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UW Civic Health Initiative (02/25/26)

Organization: UW Civic Health Initiative
Award amount: $2,000-$25,000
Sponsor deadline: 02/06/2026
Description:  The University of Washington Civic Health Initiative has released a funding call for three different categories of small grants. These grant programs are designed to foster new collaborations and innovations that strengthen civic health and democratic institutions nationwide. Innovations proposed for funding to these grant programs must align with one or more of the areas of focus for the Initiative’s work. Applications for all three programs are due on Friday, February 6, 2026.
More information: 
Teaching and curriculum awards
The purpose of this funding mechanism is to support UW faculty members who have innovative proposals that approach civic health, civic engagement and democracy through new curricular perspectives, methods and activities. The Initiative’s interests are broad in scope, so applications can propose projects with a range of foci. These foci include, but are not limited to, revising a course, creating an interactive learning activity, designing a student experience and so forth. Awards of up to $2,000 each are available.
Research awards
The purpose of this grant is to support faculty members and PI-eligible research staff to develop preliminary data or proof-of-concept needed to pursue follow-on funding or additional concept development to scale one’s efforts. Research projects should seek to catalyze new lines of inquiry and may include, but not be limited to, qualitative or qualitative empirical work, data analysis, evidence synthesis, comparative study, and so forth. Awards of up to $25,000 each are available.
Graduate student and postdoctoral scholar research awards
The purpose of this category of funding is to support UW graduate and postdoctoral researchers who are seeking to generate new knowledge that strengthens civic health, democracy and the structures that support it. The grants can fund research for dissertations, thesis field work or the student’s own topic of research completed under the supervision of a faculty advisor, mentor or principal investigator. Awards of up to $2,000 each are available.
Eligibility:
Faculty & PIs

*New* Call for Papers: Wittgenstein Centre Conference 2026 (Virtual) on Demography and Human Capital (04/20/26)

The call for submissions for the Wittgenstein Centre Conference 2026 (WIC2026) “Demography and Human Capital” is now open!

This conference aims to advance theories, data, and multi-dimensional demographic methods for modelling human capital formation and its dynamics over time, and to connect cutting-edge evidence to policy debates globally. Human capital – education, skills, health, and capabilities – is a central driver of demographic change and a key lens for understanding social and economic development, inequality, and resilience.

We invite contributions from all disciplinary background and methodological traditions.

Key information:

Submission deadline: 30 April 2026

Conference date: Tuesday, 01 December 2026 – Wednesday, 02 December 2026

Venue: Festive Hall, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Dr. Ignaz-Seipel-Platz 2, 1010 Vienna

Format: onsite participation only

* Please note that the conference will take place immediately following the 50th anniversary celebration of the Vienna Institute of Demography (VID) on 30 November 2026 at the same venue. Conference participants are warmly invited to attend the VID’s 50th anniversary celebration as well. *

 

Call for Papers: Joint Ineqkill & Quetelet Conference – How Inequality Kills (05/01/26)

Health inequalities are among the most persistent and consequential forms of social inequality. Shaped by long-term historical trajectories, spatial structures, and socio-economic transformations, they have produced uneven health outcomes across regions, social groups, and historical periods. From pre-industrial mortality regimes to contemporary health transitions, these disparities have been influenced by colonial legacies, institutional arrangements, environmental conditions, and evolving demographic and epidemiological regimes.

Today, health inequalities remain deeply embedded in broader processes of social stratification and development. Their persistence has gained renewed urgency amid environmental pressures, geopolitical instability, and the long-term consequences of recent global health crises. In many contexts, health inequalities are widening within and between societies, while advances in historical data reconstruction, harmonized measures, and spatially refined methods now enable more precise analysis across time and space.

Against this backdrop, the conference invites contributions that examine health inequalities both as outcomes and drivers of social inequality across multiple spatial and temporal scales. We particularly welcome research on:

• Structural foundations of health inequalities and their long-term trends
• Spatial diffusion of inequalities in health and environmental factors
• Inequalities in health over the life course
• Health as a source of inequalities: shocks and vulnerabilities
• Data, methods, and concepts for analyzing health inequalities

We encourage contributions that employ historical data reconstruction, comparative and harmonized measurements, spatial and small-area analyses, and advanced methodological approaches. Papers reflecting on conceptual frameworks, governance structures, and policy responses that shape inequalities in and through health are equally welcome.

By convening scholars from demography, history, sociology, economics, and social epidemiology, this conference aims to advance an integrated, interdisciplinary understanding of health inequalities across past, present, and future societies.

Please submit a 250-word abstract in a PDF file to quetelet-seminar@uclouvain.be. The abstract should be structured in the following way: Background, Objectives, Methods, Results, Conclusions, Contribution. All co-authors and their affiliations should be named in the submission.

• Deadline for abstract submission: 01 May 2026
• Notification of acceptance: 15 May 2026
• Registration opens: 15 September 2026
• Conference: 18-20 November 2026
• Hosting institution: Université catholique de Louvain [on-site only]
• Organizing institutions: Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Ghent University, Université catholique de Louvain
• Registration fee: €170 – Lunch and refreshments will be provided throughout the meeting, with a conference dinner on the evening of the second day [€20 for undergraduate students, dinner not included]
• Conference language: English.
• Scientific committee: Sylvie Gadeyne, Isabelle Devos, Thierry Eggerickx, Sophie Vanwambeke, Philippe Bocquier, Caterina Mauri, Jean-Paul Sanderson, Catherine Linard.

UW Royalty Research Fund Proposals Due to CAS by 02/26/26

The Office of Research invites applications for the next round of the Royalty Research Fund (RRF) grant program. Proposals are due to RRF by Monday, March 2, at 5:00 PM.  However, Departments and Colleges/Schools may have earlier deadlines, so all applicants are advised to check with their program’s administrative staff. The CAS Dean’s office requests proposals be submitted to their office by 5pm, Thursday, February 26th. Proposals that arrive to Office of Research 3-4 business days before the deadline guarantees that the RRF staff have time to review and provide feedback on proposals, giving PIs time to make corrections if time permits.

Office of Research Zoom Office Hours – 1pm on Friday, February 13; Wednesday, February 18; and Wednesday, February 25 PI Eligibility guidance is documented for the RRF Program and for the College. Please ensure both are met before routing your application in SAGE.

If you have any questions about the application process, they are welcome to email Kristin Woodard (woodkm@uw.edu).

Awards will be announced by June 15, 2026. Visit the RRF website for application instructions.

The purpose of the RRF is to advance new directions in research, particularly:

  • For faculty who are junior in rank.
  • In cases where RRF funding may provide unique opportunities to increase applicants’ competitiveness for subsequent funding.
  • In disciplines for which external funding opportunities are minimal.

 

12th Annual Workshop on Formal Demography: Apply by March 1

The 12th Annual Workshop on Formal Demography will be held in person at UC Berkeley from June 1 – 5, 2026, with funding from Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (R25HD083136) and co-sponsored by the Berkeley Population Center. Apply here by March 1, 2026.

About: The workshop will cover classic topics in formal demography including the analysis of fertility and mortality as well as population dynamics. In addition, this year’s special emphasis topic will be on the demography of population decline and aging, including formal demographic models for studying the impact of changes in fertility and the timing of population peaks. The workshop will also include a session on the application of LLMs in demographic research in general and formal demography in particular.

Target population: The workshops are aimed both at those with prior demographic training and those who have not studied demography but already have quantitative skills in another area. Advanced graduate students, post-doctoral fellows, and early career researchers and faculty are welcome to apply. We encourage applicants from all backgrounds.

Grant support will fund air travel and lodging for accepted trainees. All other costs will be covered by trainees.

ICPSR Summer Program: Scholarships Available (03/01/26)

ICPSR is now accepting scholarship applications for the 2026 ICPSR Summer Program! These scholarships provide fee waivers for one of our General Sessions, a four week program that includes methods Courses plus math and computing Lectures.

In addition to fee waivers, some scholarships also provide support for in-person participation, including on-campus housing and meals.

For details on each scholarship and the application process, please visit ICPSR’s scholarship page. The deadline to apply for an ICPSR scholarship is March 1, 2026.