, funding, virtual seminars and more. CACHE also provides seed grants annually to support research integrating social and environmental data. Follow along here.

Read About CSDE’s Accelerate Policy and Research for Greater Impact Initiative July 9th, 2026

Across the nation we’ve witnessed a heightened demand for evidence-based policy-making and program design. Public-serving organizations recognize the value of research for the success of their programs, but are often constrained by limited budget, time, or staff capacity to design and implement that research. In response to this landscape, the Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology (CSDE), with support and inspiration from the Social Science Research Council’s Public Innovations Program (SSRC),

*New* Post-doctoral Fellow in the Department of Sociology, University of Hong Kong (07/30/26) July 9th, 2026
Where: University of Hong Kong

William T. Grant Foundation Research Grants on Improving the Use of Research Evidence (07/29/26) July 9th, 2026
*New* Instructor of Sociology – Ball State University (08/04/26) July 9th, 2026
Where: Ball State University

*New* Recent Data Releases from IPUMS USA, IPUMS CPS, and IPUMS NHGIS July 9th, 2026

  • IPUMS USA
    • New versions of the variables EDUC, HIGRADE, and INCTOT are available for the 1950 full count data. This update is the result of new data capture and represents a significant improvement in the accuracy of these measures. Check out the details on the Full Count Data web page.
  • IPUMS CPS
    • IPUMS CPS has added the May 2026 basic monthly data and updated the COUNTY variable to include additional IPUMS-derived county assignments based on the Census place-to-county population overlap.
CSSCR Summer Workshop: Efficient R Programming: Working with Many Columns, Functions, and Models (07/20/26) July 9th, 2026
When: 07/20/2026 10:00 AM - 11:20 AM
Where: Savery 121 (Small Lab)