In an age of political fear and fragmentation, we invite you to join us for an important discussion of religion, immigration, and political hospitality. Millions of Muslims have migrated into Europe and North America over the past 50 years. Their arrival has ignited a series of fierce public debates on religious freedom and pluralism, tolerance and free speech, headscarves and airports, gender and race, and so much more. With each passing year the debates only seem to become more heated, complex, and fearful. Western Christians are debating amongst themselves about how they should respond to their new Muslim neighbors.
Dr. Matthew Kaemingk is the author of a new book Christian Hospitality and Muslim Immigration in an Age of Fear. He serves as an assistant professor of Christian Ethics at Fuller Theological Seminary. In this public lecture, Dr. Kaemingk will not only examine how Western Christians are currently responding to Muslim immigration, he will develop and discuss his alternative political ethic of Christian hospitality and pluralism. Responding to Dr. Kaemingk will be Dr. David Leong, Associate Professor of Missiology at Seattle Pacific University & Seminary.
Continuous-time MCMC
Paul Fearnhead
Professor, Departments of Statistics, Lancaster University, https://www.maths.lancs.ac.uk/fearnhea/
Recently, there have been conceptually novel developments in Monte Carlo methods through the introduction of new MCMC algorithms which are based on continuous-time, rather than discrete-time, Markov processes. These show promise for scalable Bayesian Analysis: they naturally have non-reversible dynamics which enable them to mix faster in high-dimensional settings; sometimes they can be implemented in a way that requires access to only a small number of data points at each iteration, and yet still sample from the true posterior; and they automatically take account of sparsity in the dependence structure. This talk will give an overview of the recent work in this area.
Join this event highlighting the importance of community engagement in the research and design process. Practitioners are invited to learn better methods to increase participation crucial for healthier communities.
All are invited for a round-table discussion on climate change and national security, featuring Washington State Governor Jay Inslee, Governor Christine Todd Whitman, and various military professionals.
The 2019 Call for Proposals of the Thomas Jefferson Fund is open until March 5, 2019 | 12:00pm (midday) EST.
This program, launched by the Embassy of France in the United States and the FACE Foundation, aims to encourage and support cooperation among the most promising young French and American researchers, and foster forward-looking collaborative research projects.
Each selected French-American project will receive up to $20,000 over a period of two years.
Applications are accepted in the three following fields: Humanities and Social Sciences (HSS), Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM), Science for Society (interdisciplinary STEM-HSS projects).
In support of the Make Our Planet Great Again Initiative launched by President Emmanuel Macron in June 2017, the Thomas Jefferson Fund is offering additional grants this year for research projects related to Earth System Science, Climate Change and Sustainability, and Energy Transition.
We would be grateful if you could widely circulate the information to the research units and relevant departments of your institution. Interested parties are invited to get more information and to apply here: http://face-foundation.org/thomas-jefferson-fund/.
The Thomas Jefferson Fund team is available to provide you and your teams any additional information you may need.
The purpose of the Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Predoctoral Fellowship (Parent F31) award is to enable promising predoctoral students to obtain individualized, mentored research training from outstanding faculty sponsors while conducting dissertation research in scientific health-related fields relevant to the missions of the participating NIH Institutes and Centers. The proposed mentored research training must reflect the applicant’s dissertation research project and is expected to clearly enhance the individual’s potential to develop into a productive, independent research scientist.
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) does not allow applicants to propose to lead an independent clinical trial, a clinical trial feasibility study, or an ancillary clinical trial, but does allow applicants to propose research experience in a clinical trial led by a sponsor or co-sponsor.
Application Receipt/Submission Date(s): Standard dates apply, by 5:00 PM local time of applicant organization. All types of non-AIDS applications allowed for this funding opportunity announcement are due on these dates. Applicants are encouraged to apply early to allow adequate time to make any corrections to errors found in the application during the submission process by the due date.
The purpose of the Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Postdoctoral Fellowship (Parent F32) is to support research training of highly promising postdoctoral candidates who have the potential to become productive, independent investigators in scientific health-related research fields relevant to the missions of the participating NIH Institutes and Centers. Applications are expected to incorporate exceptional mentorship.
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) does not allow applicants to propose to lead an independent clinical trial, a clinical trial feasibility study, or an ancillary clinical trial, but does allow applicants to propose research experience in a clinical trial led by a sponsor or co-sponsor.
Application Receipt/Submission Date(s): Standard dates apply, by 5:00 PM local time of applicant organization. All types of non-AIDS applications allowed for this funding opportunity announcement are due on these dates. Applicants are encouraged to apply early to allow adequate time to make any corrections to errors found in the application during the submission process by the due date.
Letter of Intent Due Date(s) (required) (due by 5 p.m. submitter’s local time): March 25, 2019
Submission Window Date(s) (due by 5 p.m. submitter’s local time): April 24, 2019 – May 08, 2019
The program now aims to bring together four communities – electrical engineering, mathematics, statistics, and theoretical computer science – to develop the theoretical foundations of data science through integrated research and training activities.
Letters of Intent and Full Proposals in response to this solicitation must be submitted in accordance with the NSF Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG) (NSF 19-1).
Synopsis of Program:
In 2016, the National Science Foundation (NSF) unveiled a set of “Big Ideas,” 10 bold, long-term research and process ideas that identify areas for future investment at the frontiers of science and engineering (see https://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/big_ideas/index.jsp). The Big Ideas represent unique opportunities to position our Nation at the cutting edge of global science and engineering leadership by bringing together diverse disciplinary perspectives to support convergence research. As such, when responding to this solicitation, even though proposals must be submitted to the Directorate for Computer & Information Science & Engineering/Division of Computing and Communication Foundations (CISE/CCF), once received, the proposals will be managed by a cross-disciplinary team of NSF Program Directors.
NSF’s Harnessing the Data Revolution (HDR) Big Idea is a national-scale activity to enable new modes of data-driven discovery that will allow fundamental questions to be asked and answered at the frontiers of science and engineering. Through this NSF-wide activity, HDR will generate new knowledge and understanding, and accelerate discovery and innovation. The HDR vision is realized through an interrelated set of efforts in:
- Foundations of data science;
- Algorithms and systems for data science;
- Data-intensive science and engineering;
- Data cyberinfrastructure; and
- Education and workforce development.
Each of these efforts is designed to amplify the intrinsically multidisciplinary nature of the emerging field of data science. The HDR Big Idea will establish theoretical, technical, and ethical frameworks that will be applied to tackle data-intensive problems in science and engineering, contributing to data-driven decision-making that impacts society.
Harnessing the Data Revolution: Transdisciplinary Research In Principles Of Data Science (HDR TRIPODS) aims to bring together the electrical engineering, mathematics, statistics, and theoretical computer science communities to develop the theoretical foundations of data science through integrated research and training activities. Phase I, described in this solicitation, will support the development of small collaborative Institutes. Phase II (to be described in an anticipated future solicitation, subject to availability of funds) will support a smaller number of larger Institutes, selected from the Phase I Institutes via a second competitive proposal process. All HDR TRIPODS Institutes must involve significant and integral participation by researchers representing at least three of the four aforementioned communities. Please note that the ordering of the four communities is alphabetical and is not meant to emphasize any one discipline over another.
Early Stage Investigator Paper Competition
The submission period is now open for the Early Stage Investigators (ESI, within 10 years of their terminal degree) paper competition. OBSSR will pay the travel expenses for up to four ESI honorees to present the findings from their accepted paper and participate in a moderated discussion of future research possibilities during the meeting. More information about the paper competition can be found at the link below. OBSSR encourages you to share this information with your grantees.
Save the Date for the 12th NIH Matilda White Riley Behavioral and Social Sciences Honors!
Thursday, June 6, 2019
8:00 am to 12 noon
NIH’s Main Campus – Wilson Hall, Building 1
A registration link will be provided soon.
The 2019 Matilda White Riley Distinguished Lecturer is Mark J. VanLandingham, Ph.D. Thomas C. Keller Professor Director, Center for Studies of Displaced Populations Tulane University.
Presentation Title: Culture and Resilience: Insights from the Vietnamese American community in post-Katrina New Orleans
Dr. Mark J. VanLandingham’s Biography:
Mark J. VanLandingham, PhD, is the Thomas C. Keller Professor at Tulane University. His research focuses on a wide array of topics related to demography, sociology, and public health. He has led recent major projects focusing on the antecedents and consequences of largescale rural-to-urban migration within Southeast Asia; and acculturation, health, and well-being among Vietnamese immigrants in the United States. One major project underway investigates Health and Demographic Disparities in Long-term Recovery from Hurricane Katrina (HDDR-HK), funded by a Program Award (P01) from NIH. He co-leads this team of researchers from Tulane, Harvard, NYU, Brown, and Michigan with Mary Waters and David Abramson. This project is based at Tulane’s new Center for Studies of Displaced Populations (CSDP), which he directs. An enduring interest is community resilience within immigrant communities, and he has a recent book on this topic published by the Russell Sage Foundation: Weathering Katrina (2017). Regarding teaching, he co-leads (with Katherine Andrinopoulos) the International Health and Development (IHD) Section and Program within the Department of Global Community Health and Behavioral Sciences in Tulane’s School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine. For teaching and student mentoring, Dr. VanLandingham has recently received the school’s Teaching Excellence Award (2013) and the school’s award for Outstanding Long term Commitment to Student Needs (2018).
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is offering an internship within the Statistics Team/Field Information and Coordination Support Section in our Copenhagen Headquarters in Denmark.
The internship will be within UNHCR’s Statistics Team, which sits within the Division of Programme Support and Management (DPSM). This internship offers a unique opportunity to support a new initiative on improving statistics on stateless populations as well as experience working within the UN system. Therefore we seek a dynamic and driven individual with a keen interest in reporting on hard to reach and marginalized populations as well as strong organizational and analytical skills.
UNHCR is a global organisation dedicated to saving lives, protecting rights and building a better future for refugees, forcibly displaced communities and stateless people. Every year, millions of men, women and children are forced to flee their homes to escape conflict and persecution. We are in over 130 countries, using our expertise to protect and care for millions.
Title: Statistics Intern
Duty Station: Copenhagen, Denmark
Duration: Six months
Contract Type: Internship
Closing date: Sunday 10 March, Mid-Night Central European Time (CET)
Start date: 01 April 2019 or as soon as possible