The American Sociological Association’s 2023 Annual Meeting Online Portal is open for submissions. The deadline to submit is Wednesday, February 22, 2023, at 11:59 pm ET. In addition to paper/extended abstract submissions, proposals are being accepted for courses, workshops, preconferences, the Sociology in Practice Settings Symposium, and the Teaching and Learning Symposium.

The participating Institutes and Centers (ICs) are inviting applications to support administrative supplements to existing NIH awards to support scientists who have demonstrated compelling commitments and contributions to mentorship and enhancing diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA) in the biomedical sciences. Funds will support ongoing and future efforts.

The biomedical research enterprise includes a range of research, including basic science, behavioral and social science, and clinical research and will be described hereafter as biomedical research. Excellent mentorship and superior training are critical to developing exceptional future scientists and building a diverse scientific workforce in the U.S. However, these efforts may not always be appropriately recognized or well compensated. As such, the intent of this NOSI is to reach those individuals with limited NIH support.

Mentoring can be defined as “a professional, working alliance in which individuals work together over time to support the personal and professional growth, development, and success of the relational partners through the provision of career and psychosocial support” (NASEM, 2019). Mentorship provides psychosocial and career support, self-efficacy, and science identity; it is also culturally responsive (NASEM, 2019).

This is a reissue of NOSI NOT-OD-22-057, with modified eligibility requirements, including mechanisms and citizenship status.

UW students are invited to apply for the 2022-2023 cycle of UWRA Scholarships and Fellowships in Aging. These awards are available to students in any field who are pursuing research or preparing for careers related to aging. More information can be found here. Applications for the UWRA Scholarship in Aging must be submitted by February 15. The application form can be found and submitted here.

 

The Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies currently seeks applications from University of Washington graduate students for grants of up to $5,000 for research about work, workers, and workers’ organizations. Applicants must explain the significance of their proposed research to the interdisciplinary field of labor studies. Proposals must indicate how the research is likely to generate important new information, interpretations, scholarly resources, and contributions to the applicant’s discipline and field. Research may focus on any dimension of labor in the United States or abroad, including but not limited to class relations, social conditions of work,  labor processes, working-class culture and politics, work and gender, work and race/ethnicity, relationships between labor and the state, unions, or comparative international labor relations.  Grants can be submitted to Rachel Erstad, Research Coordinator of the Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies, at rerstad@uw.edu. 

The purpose of these grants is to provide funding for research expenses, including travel costs and living expenses while traveling. Although not intended to cover everyday living expenses, applicants not requiring travel outside of the Puget Sound area may use the grant for local living expenses. Grants must be used within two years of receiving the grant and while the recipient is a registered student. Grant recipients will be requested to make a short presentation within this two-year period.

The latest issue of the International Migration Review (IMR) was just released.  Check out the new research here.

The RFA invites teams of community members, researchers and students across the University of Washington who are excited to co-produce actionable, community-centered research and knowledge for persistent urban-focused problems. The deadline for submitting an application is Friday, March 24 at 5:00 pm PST.

The Research to Action Collaboratory, launched last month, is an accelerator program that builds the transformational capacity of collaborative research teams to address sustainability and resilience across urban areas and the Pacific Northwest. Seeded by a grant from the Bullitt Foundation, the RAC will bring together teams of UW scholars and community partners and supply them with funds, intensive workshops to build team cohesion and collaboration skills, and peer support through the project cycles. In 2023, team projects will co-produce new knowledge addressing vital questions and concerns about regional ecosystem health.

Urban@UW will host 3 online information sessions on the RAC program and RFA, open to all UW and community partners. You may register for these info sessions at the links below. Please contact urbanuw@uw.edu with any questions.

• Monday, February 13, 1-2pm
• Thursday, February 23, 11am-12pm
• Wednesday, March 8, 3-4pm

To learn more about the RFA, click here.

Through a series of virtual meetings and flexible, short assignments designed to respect the competing demands of academic life, the Research-to-Media Pitch Challenge (March-April 2023) will guide researchers through the foundational steps of positioning and pitching their work for media. We are inviting applications from researchers at Population Dynamics Research Centers funded by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. Researchers planning to attend the PAA Conference in person are especially encouraged to apply.