There is an active Federal Register Notice for the American Community Survey and Puerto Rico Community Survey for proposed changes to several topics including the household roster, educational attainment, health insurance coverage, disability, and labor force questions. The comment period closes December 19. Click here to leave your comments.
Post-doctoral Fellow, Gender and Education Initiative
Calling UW Scholars on Aging: Share Your Work at GSA’s Annual Scientific Meeting (Due 12/20/23)
UW aging scholars are invited to present their work to Gerontological Society of America (GSA) leadership on upcoming visit to UW, fill out survey (here) by Dec. 20th if interested in presenting. The Gerontological Society of America (GSA) will be hosting its Annual Scientific Meeting in Seattle from November 13-16, 2024. In anticipation of the conference being held in Seattle, the GSA CEO James Appleby, and President Judy Howe, have asked to meet UW faculty and colleagues, graduate students, and post-doctoral trainees across the campus who are conducting research in aging. They will be on the UW Seattle campus on Thursday, February 8, 2024. Aging scholars at UW are organizing a morning forum on campus. We invite you to share your work with GSA leaders and your UW colleagues doing aging research.
The purpose of this survey is to identify interest and commitment from UW faculty and colleagues, graduate students, and post-doctoral trainees studying aging issues and/or conducting aging research, to present during the forum. We invite you to complete and submit this 5-minute survey by Wednesday, December 20: https://redcap.iths.org/surveys/?s=8RWTFKPDNN388LDW
Apply for the Latinx Scholars Graduate School Fellowship (Due 12/29/23)
Applications are now open for the 2023-24 Latinx Scholars Graduate School Fellowship (LSGF). LSGF awards are hosted by the Office of Graduate Student Equity & Excellence (GSEE) (formerly GO-MAP). In 2013, a group of engaged, committed UW faculty, civic, and business leaders joined together to establish the Latinx Scholars Graduate School Fellowship to provide financial assistance to UW graduate students (master’s and doctoral) who have a demonstrated commitment to Latinx communities. GSEE appreciates the community members that have continued to give to this important fund.
Call for Applications: National Research Center on Poverty and Economic Mobility Early-Career Mentoring Institute (12/31/23)
The University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Institute for Research on Poverty (IRP) and the University of California, Davis’s Center for Poverty & Inequality Research (CPIR) invite applications for the 2024 National Research Center on Poverty and Economic Mobility Early-Career Mentoring Institute (ECMI). This weeklong convening between June 3-7, held in Davis, California, will provide valuable mentoring and career development opportunities to poverty and social mobility scholars who are in the early stages of their research careers and who have the potential for leadership in supporting members of populations that are underrepresented among academic researchers. In addition, ECMI participants will receive guidance on writing a research grant proposal that will be eligible for consideration to receive one of two $25,000 research grants on policy relevant human services research on issues of diversity, equity, and inclusion. Learn more about the program here.
Institute activities will provide participants with opportunities to develop skills that will support policy relevant human services research. The topics covered include developing policy relevant research, grant writing, paper workshopping, research methodology consulting, and professional mentoring. An interdisciplinary roster of four distinguished faculty mentors, six featured speakers, and up to twelve ECMI participant scholars will attend the institute.
NIH Releases Three Opportunities to Study the Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications of Human Genetics/Genomics (Due 11/17-11/19/26)
The NIH released three opportunities for funding to study the ethical, legal and social implications (ELSI) of human genetic or genomic research. Learn about each of these opportunities in the full story!
Ethical, Legal and Social Implications (ELSI) Research (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)NOFO NumberPAR-23-293 Key DatesOpen Date (Earliest Submission Date): January 19, 2024 Expiration Date: November 19, 2026 PurposeTo study the ethical, legal and social implications (ELSI) of human genetic or genomic research. Applications may propose studies using either single or mixed methods. Approaches may include but are not limited to empirical qualitative and quantitative methods, and conceptual, legal, and normative analyses. Applied research designed to address ELSI issues in genetics and genomics will also be considered responsive. Direct engagement with communities and other interested groups is encouraged, but not required.
NOFO NumberPAR-23-294 Key DatesOpen Date (Earliest Submission Date): January 19, 2024 Expiration Date: November 19, 2026 PurposeTo study the ethical, legal and social implications (ELSI) of human genetic or genomic research. Applications may propose studies using either single or mixed methods, that break new ground, extend previous discoveries in new directions, or develop preliminary data in preparation for larger studies. Approaches may include but are not limited to empirical qualitative and quantitative methods, and conceptual, legal, and normative analyses. Applied research designed to address ELSI issues in genetics and genomics will also be considered responsive. Direct engagement with communities and other stakeholders is encouraged, but not required.
Ethical, Legal and Social Implications (ELSI) Small Research Grant (R03 Clinical Trial Optional)
NOFO NumberPAR-23-295 Key DatesOpen Date (Earliest Submission Date): January 19, 2024 Expiration Date: November 17, 2026 PurposeTo study the ethical, legal and social implications (ELSI) of human genetic or genomic research. These applications should be for small, self-contained research projects, such as those that involve single investigators. Of particular interest are projects that propose normative or conceptual analyses, including focused legal, economic, philosophical, anthropological, or historical analyses of new or emerging issues. This mechanism can also be used for the collection of preliminary data and the secondary analysis of existing data. Applications may propose studies using either single or mixed methods. Applied research designed to address ELSI issues in genetics and genomics will also be considered responsive. Direct engagement with communities and other stakeholders is encouraged, but not required.
Policy Research to Advance Inclusion of Immigrant Families and Children (Due 2/16/24)
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has just released a call for applications to help advance greater understanding for how policy change can improve the full social, economic, and civic inclusion of immigrant families and children. The intention is to spotlight policies that can transform systems/structures that ensure equal access to (and take-up of) goods and services, including public benefits, irrespective of immigration status.
Policy Research to Advance the Inclusion of Immigrant Families and Children
Organization: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Award amount: $450,000
Deadline: 2/16/2024
The proposed research can cover a wide range of service systems, and related policies, including but not limited to the following:
- Early childhood care and education (including informal and home-based care) and access to subsidies and unbiased quality standards;
- Publicly-funded healthcare services, such as Medicaid, public health services, school- and community-based health services, maternal and child health services, sexual and reproductive health services, psychological counseling, and trauma-informed behavioral health (mental health and addiction) services;
- Publicly-funded social services, such as food and nutrition programs, out-of-school programs for children and youth, community safety and inter-personal violence prevention programs, and disability- and aging-related services and supports;
- Other safety net programs such as TANF, SSI/SSDI, unemployment insurance, utility assistance, emergency food and shelter, and public benefit navigator programs;
- Safe and affordable housing options and supports, including those relating to tenant rights, eviction prevention, first-time home buyer credits, and homeowner assistance;
- Community development, communication, connectivity, transportation, and public health emergency-, climate change-, and disaster-related supports;
- Civic engagement, driver’s licenses (and alternate IDs), language access, access to job training, entrepreneurship, and business development opportunities, and other welcoming and inclusive policies;
- Legal and financial services, including those related to immigration, lending/borrowing, tax filing (e.g., ITIN) and tax credits (e.g., EITC and CTC), and other public or private benefits and protections.
Bratman and Colleagues Outline How Neuroscience can be Leveraged for Climate Change Research
CSDE Affiliate Dr. Gregory Bratman co-authored work with colleagues in Nature Climate Change, titled “Leveraging neuroscience for climate change research“. Anthropogenic climate change poses a substantial threat to societal living conditions. Here, authors argue that neuroscience can substantially contribute to the fight against climate change and provide a framework and a roadmap to organize and prioritize neuroscience research in this domain. They outline how neuroscience can be used to: (1) investigate the negative impact of climate change on the human brain; (2) identify ways to adapt; (3) understand the neural substrates of decisions with pro-environmental and harmful outcomes; and (4) create neuroscience-based insights into communication and intervention strategies that aim to promote climate action. The paper is also a call to action for neuroscientists to join broader scientific efforts to tackle the existential environmental threats Earth is currently facing.
Pleasure is Awarded Grant from the Society of Family Planning
CSDE Trainee Zoe Pleasure was awarded a grant from the Society of Family Planning to explore the use of TikTok to discuss perceived and experienced side effects of hormonal contraceptive methods. Pleasure and team will employ a tiered search approach to identify videos discussing contraceptive side effects on TikTok. They will analyze these videos’ textual and video components using thematic content analysis techniques. By analyzing user-generated content on TikTok, this study aims to leverage a frequently used but under-researched data source to contribute to a more comprehensive understanding of how people perceive and experience side effects.
Cohen Receives Two Grants to Support Collaborative Sustainable Energy Projects in Ghana
CSDE Affiliate Dr. Isabelle Cohen had two grants funded by the Center for Effective Global Action (CEGA) to support collaborative projects in Ghana. The first, Solar Lantern Program: Sensitization and Willingness to Pay by Rural Households in Ghana, is a collaborative project with Hamdiyah Alhassan, Ishaque Mahama, Isaac Doku, Oyeteju Odufuwa, and the Ministry of Energy in Ghana. The second, Impact of environmental, health, and safety sensitization on Liquefied Petroleum Gas usage in Ghana, is a collaborative project with Isaac Doku, Hamdiyah Alhassan, Mohammed Nuhu Mujtaba, Genesis Kollie and the Ministry of Energy in Ghana.