CSSS will be hosting a 25th anniversary conference on May 16th and 17th! If you are thinking of attending some events, register today to secure your spot. You can select specific events on the registration form. Conference events are free but space is limited, and advance registration is required. The full program includes short courses, alumni panel, welcome reception and poster session on May 16^th and a day-long scientific program on May 17^th.

 

The UW-RDRC is seeking research proposals for the Social Security Administration (SSA) for FY2025. This is an applied research program designed to assist policymakers, the public, and the media in understanding Social Security, retirement, and disability policy issues across the life course. If you are interested in submitting a project, please see the information sheet with details on the Letter of Intent, due by April 19, 2024.

If you have any questions about this process, please email Hallie Lienhardt (hallie.lienhardt@wisc.edu). If you  would like feedback on an initial idea, email Michael Collins (jmcollins@wisc.edu). Please note that SSA has new scoring factors for 2025, including an increased focus on community-based research and mixed-methods.

The Institute for Research on Poverty invites applications from junior scholars from underrepresented racial and ethnic populations for its 2024–2026 Emerging Poverty Scholars Fellowship Program. IRP’s Emerging Poverty Scholars Fellowship aims to support the career development and success of promising emerging poverty scholars from underrepresented racial and ethnic populations by: enhancing the resources available to them; providing high-quality one-on-one mentoring from nationally renowned senior poverty scholars; fostering interaction among a diverse set of scholars through quarterly meetings with the Emerging Scholars cohort and experts in the field; and providing opportunities to highlight the research of the Emerging Scholars through IRP products and events to broaden the corps of U.S.-based poverty researchers. In addition, IRP uses this program to establish long-term relationships between fellows and other poverty scholars, which may lead to future collaborations. Application Deadline: April 23, 2024 (11:59 p.m. Central Time).

The Fulbright-Hays Faculty Research Abroad (FRA) Fellowship Program provides opportunities for faculty to engage in full-time research abroad in modern foreign languages and area studies. The program is designed to deepen research knowledge and increase the study of modern foreign languages, cultural engagement, and area studies not generally included in U.S. curricula. Faculty may request funding for 3-12 months. FY24 applications will be accepted until 4/23/24.

Program features

Faculty may request funding to support overseas research for no less than three months and no more than 12 months. Funds support travel expenses to and from the residence of the fellow and the country or countries of research; maintenance allowances based on the salary of the fellow; and an allowance for research-related expenses overseas. Projects may focus on one or more of the following geographic areas: Africa, East Asia, Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands, South Asia, the Near East, Central and Eastern Europe and Eurasia, and the Western Hemisphere (excluding the United States and its territories).

Eligible applicants

Institutions of higher education (IHEs) in the United States are eligible to apply for grants under this program. As part of the application process, eligible faculty submit their individual research narratives and application forms to their home IHE. The IHE compiles all eligible individual faculty applications for inclusion in the institutional application that is submitted to the U.S. Department of Education. Faculty scholars are eligible to receive an FRA fellowship from their IHE if they

• are a citizen or national of the United States or a permanent resident of the United States.
• are employed by an institution of higher education.
• have been engaged in teaching relevant to his or her foreign language or area studies specialization for the two years immediately preceding the date of the award.
• propose research relevant to the faculty scholar’s modern foreign language or area studies specialization, which is not dissertation research for a doctoral degree.
• possess sufficient foreign language skills to carry out the research project.

How to apply

The U.S. Department of Education’s International and Foreign Language Education office (IFLE) expects to make 25 new awards, totaling approximately $750,000, under the fiscal year (FY) 2024 FRA program competition. The FY 2024 application is available online through the U.S. Department of Education’s G5 system between Feb. 23 and April 23, 2024.

Please refer to the official Federal Register notice for detailed information about the FY 2024 competition.