The Journal of Family History has released a new issue, Volume 48, Number 3. This issue contains research on Birth Control as a National Challenge: Nationalizing Concepts of Families in Eastern Europe, 1914–1939. Feel free to check it out here!

The University of St Andrews (UK) seeks to appoint a Lecturer with expertise in Quantitative Population Geography/Demography. We are looking for candidates with excellent research profiles in any area of population studies. Candidates should have strong skills in demographic/population and quantitative data analysis and be capable of contributing to the Human Geography and Sustainable Development undergraduate teaching programs.

For further details, please see at: https://www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/3123/0/393238/889/lecturer-in-quantitative-population-geography-demography-ac2374mr.

Opportunity Insights (Raj Chetty, et al’s research outfit) will be hosting its second annual conference this fall to share research on economic opportunity and to continue to support this scholarly community. This is a good opportunity for junior scholars to share their work as well as more senior folks to discuss early stage research. The conference will be held at OI’s offices in Cambridge, MA on November 30th and December 1st. They are accepting submissions of papers or extended abstracts through August 1st, 2023; more information about the conference and application instructions can be found HERE.

Click HERE for more information about an opportunity for a postdoc to study as part of an interdisciplinary group focused on inequality, broadly defined at at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

The Center for Guaranteed Income Research at Penn is hiring two postdocs this fall to work with PIs and research scientists doing work on their unconditional cash portfolio. The portfolio encompasses 32 cash transfer experiments across the US — 24 of which are RCTs.  This is an excellent opportunity for a junior scholar to publish and work with data on unconditional cash in a rapidly growing research space. One fellowship is focused on quantitative methodology (priority is on primary data collection) and the other on qualitative. Please see the document HERE for more information.

Opportunity Insights has posted for an exciting Research Translation Associate position that will work across our projects on science writing, resource development, and external engagements.  The hired researcher will work closely with David Forte, Raj Chetty, Sarah Oppenheimer, and the rest of the OI team. The job is perfect for someone who is enthused about research communication, data visualization, and making policy impacts.

As you are all well aware, UW is making the transition to a new financial management system – fondly called UWFT!  The Office of Research has worked closely with the UWFT team to put together some guidance for Principal Investigators.  In what follows, you can see some of the highlights, links to resources, and key dates that you should know.

As the transition to Workday Finance approaches in July, here are some new, and not so new, processes and systems for the work of Principal Investigators.  UWFT for Principal Investigators offers an overview of changes and new systems.  Included on that page are PI Training Resources, along with guidance on when/whether to take specific courses within Bridge LMS.

For the most part, faculty activity and effort will not fundamentally change.  However, PIs should be aware of the following changes taking effect in early July 2023:

• SAGE Budget will be required at the time of the award.  Award preparers can create Award Setup Requests and monitor these requests via the new SAGE Awards feature.
• eFECS and the Grant and and Contract Certification Report (GCCR) are both being replaced by the Employee Compensation Compliance (ECC) system.
• PIs will need to approve sub recipient invoices on a bi-monthly basis using Workday.
• PIs, along with Grant Managers, will need to identify specific funding sources to meet cost share, including faculty effort cost share, at the time of award.

Important grants-related dates coming up:

• 5/31: submit Advance Budget Request for awards anticipated with start date between 6/09 and 8/01 to minimize impact of transition delays
• First Week of June: Purchasing requests needed for this fiscal year.
• 06/07: The last day to submit Advance Extension Requests and No-Cost Extension or Temporary Budget Extension Requests for awards that end between 6/09 and 8/01.
• 6/09-7/06: No new awards ill be setup; award set-up through July ill be slow.
• 6/13: Last day to submit Advance Budget Requests to GCA.
• 6/05-7/0: Temporary process for sub award requests or modifications.
• 6/13-7/7: Subaward invoices received in Ariba will need to be re-entered into Workday after 7/7.  Reach out to suppliers for invoices in advance, and close Blanket Purchase Orders (BPOs) no longer needed.