The purpose of this FOA is to support a network to enhance collaborations across NIA’s 6 centers programs. These collaborations are intended to leverage NIA’s substantial investments by fostering and sustaining the development of novel interdisciplinary efforts in aging research. This opportunity will provide resources to build additional infrastructure and establish specific collaborative activities that could include, but are not limited to, information and data exchange, meetings and conferences, pilot studies, research opportunities for early investigators, visiting scholar programs, dissemination, and other collaborative efforts. The successful awardee will involve all 6 centers programs.

The Jointly Sponsored NIH Predoctoral Training Program in the Neurosciences (JSPTPN) is an institutional program that supports broad and fundamental research training in the neurosciences. In addition to a broad education in the neurosciences, a key component will be a curriculum that provides a strong foundation in experimental design, statistical methodology and quantitative reasoning. JSPTPN programs are intended to be 2 years in duration and students may only be appointed to this training grant during the first 2 years of their graduate research training. The primary objective is to prepare students to be outstanding scientists equipped to pursue careers in neuroscience.

This FOA invites applications that propose to develop novel research infrastructure that will advance the science of aging in specific areas requiring interdisciplinary partnerships or collaborations. This FOA will use the NIH Phased Innovation Award (R21/R33) mechanism to provide up to 2 years of R21 support for initial developmental activities and up to 3 years of R33 support for expanded activities. Through this award, investigators will develop a sustainable research infrastructure to support projects that address key interdisciplinary aging research questions.

In early 2019, Provost Mark Richards asked a group of faculty and students to assemble a plan to promote data science undergraduate education across the University of Washington, with a particular emphasis on promoting data science education for students in the arts, humanities, and social sciences.  As part of that endeavour, course development funds are available to create, update, revive, or scale courses that could be incorporated into a proposed minor in data science.  For more details, please refer to the full proposal document linked here.  If you have questions, please contact Tyler McCormick (tylermc@uw.edu).

 

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RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences ISSUE ON: Low-Income Families in the 21st Century: Effective Public Policy Responses to Complexity and Change Edited by Marcy Carlson University of Wisconsin-Madison Christopher Wimer Columbia University Ron Haskins Brookings Institution The 21st century has seen major changes in both the nature of work and the nature of families in the United States, some building on trends over the past half century and some representing breaks from the past. Many observers hypothesize that U.S public policies have failed to keep up with these changes—or have done so unevenly across localities, with particular consequences for low-income individuals and families. We seek paper proposals that provide research evidence on the changes in work and families, and the most promising policy options to meet contemporary needs. As such, this volume of RSF will inform efforts to develop, reform, and implement public policies and programs that effectively support low-income workers and their families. Low-income workers today face a very different labor market than they did fifty years ago. The job opportunities for those with low skills have diminished amidst a rising premium for high skills, and real wages have stagnated and labor force participation has declined for those with low education. Stable jobs with decent pay and good benefits are more scarce. Work schedules are more variable, and work is more likely to occur during nonstandard hours, and unstable work schedules are linked with adverse health outcomes. There are less clear and structured—and more divergent—career progression paths predicting economic mobility. Unions, which have historically bolstered workers’ wages and benefits, cover significantly fewer workers today than in the past. So-called ‘gig work’ is increasingly an income source for many, which may create desired flexibility for high-skilled workers but may leave low-skilled workers without stable and well-remunerated work. In short, today’s low-income jobs may be more likely to have various “bad” characteristics than low-wage jobs of the past. Perhaps as a result, traditional career ladders into the middle-class have become less common. In this volume, we will consider aspects of work and family life for those in poverty or near poverty—and their intersection, highlighting the extent to which public policy is effectively serving low-income families and ways that it might be improved. The co-editors envision that papers will address a range of topics related to contemporary work arrangements (including paid and unpaid care work), family configurations, and public policy supports. Papers may focus on any particular aspect of work, of family, or both—but should explicitly address policy implications and needs, providing evidence about exemplar strategies and programs. We strongly encourage papers that directly focus on ways that policies are—or are not—meeting the needs of low-income workers and families. We envision papers from many disciplinary perspectives and methodological approaches, and we expect that particular subgroups of interest (e.g., by race/ethnicity, immigration status) will be relevant. Please click here for a full description of the topics covered in this call for articles. Anticipated Timeline Prospective contributors should submit a CV and an abstract (up to two pages in length, single or double spaced) of their study along with up to two pages of supporting material (e.g., tables, figures, pictures, etc.) no later than 5 PM EST on January 7, 2020 to: rsf.fluxx.io NOTE that if you wish to submit an abstract and do not yet have an account with us, it can take up to 48 hours to get credentials, so please start your application at least two days before the deadline. All submissions must be original work that has not been previously published in part or in full. Only abstracts submitted to rsf.fluxx.io will be considered. Each paper will receive a $1,000 honorarium when the issue is published. All questions regarding this issue should be directed to Suzanne Nichols, Director of Publications, at journal@rsage.org and not to the email addresses of the editors of the issue. A conference will take place at the Russell Sage Foundation in New York City on June 26, 2020. The selected contributors will gather for a one-day workshop to present draft papers (due a month prior to the conference on 5/28/20) and receive feedback from the other contributors and editors. Travel costs, food, and lodging for one author per paper will be covered by the foundation. Papers will be circulated before the conference. After the conference, the authors will submit their revised drafts by 9/24/20. The papers will then be sent out to three additional scholars for formal peer review. Having received feedback from reviewers and the RSF board, authors will revise their papers by 12/4/20. The full and final issue will be published in the fall of 2021. Papers will be published open access on the RSF website as well as in several digital repositories, including JSTOR and UPCC/Muse. Please click here for a full description of the topics covered in this call for articles.

Are you willing to lend a helping hand to a population health scientist? Could you use some support and guidance in navigating your career in population health? If you would like to have a mentor or be a mentor, check out the IAPHS Mentoring Program and follow the links to apply for next year’s program.

Watch the videos on the IAPHS mentoring website to hear mentors and mentees talk about what they have gained from being part of a mentoring relationship.

Mentors and mentees typically connect by phone on a schedule of their choosing (about once a month). Mentors provide advice and guidance on issues or goals that have been mutually agreed upon.

The IAPHS Mentoring Committee matches mentees with mentors based on their needs and mentor experience and skills.Although we cannot guarantee a match for everyone who applies to the program, we make every effort to ensure that mentees, especially, are matched. Mentees must be members of IAPHS.

Registration will be open until January 3, 2020 and mentor-mentee pairs will be matched after that date.

Click here to register.

Questions? Contact Sue Bevan at sbevan@iaphs.org.

The Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO) of Columbia University is seeking to hire a Postdoctoral Research Scientist to work on social and environmental factors that drive migration within and from West Africa. The work will be in collaboration with Columbia partners at Center for Integrated Earth System Information Network (CIESIN), School of International and Public Affairs, the Center for Climate Systems Research, and also partners at New York University and funded by the National Science Foundation’s Growing Convergence Research program.

The successful candidate will work with a diverse research team of climate scientists, economists, geographers, agronomists and hydrologists. The postdoctoral researcher will be expected to work across the research program developing a transdisciplinary, convergence-based, research approach to migration. He or she must have strong quantitative, modeling and programming skills and be adept at working with disparate data sets of varying quality.  Field work experience and French language capabilities are a bonus. The position will be located at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory in Palisades, NY, but the Postdoctoral Researcher will be expected to also meet with and work with team members on the Columbia campus in Manhattan and at New York University.

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How do I ask for a letter of recommendation?  What information should I include when I ask for a recommendation? How many times can I ask the same recommender for a letter of recommendation? When should I remind my recommender that the due date is approaching?  What should I do if they don’t respond? Get these and other common questions about recommendations answered at this information session.

West Coast Poverty Center (WCPC) invites applications from doctoral students at the University of Washington for the 2019-20 WCPC Dissertation Research Fellowship competition. These one-quarter awards will support outstanding doctoral student dissertation research on poverty, poverty-related issues, and anti-poverty policy in the U.S. during Summer (or Spring) 2020. Doctoral candidates from any discipline may apply, but all applicants must be sponsored by a WCPC Faculty Affiliate. Applications must be submitted by 10:00 am on January 21, 2020.