The Climate Museum has been awarded a generous grant by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to support its work in public engagement with the climate crisis. The grant, in the amount of $500,000 over a 2-year period, establishes Pre-Doctoral and Post-Doctoral Fellowships focused on climate and inequality within a humanities framework. The Fellows will work with the Climate Museum’s staff and partners to create interdisciplinary public programs, including exhibition content, highlighting climate and justice.

 “Climate change sharply intensifies social inequalities. Just as the Pentagon describes the crisis as a ‘threat multiplier,’ it is also an inequality multiplier. We are deeply grateful to the Mellon Foundation for its generosity and vision in supporting public engagement and outreach on this crux issue,”  says Miranda Massie, the Museum’s Director.

 “With this grant, the Mellon Foundation has greatly enhanced our capacity and our expertise, particularly in the humanities, and thus our ability to provide the highest quality of interdisciplinary programming. Museums have great transformative potential because they are so popular and so trusted. This grant harnesses that potential on the most critical challenge we face, the climate crisis,” says Peter S. Knight, Climate Museum Board Chair.

 The Fellowships will start in August 2020 and run for two years. For further information:

• Post-Doctoral Fellowship   
• Pre-Doctoral Fellowship    

About the Climate Museum

The Climate Museum’s mission is to inspire action on the climate crisis with programming across the arts and sciences that deepens understanding, builds connections, and advances just solutions. Most people in the US are worried about the climate crisis, but silent and inactive. Building on the popularity and trust held by museums, we bring people together to learn about solutions and join the fight for a brighter future, providing multiple pathways into civic engagement. The Climate Museum received a provisional museum charter from New York State in 2015 and has been presenting public programming for two years. Additional information is available at climatemuseum.org.

The EarthLab Salon is a 3-part quarterly public lecture and workshop series designed to highlight expertise and leadership on this subject in the UW-wide community, especially among students, and build a foundation of shared understanding, values and language among participants. In doing so, we hope to foster opportunities for a new cross-cutting community to connect and collaborate on shared interests. We plan to take lessons learned into our work at EarthLab.

We invite proposals from pairs of presenters from two distinct fields, who will work collaboratively and present contrasting or complementary perspectives on a theme. Joint talks will take place that centers around the question: What does it mean to center equity and justice in environmental work?  We encourage presenters to seek new colleagues from across units, professions, and positions, and to integrate creative modes such as dance, spoken word, or music, into presentations that enable multiple perspectives to be expressed.

Presenters will be invited to deliver a 35-minute evening public lecture or performance followed by a Q&A and social hour at one of UW’s three campuses (Seattle, Tacoma, or Bothell). We will also invite presenters to share advanced readings, videos or other related resources and join a subsequent lunch and workshop with the EarthLab community to discuss their work in a more informal setting. All presentations will be live-streamed and curated in a UW Libraries digital publication. An honorarium of $200 will be available for community partners.

Any member of the UW community is eligible to submit a proposal, including students, staff, faculty, post-docs, visiting scholars, and more. One of the pair may be from outside UW, such as a community partner. Student-only pairs must designate a faculty or staff contact.

Write a proposal of up to 500 words that describes how you will answer the question, “What does it mean to center equity and justice in environmental work?” Include a description of your chosen topic (250 words), a description of your joint presentation format (100 words) and a brief biography of each presenter that illustrates why this topic is important to you (75 words each). For questions, contact sarajo@uw.edu.

Presentation ideas are due January 13, 2020

The Population Research Center (PRC), a cross-campus center located at The University of Texas at Austin, is seeking a postdoctoral scholar with a PhD in economics, public policy, demography, social work, sociology, or a related discipline, to work with faculty and researchers on the NIA-supported project, “Race/Ethnic Differences in Life Course Exposure to Death: Consequences for Health.” The research team is led by Dr. Debra Umberson and includes Bob Hummer (UNC), Hui Liu (Michigan State), Belinda Needham (University of Michigan), Eileen Crimmins (USC), Bridget Goosby (University of Texas), and Mark Hayward (University of Texas). The postdoc will work with faculty and researchers to conduct analyses using Health & Retirement Study (HRS) and National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health (Add Health) data.

 The overall project focuses on family member loss (i.e., child, parent, sibling, and spouse) and the consequences for mental and physical health, mortality risk, and dementia risk with attention to the significant racial/ethnic disparities in the probability of losing family members from childhood through later life in the U.S.

The postdoc will participate in the PRC seminars and data workshops, working groups, and collaborative research projects/articles. The postdoctoral fellowship is initially for one year, with the option to renew for an additional year(s) contingent on performance and funding. The salary for this position will be $50,000+, depending on qualifications and experience.

Please submit the following materials to umberson@prc.utexas.edu.

• Cover letter
• CV
• Three letters of recommendation

 Each application will be evaluated on the following criteria:

• The degree of fit of research interests
• Experience with HRS and/or Add Health data
• Demonstrated record of expertise with quantitative data and longitudinal data analysis
• How the postdoctoral training will help to further the scholar’s career trajectory
• Strength of letters of support

 Applications will be considered on a rolling basis until the position is filled. Candidates from underrepresented groups are strongly encouraged to apply.

The Gund Institute recruits PhD students and postdoctoral researchers with competitive fellowships, and provides research opportunities for undergraduate students.

These research positions catalyze collaborative research at UVM and beyond, enhance capacity in strategic areas, and provide outstanding professional development for early career scholars.

WSECU is excited to extend an invitation to members beginning or continuing their higher education to apply for a scholarship. Last year, they awarded nearly $65,000 to 29 lucky recipients. Would you like to be considered for a scholarship for fall 2020?

• Applications will be accepted until Feb. 10, 2020
• Recipients are selected and notified in the spring
• WSECU members of all ages are welcome to apply
• $1,500 awards for two-year college/vocational school
• $2,500 awards for four-year undergraduate and graduate programs
• New this year: A FAFSA form will be required

Click the link below for more information.

The Population Research Center of the University of Texas at Austin, in collaboration with the Department of Sociology and with funding from the National Science Foundation, is pleased to announce the Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Program. The REU program offers talented undergraduates the opportunity for classroom training and hands-on research experience during an 8-week session on The University of Texas at Austin campus. This program is supported by a grant from the National Science Foundation SMA-1852556.

Students will have the opportunity to work directly with faculty, policy analysts, and senior graduate students on issues related to race, ethnicity, and American families. Students will also participate in coursework, data analysis, training experiences in the ‘real’ world and the academy.

• Opportunity to study social demography through course work and mentored research experience with PRC faculty and senior graduate students
• Program pays for room and board, and computing and research-related expenses
• REU students receive a $4,000 stipend for participation in the 8 week program
• Students collaborate with demographers working outside the academy, in state and local research institutes
• Second half of the program focuses on individual projects in collaboration with graduate student mentors and PRC faculty
• Student papers are presented in the fall at a professional conference or as policy briefs to local stakeholders
• This program is specifically geared toward students with junior standing who are seriously thinking about attending graduate school in the social sciences and, particularly, in sociology or demography
• Students from underrepresented groups are strongly encouraged to apply

You can find the application HERE. Application deadline is February 29, 2020.