Join us for our last Brownbag Seminar of the semester on Wednesday, April 29th at 12pm PT. Rae Willis-Conger, PhD candidate in Sociology and Demography at UC Berkeley, will present, “Detransitioning: The Politics of Categorization and Gender Beyond the Binary.” The event will take place in Room 310 in the Social Sciences Building and available via Zoom. (Meeting ID: 985 2901 0198 Password: DEMOG_BB) See the full event details here. Our YouTube channel is here. Visit our Brown Bag event page for both past and upcoming talks here.
Featured affiliate research of the week: Mobile device data for the study of miscarriage and its causes. (2026). Jenna Nobles, Lindsay Cannon, Sungsik Hwang, Shannon Malloy, Katie Noddin, and Allen J. Wilcox. npj Women’s Health 4, 11.
See further announcements and opportunities below.
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EVENTS
April 27 | 2-3:30pm | Sociology Department Colloquium Series | Allison Pugh, Professor of Sociology, Johns Hopkins University. “Relational Friction: Emotional Trouble in the Age of AI.” Building. Zoom link here; Meeting ID: 912 1296 2018. See event details.
April 28 | 12:10-1pm | UC Berkeley School of Public Health | Thomas Clasen, Rose Salamone Gangarosa Professor of Environmental Health at the Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University. “The (Randomized Controlled) Trials of Environmental Health Research in LMICs.” Hybrid in 5101 BWW and online. More information here. Pre-register for the zoom link here.
April 29 | 12-1pm | Demography Department Seminar Series | Rae Willis-Conger, PhD candidate in Sociology and Demography at UC Berkeley, will present, “Detransitioning: The Politics of Categorization and Gender Beyond the Binary.” Room 310, Social Sciences Building and Zoom. (Meeting ID: 985 2901 0198 Password: DEMOG_BB) See the full event details here.
FUNDING
William T. Grant Foundation: Research Grants on Improving the Use of Research Evidence. The William T. Grant Foundation invites proposals for research grants on improving the use of research evidence. This program funds research studies that examine strategies to improve the use of research evidence in ways that benefit young people ages 5-25 in the United States. Studies should advance theory and build empirical knowledge on ways to improve the use of research evidence by policymakers. The award amounts range from $25,000 -$1,000,000. The deadline to apply is by July 29, 2026, with an open date of June 3, 2026. Learn more.
Open Call for Proposals. The Natural Hazards Center is issuing a new call for proposals focused on Health and Extreme Weather. Funds will support awards in the amount of $10,000 to $50,000 each. Proposals will be accepted on a rolling basis until funds are expended.
All applicants are encouraged to watch the recorded Proposal Information Q&A Session to learn more about this funding opportunity. Read more here.
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation: Technology Grantmaking. The fast pace of technological change and broader investment of resources by industry drive the architecture of the Foundation’s Technology grantmaking, which aims to leverage advances in technology to benefit the research community. The program includes exploratory grantmaking designed to quickly surface, develop, and evaluate emerging technologies, as well as subprograms that are structured to develop specific opportunities through sustained grantmaking that engages technical, community, and institutional practices. Learn more about the Foundation’s various grant opportunities.
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: From Insight to Action: Health Equity Research That Meets This Moment. RWJF and the national coordinating centers (NCCs) are interested in research that identifies the root causes of structural discrimination; challenges harmful narratives that undermine individual and community health and wellbeing; and disrupts growing mis- and disinformation. While HERA is still in its early stages, RWJF and the NCCs are launching this first CFP to sustain and advance health equity research during this critical time, while generating insights that can help shape HERA’s future funding priorities and strategies. Such research can generate knowledge that shows how to advance health equity through systems change. With this background in mind, proposals submitted under this first CFP must include the characteristics described below: Research through equitable community partnership. Proposals must be part of established, ongoing, and equitable partnerships between communities and researchers affiliated with academic and/or comparable institutions. Deadline to apply: May 14, 2026. See further details.
Spencer Foundation Racial Equity Research Grant. The Racial Equity Research Grants program supports education research projects that will contribute to understanding and ameliorating racial inequality in education. We are interested in funding studies that aim to understand and disrupt the reproduction and deepening of inequality in education, and which seek to (re)imagine and make new forms of equitable education. Thus, we are interested in research projects that seek to envision educational opportunities in a multiplicity of education systems, levels, settings, and developmental ranges and that reach beyond documenting conditions and paradigms that contribute to persistent racial inequalities. Budget up to $75K. Intent to apply due May 4th; full proposals due July 1, 2026.
CALLS
Journal of Population Research: Special Issue on Place-based Demography for Regional Planning. The Journal of Population Research invites contributions from population scholars—including demographers, population geographers and regional scientists—interested in the use of demography as a tool to inform territorial policies and regional planning. Contributions may address a wide range of topics, including but not limited to depopulation, population aging, mobility and residential segregation, and population projections. Submissions may refer to different empirical contexts and territorial scales, and may adopt methodological, applied or theoretical perspectives. A key requirement is a strong territorial perspective, whereby spatial units are not treated merely as classificatory variables but as active dimensions of demographic analysis. Contributions engaging with theoretical debates—particularly those reflecting on the role of demography in territorial governance and spatial planning processes—are especially welcome. Deadline for submission: June 30, 2026. Learn more here.
Studies in Family Planning: Special Issue on Rethinking Contraceptive Futures. Studies in Family Planning is calling for abstract submissions for a special issue on “Rethinking Contraceptive Futures.” This call for abstracts invites contributions that broaden and challenge traditional understandings of contraceptive use, access, and meaning. Contributions may engage explicitly with family planning debates but should foreground contraceptive practices and their evolving meanings within broader social and demographic paradigms. Deadline for submission: June 30, 2026. Learn more here.
Call for Abstracts is now open for the 2026 International Conference on Aging in the Americas (ICAA). The conference will be held on September 24–25, 2026, in Chicago, Illinois, and will center on the theme Aging and Health in the Americas. We invite abstract submissions from emerging and early-career scholars in the social sciences, particularly those whose work focuses on Latino health and aging. Abstracts are due by May 31, 2026. All emerging scholars will also have the opportunity to participate in a mentored publication program. Learn more and submit your abstract.