NIH just released three Parent Announcements for R25 Education Grants, closing May 29, 2029.

• NIH Research Education Program – Courses, Curriculum & Methods (Parent R25 – Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
• NIH Research Educational Program – Mentoring Activities & Networks (Parent R25/UE5 – Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
• NIH Research Education Program – Research Experiences (Parent R25 – Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Research Education Program supports research education activities in the mission areas of the NIH. The overarching goal of the Research Education program is to: Support educational activities that complement and/or enhance training of a workforce to meet the nation’s biomedical, behavioral and clinical research needs; Help recruit individuals with specific specialty or disciplinary backgrounds to research careers in biomedical, behavioral and clinical sciences; and Foster a better understanding of biomedical, behavioral and clinical research and its implications.

The Census Quality Reinforcement (CQR) Task Force invites you to join an upcoming webinar, “Banning ‘Statistical Noise’: Understanding DAO 216-26 and Its Consequences,” co-sponsored by the American Statistical Association (ASA) and the Association of Public Data Users (APDU), on Monday, July 13, from 12:00–1:30 PM ET.

Last month, the Department of Commerce issued a new policy restricting the privacy protection or “disclosure avoidance” methods used by the Census Bureau and the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA). The policy bars the use of “noise infusion” methods, one of the main privacy protection techniques that statistical agencies such as the Census Bureau have used for decades. This directive will make it more difficult for statistical agencies to safeguard the privacy and confidentiality of the sensitive data they hold on each and every person, household, business in the United States.* The developments raise critical questions about the implications for detailed federal statistics that are essential for policy making, advocacy, research, and decision-making.

Co-hosted by the American Statistical Association (ASA) and the Association of Public Data Users (APDU), this webinar will level set and provide a discussion of open questions surrounding the Department of Commerce’s new order on disclosure avoidance and its potential impacts.

The webinar will include:

• An overview of recent developments and the current state of play
• A non-technical overview of disclosure avoidance and noise infusion methods
• Perspectives from several affected user groups and use cases, including demographic data, economic data, tribal data, and more
• Moderated Q&A and discussion of outstanding questions
• Closing reflections and opportunities to stay engaged as developments continue

WHEN: Monday, July 13, 12:00–1:30 PM ET
REGISTRATION: Register here to receive the Zoom information