The Social Science Research Council (SSRC) and the National Science Foundation have partnered on a funding initiative focused on social and behavioral science innovations to understand better how to accelerate demand for vaccines, especially in low and middle income countries. For more information about the Mercury Project visit here: https://www.ssrc.org/programs/the-mercury-project/nsf-mercury-project-partnership/
These one-quarter grants provide support to UW graduate students doing research that takes place outside of the United States. Successful applicants are awarded either a Chester Fritz Fellowship or a Boeing International Fellowship.
The fellowships are available to fund research periods of one quarter (three full months) abroad during the 2023–2024 year (autumn 2023–summer 2024)*. These awards DO NOT support faculty-led UW study abroad programs.
Awardees will receive a stipend of $2,700 per month, and paid health insurance (GAIP). During the quarter of their award, fellows are required to register for an independent learning program through UW Study Abroad. The program fee is covered by this fellowship. No extra money is included for airfare.
These one-quarter grants provide support to UW graduate students doing research that takes place outside of the United States. Successful applicants are awarded either a Chester Fritz Fellowship or a Boeing International Fellowship.
The fellowships are available to fund research periods of one quarter (three full months) abroad during the 2023–2024 year (autumn 2023–summer 2024)*. These awards DO NOT support faculty-led UW study abroad programs.
Awardees will receive a stipend of $2,700 per month, and paid health insurance (GAIP). During the quarter of their award, fellows are required to register for an independent learning program through UW Study Abroad. The program fee is covered by this fellowship. No extra money is included for airfare.
CSDE Affiliate Dan Goldhaber published a new article, “The Impact of Transition Intervention in High School on Pathways Through College” in Community College Review. Using 11 years of panel data, this study tracked college progression of seven cohorts of students in order to estimate the impacts of this program. A difference-in-regression-discontinuity design was used to compare how students just below college readiness benchmarks fared relative to those just above once TI was implemented.
CSDE Affiliate Mienah Sharif and co-author Dr. Neda Maghbouleh (Univ. of Toronto, Sociology) recently collaborated on a paper published in Health Promotion Practice entitled “COVID-19 Disparities Among Arab, Middle Eastern, and West Asian Populations in Toronto: Implications for Improving Health Equity Among Middle Eastern and North African Communities in the United States“. In this paper, with data from Toronto Public Health, the authors document the stark disparities between Arab, Middle Eastern, and West Asian Populations compared to white residents of Toronto. They draw on the Public Health Critical Race Praxis (PHCRP) to support ongoing, transdisciplinary and community-based efforts calling on the disaggregation of data, in the United States, in order to highlight the inequities Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) communities face here.
The American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) announces the fifth competition for Leading Edge Fellowships, made possible by the generous support of the Mellon Foundation. The program demonstrates the dynamic capacity of the humanities to advance justice and equity in society.
In 2023, the ACLS Leading Edge Fellowship Program will offer 22 two-year fellowships partnering recent humanities and interpretive social sciences PhDs with organizations advancing social justice and equity in communities across the United States. The fellowships are designed to draw on the humanistic skills, capacities, and frameworks developed in the course of earning the PhD and provide a range of networking and career-building opportunities.
This year, ACLS is partnering with 22 nonprofit organizations including the Campaign for Southern Equality (Asheville, NC), Gender Justice (Saint Paul, MN), and Strategic Action for a Just Economy (Los Angeles, CA).
ACLS is now accepting fellowship applications, with submissions due by 9:00 PM EDT on Wednesday, March 15, 2023.
Each Leading Edge Fellow will receive a $66,000 stipend in year one, and $70,000 in year two, as well as health insurance, professional development funding, and mentorship. Fellows will contribute to initiatives and projects advancing the rights of immigrant workers and students, promoting strategic social change through the arts, and advocating for reproductive justice in communities like Saint Paul, MN and Dallas, TX. The fellows also will participate in a variety of professional development and networking activities designed to help translate the experiences of their two-year placements into post-fellowship career opportunities.
The Leading Edge Fellowship program welcomes applicants from diverse backgrounds including historically underrepresented groups such as Black/African American, Hispanic/Latinx, Asian American and Pacific Islander, American Indian or Alaskan Native scholars, first generation college students, scholars from low-income backgrounds, formerly incarcerated scholars, queer and trans scholars, and scholars with disabilities.
The University of California, Irvine’s Center for Population, Inequality and Policy invites submissions to present at the inaugural All-UC Demography Conference. This meeting will highlight current demographic research and provide a venue for making connections across UC campuses, with a keynote talk by Ronald Lee. The conference will be held May 4th and May 5th in person at University of California, Irvine. The plan is to hold faculty paper sessions with discussants, as well as an additional graduate student poster competition, with awards and a reception. The submission deadline for both papers and posters is Monday, February 6th, 2023, 11:59pm. Presenters will be notified by early March. Limited travel award support will be available for graduate students with accepted posters. For more information, please visit the conference website here.
Howard University’s Center on Race and Wealth (CRW) and the Center for Financial Security (CFS) at the University of Wisconsin–Madison annually conduct the Junior Scholar Intensive Training (JSIT) Summer Workshop. This week-long workshop, from June 12 – 16, 2023 , held at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, brings together PhD students, newly graduated PhD researchers, and junior faculty who are interested in topics related to disability and retirement research in the United States. Applications are due February 8th – click here for more detail about applications.
The next meeting of the Formal Demography Working Group will be Thursday, January 26, 10PM ET (Toronto time, which is 4pm Vienna/Denmark time). Matt Hauer will present ‘Climate Migration, Demographic Amplification, and multiregional population projections’.
Zoom link: https://utoronto.zoom.us/j/81659687554
Meeting ID: 816 5968 7554
Passcode: eulerlotka
Links:
– Here is our website.
– Meetings are recorded for those who are unable to join us. Previous recordings can be found here.
– If you are interested in presenting at a future meeting, fill out this form.
Important Dates and Deadlines:
CSDE students who are presenting at PAA 2023 can apply here for registration and/or travel support.