Weekly News, December 16, 2024

The 120th American Sociological Association Annual Meeting will be held August 8-12, 2025, in Chicago, Illinois. The online portal is open for submissions and proposals. The deadline to submit is Wednesday, February 26, 2025, at 11:59 p.m. Eastern. In addition to paper/extended abstract submissions, proposals are being accepted for coursesworkshopspreconferences, the Sociology in Practice Settings Symposium, and the Teaching and Learning Symposium. Review the guidance on the number of appearances allowed, participant registration, ASA membership, complimentary registrations, and more on the Call for Submissions page. Contact the Meetings Team with any questions.

Consortium of Social Science Associations (COSSA) 2025 Social Science Advocacy Day will be held March 24-25, 2025, in Washington, D.C. If you are curious about the 2025 Social Science Advocacy Day and are interested in attending, join one of two informational webinars to learn more. The webinars will provide an overview of Social Science Advocacy Day, information on how to register, answer any questions, etc. 

Informational Webinar #1: December 20, 2024 | 1-2pm EST.

Informational Webinar #2: January 16, 2025 | 1-2pm EST.

Featured affiliate research of the week: Nadia Diamond-Smith , Lakshmi Gopalakrishnan, Sumeet Patil, Lia Fernald, Purnima Menon, Dilys Walker, Alison M. El Ayadi. 2024. Temporary childbirth migration and maternal health care in IndiaPLOS One

In addition, visit the website for the latest updates on Social Science Advocacy Day.

We wish you all a restful and joyful holiday season!

FUNDING

Aging researchers: Be sure to visit the North Roybal Coordinating Center to learn about their many funding opportunities for aging research.    

Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Innovative Interdisciplinary Research on Female Reproductive Aging
(NOT-AG-24-074)
National Institute on Aging

Institutional Training Programs to Advance Translational Research on Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) and AD-Related Dementias (ADRD) (T32 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

(PAR-25-247)

National Institute on Aging

Risk and Protective Factors of Family Health and Family Level Interventions (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)

(PAR-25-317)

National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities

National Cancer Institute

National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism

National Institute of Nursing Research

Office of Disease Prevention

Office of Research on Women’s Health

MEETINGS

Registration is now open for the Berkeley Initiative for Transparency in the Social Sciences (BITSS) Annual Meeting. Join us in Berkeley on February 27, 2025 for an in-person conference on developments in research transparency. This year’s meeting will feature talks on metascience research methods, open science and policy, and replication. Our keynote speaker will be Brian Nosek, Executive Director of the Center for Open Science, who will share insights into how the research culture is evolving and what we, as a community, can do to improve the use of open science principles and methods. The full agenda will be available on the event page by the end of December. Register here.

The Interdisciplinary Association for Population Health Science (IAPHS) 2025 annual meeting theme is “Community Engagement in Population Health Science.” The meeting will be held September 8-11, 2025 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.  Abstract and panel submissions are now open, through March 10, 2025Submit here.  In addition, each year the IAPHS offers seven award opportunities for members of the organization. See these award opportunities here. To be eligible, individuals are required to be current members. We encourage members to nominate deserving colleagues, including nominees from underrepresented groups. Self nominations are acceptable. Award winners are recognized at the annual meeting. This year’s nominations are now accepted through March 21, 2025.

OPPORTUNITIES

IIASA – International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis. The application period for the Young Scientists Summer Program 25 (YSSP25) runs from October 16  2024 to January 13, 2025. Interested in applying? Read our subpage “Application Information” and to find YSSP’s webinars and apply. 

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