The Bradley Foundation is a private grantmaking foundation that honors the principles and example of its namesakes, Lynde and Harry Bradley, by pursuing a mission to restore, strengthen, and protect the principles and institutions of American exceptionalism. The foundation has a rolling proposal process around grants for its Constitutional Order and Informed Citizens initiatives. Projects should have budgets between $25,000 and $200,000.

Funded projects in the past have focused on original intent and constitutional principles, the role of free markets in democracy, the ethical and moral foundations of capitalism, and American exceptionalism. Since this is a private foundation with a particular substantive orientation, all applications must be coordinated through Andrew Storms in UW Corporate and Foundation Relations. Reach out to Andrew Storms (as89@uw.edu) or Sarah Guthu (guthu@uw.edu) in the Executive Office of the President & Provost, if you have questions about this opportunity.

Feminist Demography has a special session on the upcoming program for the PAA titled: Heterodox, Feminist, and Critical Perspectives on Demography.”  The session #917 can be found in the Call for Papers.  This brand new session provides an opportunity for critical scholars of and in population studies to contribute their knowledge at our field’s flagship annual meeting.  To learn a bit more about what feminist demography is and how you can contribute to this emerging subfield, please visit their website at  feministdemography.org

The PAA 2026 Annual Meeting has announced its Call for Papers. The deadline for submissions is October 5. Sessions will be in-person at the America’s Center in St. Louis, Missouri, May 6 – 9, 2026.

Please note a few important items:

• All accepted presenters will be required to register for the conference by February 4, 2026.
• Individuals can only serve as a presenting author twice on the program (but can have additional roles such as chair or discussant).
• Organizers will not review papers from authors with whom they have a conflict of interest (close collaborators or current students/postdocs). As such, please do not submit your abstract to someone with whom you may have a conflict of interest.

View the Call for Papers here.

Attention Students, Trainees & Fellows! The Population Association of America (PAA) is a great opportunity to present your research. CSDE will help you prepare to submit your work for consideration. We will be facilitating our annual Extended Abstract Workshop ahead of the PAA 2026 submission deadline. This is a great opportunity to get feedback on your PAA abstract from CSDE staff scientists and faculty affiliates before you submit! You can sign up to participate here. CSDE Training Core PI, Audrey Dorelien, and CSDE Training Director, Jessica Godwin, will meet with you to discuss abstracts ahead of the submission deadline on Tuesday, September 30 @ 11:00AM–12:00PM on Zoom.

October 06, 2025, 3:00PM – 4:15PM EDT

Race/ethnicity is commonly used as a predictor variable in biomedical research. This practice can perpetuate inequities when race/ethnicity and other social-identity categories are treated as fixed characteristics rather than as proxies for the social, environmental, and structural factors that produce unjust group differences in health outcomes. Join the Center and IAPHS for a webinar on Oct. 6 at 3 p.m. ET to learn about a novel research method which systematically assesses this critical factor, shifting the focus from describing health differences between social groups to understanding the mechanisms that produce those differences.

Register Here

The Department of Global Health sponsors the Learning for Action in Policy in Implementation and Health Systems (LAPIS) and will host Per Nilsen, Professor of Social Medicine and Public Health at Linköping University, Sweden. An economist by training at Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden, Nilsen was responsible for building a research and educational program on implementation science at Linköping University, including a PhD course which is running annually since 2011. He takes particular interest in applying concepts and theories from beyond implementation science for improved understanding of the challenges involved in achieving behavior and practice change. Visit this link to learn more about the seminar.