Our first brownbag seminar of 2026 will be held on Wednesday, January 28, 12pm, with Henry E. Brady, Class of 1941 Monroe Deutsch Professor of Political Science and Public Policy at UC, Berkeley. Professor Brady will present “How Should We Use Time-Series Trends, Statistical Models, and Scenarios to Inform Future Public Policies?”. The full event details can be found here. Visit our brownbag seminar page to view both past and upcoming talks.
PAA Annual Awards Nominations. Recognize a colleague (or yourself) who has contributed to the profession. Awardees will be honored at the PAA 2026 Annual Meeting in St. Louis, Missouri. Nominations for each award below are due January 31, 2026.
- Clifford C. Clogg Award for Mid-Career Achievement
- Early Achievement Award
- Mindel C. Sheps Award
- Sara McLanahan Award
- Dorothy S. Thomas Award
Now Accepting Applications: NIH Behavioral and Social Sciences Early Career Workshop. This opportunity provides early career scientists with training on how to transform their research ideas into competitive NIH grant applications. The workshop includes strategies for developing strong NIH proposals, navigating the peer review process, and building a professional network to support a successful research career. OBSSR will select up to 15 early stage investigators to present their research findings and participate in this one-day, in-person workshop. Selection will be based on an applicant’s first-authored research paper.
Key Dates:
- Application Submission Deadline: February 13, 2026, at 11:59 p.m. ET
- Awardee Notification: May 1, 2026
- Workshop Date (in-person): June 3, 2026, NIH campus in Bethesda, MD
NIH PF5 Funding Opportunity: International Components. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) will begin accepting applications with foreign components under a new multi-component award structure. This opportunity is outlined in PA-26-002: NIH Collaborative International Research Project (Parent PF5 Clinical Trial Optional).
NIH Common Form using SciENcv. As of January 25, 2026, all NIH biosketches must use the NIH Common Form with SciENcv. This is for all new proposals, resubmissions, renewals, RPPRs, JITs, etc. To learn more about the new format, see the instructions and the SciENcv website. Science Experts Network Curriculum Vitae (SciENcv) is a new electronic system that helps researchers assemble the professional information needed for participation in federally funded research. SciENcv gathers and compiles information on expertise, employment, education and professional accomplishments. Researchers can use SciENcv to create and maintain biosketches that are submitted with grant applications and annual reports. SciENcv allows researchers to describe and highlight their scientific contributions in their own words
You can add a delegate who can enter information for you – but the PI must certify the biosketch form in order to print a PDF. All researchers also need to have an ORCID and link your ORCID to your eRA Commons ID in order to use the SciENcv system.
Common Form Biosketch and Supplement NIH Instructions and links:
See further announcements and opportunities below.
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EVENTS
January 26 | 2-3:30pm | Sociology Department Colloquium Series | Michael J Rosenfeld, Professor of Sociology, Stanford University. “The Surprising Decline of Workplace Sexual Harassment Incidence in the US Federal Workforce” 402 Social Sciences Building.
January 28 | 12-1:05pm | UC Berkeley Demography Seminar Series | Henry Brady,
Class of 1941 Monroe Deutsch Professor of Political Science and Public Policy at UC, Berkeley. “How Should We Use Time-Series Trends, Statistical Models, and Scenarios to Inform Future Public Policies?”. Room 310, Social Sciences Building and Zoom. See the full event details here. Meeting ID: 985 2901 0198 Password: DEMOG_BB
FUNDING
CDC-RFA-JG-26-0214. Advancing outbreak detection, notification, and response capacity through 7-1-7 implementation in partner countries. This is a forecasted opportunity. This Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) supports strengthening country systems to detect, notify, and respond to outbreaks in alignment with the 7-1-7 target. Activities under this award are intended for implementation outside the United States and its territories. Building on previous outbreak experience and other international health emergencies, this NOFO advances American interests by reinforcing systems that protect both the United States and recipient nations. Activities focus on improving early detection of biological threats, timely notification across sectors and borders, and effective response to contain outbreaks before they spread. Efforts include strengthening surveillance, expanding laboratory readiness, enhancing information flows, and improving response operations to reduce health and economic effects. These activities emphasize burden sharing, accountability, and efficiency to ensure benefits to Americans at home and abroad, while supporting recipient nations in achieving long-term self-reliance and stability. The Notice of Funding Opportunity is expected to be released February 10, 2026; Expected due date will be April 11, 2026.
WORKSHOPS
International workshop. Epidemics, Gender, and Public Institutions in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries.
University of the Balearic Islands, Palma (Majorca), Spain, 2–3 July 2026
The consequences of epidemics extend far beyond their immediate effects on public health and the resulting crises of morbidity and/or mortality. Historically, their broader social and political impact—particularly that of cholera—has been the subject of sustained scholarly debate. Researchers have examined the extent to which epidemic cycles influenced the formation of the liberal state and its territorial configuration, modes of institutional governance, the medicalization of society, funerary practices, and processes of urban development. These dynamics unfolded within a context of rapid population growth, political change, and scientific and technological transformation. Particular attention has also been paid to the differentiated impact of epidemics according to gender and across diverse social groups.
Building on these premises, the aim of the seminar is to analyse the short-, medium-, and long-term consequences of epidemics in the contemporary period (nineteenth and twentieth centuries), with particular emphasis on their social, political-administrative, cultural, urban, and gendered effects. The seminar will address the following thematic strands:
– The relationship between epidemic cycles and political and institutional change
– Urban transformation and epidemics
– Epidemics, the circulation of ideas, and cultural change
– Gendered inequalities and the differential impact of epidemics on men and women
This meeting is organised within the framework of the research project ‘Epidemics, State, and Socioeconomic Inequalities: Predictability and Persistence, Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries’ (Grant reference: PID2021-128010OB-I00).
Scholars are invited to participate in the seminar by submitting a paper proposal aligned with the seminar’s objectives. Proposals should consist of a title and an abstract of 300–350 words and must be submitted by 1 May 2026 via email to Pere Salas Vives (pere.salas@uib.cat) and Joana Maria Pujadas Mora (jpujadasmo@uoc.edu).
Registration is free of charge. Notification of acceptance will be communicated by 15 May 2026.