The Institute for Research and Education to Advance Community Health (IREACH) at Washington State University is pleased to announce a Request for Applications to participate in the Community Health and Aging in Native Groups of Elders (CHANGE) Resource Center in Minority Aging Research (RCMAR) Research Education Scholars Program.
The CHANGE RCMAR Scholars Program provides funding and mentored training for early stage investigators to conduct aging-related research in American Indian, Alaska Native, and/or Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander populations. Successful applicants will participate in an 18 month mentored training program that includes completion of a pilot study in Months 1-12 and development and mock review of a NIH-style funding application in Months 13-18. More information about this opportunity is available at https://ireach.wsu.edu/change-rcmar
Investigators must be a transitioning postdoctoral fellow, Assistant Professor, or Research Assistant Professor or hold an equivalent position at a non-academic institution. Investigators must also be eligible for Early Stage Investigator status as defined by the National Institutes of Health for at least 2 more years. If an investigator is not employed by WSU or an affiliated CHANGE university (Northern Arizona University, University of Hawaii, University of Washington, University of Minnesota), they must identify an experienced faculty member at their institution willing to serve as home mentor for the duration of the 18 month program. Funding can be used to cover a percentage of Scholar FTE and is also available to cover some FTE for the Scholar’s Mentor.
To submit a letter of intent (LOI), please include the following:
• A completed CHANGE RCMAR Initial Application form
• A list of potential co-investigators and community partners who will assist in the completion of the project
• The intended community, tribe, setting, or dataset for the proposed project
• A 500-word abstract, including:
• Background
• Specific Aims
• Methods and data analysis plan
Interested applicants must submit required LOI materials by September 30, 2024; with a final grant application by December 6, 2024.
Code has become an important part of scientists and researchers’ work. Code review is “a common practice in software engineering, which entails detailed and continual examination of additions and changes to a software code-base.” CSDE Affiliate Ariel Rokem provides ten simple rules for scientific code review that detail the process in an effective and enjoyable manner. These rules aim to introduce scientists to a broad range of backgrounds to code and suggest some best practices. Visit the article in PLOS Computational Biology to learn more about these rules and how to use them effectively in your code review.
The UW Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences invites you to Innovations in Addressing Substance Use and Addiction: Improving the Lives of Individuals, Families and Communities in the Pacific Northwest on September 30 from 9 AM – 4 PM in the University of Washington’s HUB Ballroom.
Please join for this one-day event showcasing the department’s efforts to tackle our region’s challenges with addiction and substance use disorders. Attendees will interact with addiction researchers, educators and clinicians during a full day of events including featured speakers, interactive booths and an afternoon of roundtable workshops. Register below to attend as a guest or exhibitor.
Highlights will include
- Opening remarks from Department Chair Jürgen Unützer, MD, MPH
- Policymaker panel discussion
- Continental breakfast and a light lunch
- Interactive tables with clinicians, researchers, and educators
- Q&A with UW faculty
- Round table workshops to develop ideas and plan for the future
Register here
24th Annual International Graduate Student Conference
East-West Center
Honolulu, Hawaiʻi | February 13-16, 2025
Call for Abstracts
The East-West Center International Graduate Student Conference (IGSC) is accepting abstracts from current graduate students, as well as from young professionals and scholars, who have completed a graduate degree within the past three years. One of the largest student conferences focused on the Asia Pacific region, we are looking for submissions from all fields of study. This year’s theme is Our Unique Planet: Navigating Our Shared Future.
Abstract submissions
All abstract submissions must be made through the secure Submittable online platform. The deadline to submit abstracts is September 30th, 2024, 23:59 hrs (Hawaiʻi Standard Time). Please see the conference website for Frequently Asked Questions on abstract guidelines, conference registration, and other logistics. For any other questions not covered in Frequently Asked Questions, please send your inquiry to the IGSC team at igsc@eastwestcenter.org.
In the past few years, Seattle has been doing okay with digging out of the pandemic with the job market increasing and transit recovering, however, new state test results are showing that learning loss is something that Washington is still recovering from. According to the Seattle Times article, “New test scores show WA schools aren’t over COVID. They could be,” standardized test scores show that about 9% more students are testing below grade level than they did before the pandemic. The tests also found that only 50.3% of students are reading at or above their grade level. How does this get fixed? CSDE Affiliate Dan Goldhaber provided some insight on the matter. In a study that he co-authored this summer, he stated that, “federal spending on extra tutoring, summer school, and other catch-up efforts has helped.” However, to recover from the remaining learning losses, he estimates that schools need to spend between $9,000 and $13,000 in additional funds per student. Read the rest of the article to learn how COVID is still affecting Washington students and schools today.
Each fall and spring, the UW’s Royalty Research Fund reviews proposals from UW researchers from across all three campuses. The next deadline for applications is 5:00pm on September 30, 2024. However, your college or unit may have different internal deadlines. If you are a CSDE affiliate, CSDE is happy to help with submitting and administering your RRF application. Please submit a proposal planning form to CSDE to let us know you’d like our help with preparing the budget and submitting the grant. Additionally, if you would like to request matching funds or resources to accompany your RRF application, please let us know via CSDE’s matching support application form. For all these requests to CSDE for support, please provide us with as much lead time as possible. Several CSDE faculty have received RRF funding, so please don’t hesitate to reach out to Steven Goodreau for examples. Let CSDE know how we can help you prepare.
Notably, RRF funding priorities are to first, and foremost, advance new directions in research and to support faculty and researchers:
- who are junior in rank.
- where funding may provide unique opportunities to increase applicants’ competitiveness for subsequent funding.
- in disciplines for which external funding opportunities are minimal.
For those interested, the College of Arts and Sciences is hosting a session to go over applying for RRF funding for anyone who may wish to apply or is in the midst of working on their application but is unsure of the benefits of applying or the specifics of the process. This session will take place over Zoom on Wednesday, September 11th, at 3:00 PM. The Zoom link is https://washington.zoom.us/j/99639607802
24th Annual International Graduate Student Conference
East-West Center
Honolulu, Hawaiʻi | February 13-16, 2025
Call for Abstracts
The East-West Center International Graduate Student Conference (IGSC) is accepting abstracts from current graduate students, as well as from young professionals and scholars, who have completed a graduate degree within the past three years. One of the largest student conferences focused on the Asia Pacific region, we are looking for submissions from all fields of study. This year’s theme is Our Unique Planet: Navigating Our Shared Future.
Abstract submissions
All abstract submissions must be made through the secure Submittable online platform. The deadline to submit abstracts is September 30th, 2024, 23:59 hrs (Hawaiʻi Standard Time). Please see the conference website for Frequently Asked Questions on abstract guidelines, conference registration, and other logistics. For any other questions not covered in Frequently Asked Questions, please send your inquiry to the IGSC team at igsc@eastwestcenter.org.
CSDE Affiliate Crystal Hall and former CSDE Trainee and Evans PhD Student Will von Geldern recently received a research grant from the federal Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation in the Administration for Children and Families. This grant will go towards their project No Right to Counsel: Barriers to the Take-up of Legal Aid for Evicted Tenants. This grant from the Behavioral Interventions Scholars program will support Will’s dissertation research on the individual and structural barriers that low-income tenants face when trying to access eviction-related legal aid.
CSDE Affiliate Scott Allard is a visiting scholar with the San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank and has been working with their Community Development Team. Dr. Allard recently published a blog post with Elizabeth Kneebone of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco titled, “The Shifting Landscape of Job Proximity: A Conversation with Visiting Scholar Scott Allard.” Kneebone sat down with Dr. Allard to discuss the poverty and employment issues in the U.S. and to discuss the research collaboration they are undertaking to examine the changing nature of job access for low-income workers and communities across the United States. Visit the link to read the entire interview.