Grant Writing Summer Program (GWSP) (Due 5/10/24)
Applications are now open for this program, which assists scholars in preparing applications to the National Institutes of Health (NIH). More info here, and application page here. Past participants report great success, and lots of support and even fun along the way. Applying to the GWSP is open to CSDE affiliates (UW and external) as well as to local post-docs writing K awards with one or more CSDE affiliates on their mentoring team. If accepted, the program is free for applicants in these groups. Other researchers in the Seattle area are also eligible to apply and may be accepted if space is available. The program fee is $7,500 for these applicants. (Current graduate students are not eligible to apply, sorry). Applications are due May 10th.
Questions? See the info page, or contact Steven Goodreau (goodreau@uw.edu).
Xu and Colleagues Study Children’s Moral Development in Postwar Taiwan
CSDE Affiliate Jing Xu (Anthropology) co-authored an article in Scientific Reports, entitled “Modeling children’s moral development in postwar Taiwan through naturalistic observations preserved in historical texts“. A core issue in the interdisciplinary study of human morality is its ontogeny in diverse cultures, but systematic, naturalistic data in specific cultural contexts are rare to find. This study conducts a novel analysis of 213 children’s socio-moral behavior in a historical, non-Western, rural setting, based on a unique dataset of naturalistic observations from the first field research on Han Chinese children.
*New* Issue of Population Research and Policy Review
Read volume 43, issue 2 here!
*New* Issue of Spatial Demography
Volume 12, issue 1 is available here!
*New* Training Opportunity at the Washington Learning Health System Embedded Scientist Training and Research (LHS E-STAR) Center (Info session on 5/14, LOI due 5/29/24)
We are pleased to announce the first Call for Letters of Interest (LOI) for a training opportunity at the Washington Learning Health System Embedded Scientist Training and Research (LHS E-STAR) Center. The Center collaborates closely with four federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) and provides mentored LHS training to scholars embedded within these primary care organizations. This first round will consist of two scholar positions working with Community Health of Central Washington and NeighborCare Health. Subsequent scholars will conduct projects in primary care at the VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Kaiser Permanente Washington, Community Health Association of Spokane, and HealthPoint. Learn more about the E-STAR Center on our website. An informational webinar on the LOI and application process will be held on May 14, 2024 from 10:30AM-12:00 PM, register here. All LOI materials will be due on May 29, 2024.
We encourage you to share the attached instructions for the LOI with early career faculty, postdocs, and PhD students who may be interested in this exciting opportunity.
In the meantime, should you have any questions, please contact Monica Fujii (monica.m.fujii@kp.org).
*Deadline Extended* Call for Papers: Demystifying Machine Learning for Population Researchers (Due 5/15/24)
This workshop on November 5 to 6, 2024 at the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR) in Rostock, Germany, clarifies the goals, techniques, and applications of machine learning methods for population research. The main focus of this workshop is on ML techniques using quantitative population data and research questions, not on ML language models. The workshop consists of keynotes, contributed sessions, and a tutorial. Learn more here and apply by May 15th. A pdf version of the call is also available here.
*New* JSDE Seminar to Host Matt Lowe (5/20/24)
JSDE (Joint Seminar in Development Economics) is excited to host Matt Lowe on May 20th from 11:00-12:30 in 410 Savery. Lowe is an assistant professor of economics at the University of British Columbia. More details on this talk to come!
CSSS Seminar – The Promise and Peril of State Administrative Data: An Example from an Evaluation of Low-Barrier Buprenorphine Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder (5/22/24)
Join CSSS for a seminar with Jason R. Williams on Wednesday, May 22nd from 12:30-1:30 PM in 409 Savery and on Zoom (register here). Dr. Williams is a research scientist at the Addictions, Drug & Alcohol Institute at the University of Washington School of Medicine. At ADAI, he works on tracking trends in problematic drug use, analysis of survey data, and evaluations using both primary and secondary data. He received his PhD from the Evans School of Public Policy and Governance in 2013 with assistance from CSSS and the West Coast Poverty Center. Learn more about Williams talk on the event page here.
*New* Opportunity for Funding from the Northwest Climate Adaptation Science Center: FY25 Project Solicitation, USGS-Directed Funding (Due 5/23/24)
The Northwest Climate Adaptation Science Center (NW CASC) invites Statements of Interest for their Federal Fiscal Year 2025 research portfolio, for which they are seeking projects that focus on developing knowledge and resources to address 1) the effectiveness of management or adaptation strategies, 2) climate adaptation strategies for estuaries and coastal ecosystems and 3) management and climate adaptation strategies for sagebrush and juniper ecosystems, with a focus on the Great Basin. Statements of interest are due May 23rd, 2004.