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American Indian Endowed Scholarship

The American Indian Endowed Scholarship helps financially needy students with close social and cultural ties to an in-state American Indian community pursue undergraduate and graduate studies.

Scholarship awards range from about $500 to $2,000. Approximately 15 students are selected each year to receive the awards. These students are eligible to receive their  scholarships for up to five years, although renewal scholarships are not automatic and require submission of the application each year.

To be eligible, you must meet the following criteria:

  • Have demonstrated financial need based on a completed FAFSA
  • Be a Washington State resident.
  • Intend to enroll full-time as an undergraduate or graduate student at a public or private college or university in Washington State.
  • Not pursue a degree in theology.
  • Intend to use your education to benefit the American Indian community in-state.
  • Have not yet received a total of five years of this scholarship.

For complete information about this opportunity, including how to apply, click here.

Henry Frank Guggenheim Foundation Dissertation Fellowships

The Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation awards ten or more dissertation fellowships each year to graduate students who would complete the writing of a dissertation within the award year. These fellowships of $20,000 each are designed to contribute to the support of the doctoral candidate to enable him or her to complete the thesis in a timely manner and are only appropriate for students approaching the final year of their PhD work.

Questions that interest the foundation concern violence and aggression in relation to social change, intergroup conflict, war, terrorism, crime, and family relationships, among other subjects. Dissertations with no relevance to understanding human violence and aggression will not be supported. Priority will also be given to areas and methodologies not receiving adequate attention and support from other funding sources.

Eligibility

Applicants may be citizens of any country and studying at colleges or universities in any country. These grants are made to PhD candidates who are entering the dissertation stage of graduate school. Usually, this means that fieldwork or other research is complete and writing has begun. If analysis and writing are not far enough along for an applicant to be confident that he will complete the dissertation within the year, he should not apply, as the application will not be competitive with those that comply with this timetable. In some disciplines, particularly experimental fields, research and writing can reasonably be expected to be completed within the same year, and in those cases it is appropriate to apply.

For complete information about this opportunity, including how to apply, click here.

Call for Applications: Data Science for Social Good Summer Program

The University of Washington eScience Institute, in collaboration with the Cascadia Urban Analytics Cooperative, is excited to announce the 2018 Data Science for Social Good (DSSG) summer program. The program brings together data and domain scientists to work on focused, collaborative projects that are designed to impact public policy for societal benefit. Sixteen DSSG Student Fellows will be selected to work with academic researchers, data scientists, and public stakeholder groups on data-intensive research projects.

This year’s projects will aim to extract and understand valuable, actionable information from data in urban topic areas such as: public health, sustainable urban planning, crime prevention, education, transportation, and social justice. Click for summaries of projects from the Summer 2015, Summer 2016 and Summer 2017 DSSG programs.

Who: Graduate students and advanced (junior/senior) undergraduate students are invited to apply. Spring graduates are eligible for this program. Students who are not U.S. citizens or permanent residents are eligible to apply as long as their visa status allows them to work in U.S. We cannot sponsor student visas for this program.

What: Each student will be part of a team working full-time on a research project that has concrete relevance and impact. Students are expected to work closely and collaboratively with team members onsite for the duration of the 10-week program. Projects will involve analysis and visualization of data on topics such as public health, sustainable urban planning, environmental protection, disaster response, crime prevention, education, transportation, governance, commerce, and social justice. Projects involve a range of stakeholders, including government officials, academic researchers, non-profit organizations, and the general public.

Where: Most work will be conducted on the UW campus in the WRF Data Science Studio, but some field excursions in the City of Seattle or King County may also be involved.

When: This is a 10-week long, full-time program beginning June 11th and ending August 17th 2018.

Compensation: Students will be given a stipend of $6,500 for the 10 weeks.

Desired qualifications:

  • Demonstrated experience in issues related to social good
  • Research experience with quantitative or qualitative tools
  • Strong academic record
  • Previous programming experience

For complete information about this opportunity, including how to apply, click here.

Scientific Director – GRID3 Project

The WorldPop programme,based at the University of Southampton, in close collaboration with the Flowminder Foundation, is embarking on a significant new program to support low income countries and their statistical offices in the production of geospatial demographic data. Funded by DFID and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the GRID3 (Geospatial Reference, Infrastructure and Demographic Data for Development) programme includes partnership between WorldPop/Flowminder, UNFPA and CIESIN in developing novel approaches to data integration from satellite imagery, GIS data, surveys and census data for supporting governments in the production of data on population distributions and characteristics at high spatial resolution.

We are seeking to recruit a world-leading researcher to become the Scientific Director for the GRID3 program within WorldPop/Flowminder. You will provide scientific direction and oversight of the technical work undertaken, leading a team of 15+ researchers, and working in close collaboration with WorldPop/Flowminder Director, Professor Andrew Tatem. You will also be expected to contribute to the design of methods, reproducible code, strategies for data inclusion, processing pipeline, internal training and data dissemination. The program will focus initially on supporting ongoing and new analyses in up to five African countries, building on work undertaken recently in integrating satellite, survey and GIS data through statistical modelling to estimate population distributions, numbers and characteristics in the absence of national census data. You will lead engagement on technical matters with project partners and national governments in low income countries. The position represents an exciting and varied challenge, translating cutting-edge research into valuable data and insights to support governments in their operations and meeting development goals. As well as joining the vibrant and well-connected WorldPop and Flowminder Foundation teams, you will have opportunities to lead high-impact publications and develop their own research and funding portfolio.

You will have a strong track record in leading research groups, managing research projects, engaging with governments/international agencies in low income settings and producing high impact publications. The focus of the research work also means that experience in quantitative demographic methods, spatial statistical analysis, computer programming, Bayesian statistics, and GIS are a significant advantage.

You will have a PhD (or equivalent professional qualifications and experience) in a relevant discipline, or have relevant industry experience. The work will be highly interdisciplinary and as such there is some flexibility to accommodate expertise from a range of cognate disciplinary backgrounds (e.g. geography, demography, statistics, computer science, ecology, epidemiology etc).  A willingness to travel overseas to low income countries is also required.

You will work under the management of Professor Andrew Tatem at the University of Southampton, in offices in the centre of Southampton. The position is for a period of 21 months, with a strong likelihood of extensions to this subject to further funding.

Upon appointment, your University title will be Principal Research Fellow.

Informal enquiries may be made to Professor Andrew Tatem.

Application procedure:

You should submit your completed online application form at www.jobs.soton.ac.uk. The application deadline will be midnight on February 9, 2018. If you need any assistance, please call Charlene Tyson (Recruitment Team) on +44 (0) 23 8059 6803. Please quote reference 959218WR on all correspondence.

Call for Submissions: 2018 Interdisciplinary Association for Population Health Science (IAPHS) Conference

Submissions are invited for the IAPHS 2018 conference, “Pushing the Boundaries of Population Health Science: Social Inequalities, Biological Processes, and Policy Implications.” This 4th annual interdisciplinary population health research conference will convene October 3-5, 2018 at the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine in Washington, DC.

Please see the Call for Submissions for more details and information on how to submit. The deadline for submissions is March 15, 2018 and those submitting will be notified of decisions by June 15, 2018. Registration for the October conference will open April 1, 2018 for members of IAPHS and May 15 for non-members. Follow the links for further information about the conference and membership in IAPHS.

Call for Papers: World Social Science Forum

The call for papers to be presented at the 2018 World Social Science Forum (WSSF) is now open. The Forum will take place in Fukuoka, Japan, from September 25-28, 2018. The theme of WSSF 2018 is “Security and Equality for Sustainable Futures.”

Deadline for submissions: March 17, 2018 (Midnight, Japan Standard Time)

The Call is open for three different types of contributions:

  1. Specific Panels: Following the Call for sessions, certain panels are looking for one or more participants.
  2. Topical Sessions: Interactive sessions involving four to five presenters, each providing an initial input of a maximum of 10 minutes, followed by a discussion between the presenters and the audience.
  3. Poster Presentations: Poster proposals are invited at http://www.wssf2018.org/outline.html

Further details about the Forum and submission are available at the link below.

Call for Applications: Fragile Families Summer Data Training Workshop

The Columbia Population Research Center is accepting applications for the Fragile Families Summer Data Workshop, which will be held July 11-13, 2018, at Columbia University in New York City.

The workshop is designed to familiarize participants with the data available in the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study, a national study following a birth cohort of (mostly) unmarried parents and their children, providing information about the capabilities, circumstances, and relationships of unwed parents, the wellbeing of their children, and the role of public policy in family and child well-being. The 2018 workshop will include special sections on the neighborhood data in the Fragile Families Study.

The workshop is targeted toward early-career scholars from social science disciplines. We particularly encourage applications from junior faculty, postdoctoral fellows, and graduate students using the Fragile Families data in their dissertation. Underrepresented scholars are strongly encouraged to apply. Applicants must possess basic quantitative data analysis skills. About 25-30 applicants will be selected. Financial support will be available for out-of-town participants.

The online application is available at the link below.

The deadline for application submission is Thursday, March 1st, 2018 at 11:59pm (EST).

Postdoctoral Positions at the French Institute for Demographic Studies & iPOP Laboratory of Excellence

The French Institute for Demographic Studies (INED) and the iPOPs Laboratory of Excellence are inviting applications for two post-doctoral positions:

  • One two-year post-doctoral position in one of INED’s 11 research units
  • One one-year post-doctoral position in an iPOPs partner laboratory

The deadline for the call for applications is February 15, 2018 at midday, Paris time

The post-doc resarchers will work at INED (Paris, France) and will conduct their research in one of the INED 11 units or iPOPs host laboratories.

The research projects presented by applicants must correspond to the research themes and methodological approaches of the iPOPs laboratory of excellence: family dynamics and ageing; social, gender and intergenerational inequalities (see the website: http://www.ipops.fr/en/).

Conditions of eligibility

  • Applicants must hold a PhD awarded between 15/02/2014  and 15/02/2018 in a discipline related to the population sciences
  • Applicants should not have been hosted by any requested host laboratory more than 6 months during their PhD studies.
  • A researcher (mentor) must support the applicant.
  • There are no age or nationality requirements.

Call for Applications: Graduate Certificate in Demographic Methods

The Graduate Training Program at CSDE is accepting applications from students looking to train in demography and qualify for the Graduate Certificate in Demographic Methods. The certificate program is the academic pathway to advanced interdisciplinary training in population science, in addition to discipline-based courses of study.

APPLICATION PROCESS:

  1. Submit applications no later than February 12, 2018, 5 PM
  2. The application is in the form of an online WebQ survey hosted on https://catalyst.uw.edu/webq/survey/dechter/347475 and requires a UW NetID.
  3. Register for the next spring CSDE weekly seminar (CSDE 501) and autumn Population Proseminar (CSDE 502), if the required credits have not already been completed.

VALUE OF THE PROGRAM

Recognized by the National Institute of Child Health and Development and the UW Graduate School, the completion of the Certificate Program provides graduate students with credentials as a skilled demographer to position them in academic and applied job markets, and to succeed in research funding competitions. The Program is designed to enhance training beyond the requirements of a graduate degree. It provides a coherent body of study in demography, enhanced mentored research experiences, and the following benefits:

  • Access to CSDE’s significant research support services (computing, research consultations, workshops, a biodemography lab and equipment, and more). Check out the CSDE services and computing webpages for more details
  • Assistance in matching students with CSDE Faculty Affiliate mentors and potential research collaborators. Check out the exciting research conducted at CSDE and the faculty working in those areas on the research webpage.
  • Training, research experience, and curriculum to prepare trainees for meeting the evaluative criteria—including all required courses—of the CSDE Fellowship application
  • Financial support (when available) for travel to present research at the Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America
  • Graduate certificates are recorded on your official transcript, and acknowledged with a framed certificate awarded at CSDE’s end of year reception.

CURRICULUM

The program can be completed in 2 years while concurrently pursuing a graduate degree in any department.

The Certificate Program curriculum consists of five elements:

  1. Required core courses on the substance and methods of demography
  2. Three electives chosen from a broad array of courses in multiple disciplines, listed on https://csde.washington.edu/training/demographic-certificate/certificate-curriculum/
  3. Professional development in the field through a Proseminar and mentoring
  4. The CSDE Weekly Seminar Series, which meets on Fridays 12:30-1:30, and features presentations of current research in demography.
    • CSDE 501: 1 credit for 6 quarters, total of 6 credits. Students in terminal master’s programs may complete 3 credits
    • CSDE Seminar Series 2017-2018 schedule is here
  5. Research mentoring

The Graduate School imposes restrictions on how the credits you earn in your coursework are allocated to meet the requirements of your degree program.  However, credits received for all the courses you complete for the CSDE curriculum count as credits toward your degree. Specifically, credits for required courses in your degree program or the Demographic Methods Certificate Program cannot count as required courses or official electives in the other program. Credits of official elective courses in your degree program or the certificate program can count as electives in the other program, but only up to 6 credits. Completing the certificate program may not require extra coursework above your degree program’s required number of credits if you plan accordingly.

Please read the requirements and the policies and procedures webpage, and consult your advisor before submitting the application so that you are confident that the certificate program is consistent with your goals and expectations.

Visit the CSDE Demography Training website at https://csde.washington.edu/training/demographic-certificate/ for more details on the Demographic Methods Graduate Certificate Program. If you would like to learn more about the certificate program or CSDE, please consult with the CSDE Training Program Coordinator, the Training Director, or another CSDE Faculty Affiliate.

Questions? Email the Training Program Coordinator, Aimée Dechter (Dechter@uw.edu)

Submission Deadline Extended for CSDE Lighting Talks & Poster Session

CSDE invites students to submit a project abstract for this winter’s Trainee Lightning Talks and Poster Session, as part of the CSDE Seminar series “Next Population Science Insights.” Selected trainees will introduce their project via lightning talks and continue the conversation over posters.

Poster Session Date: Friday, March 9th, 2018
Time: 12:30-1:30pm
Location: Green A, Research Commons, Allen Library South

The deadline for proposals has been extended to February 7th, 2018.

This is a great opportunity to showcase your research to an excitingly diverse set of colleagues from across the university, make new connections with scholars working in similar areas, and celebrate your continued development as a strong demographic researcher.

CSDE will recognize the best poster with an award. Posters will be assessed based on design, content, and presentation.

Please note: Invited presenters will be asked to follow a set poster format and to submit their completed posters in advance of the March 9th presentations. CSDE will cover the cost of printing posters.