EVENTS
As in-person events are on hold, be sure to check out virtual talks and webinars.
No Demography Brown Bag this week. Enjoy your summer!
View past talks on our Population Sciences channel. The Brown Bag talks have been organized into playlists: http://bit.ly/2kZvaME.
SAVE THE DATE
Disrupting Upstream Determinants of Family and Community Violence in the COVID-19 Era
Wednesday, August 19, 2020. Sponsored by the Goldman School of Public Policy. For more information and registration, visit: https://gspp.berkeley.edu/
OFF CAMPUS SPONSORED EVENTS
EVENTS
As in-person events are on hold, be sure to check out virtual talks and webinars.
No Demography Brown Bag this week. Enjoy your summer!
View past talks on our Population Sciences channel. The Brown Bag talks have been organized into playlists: http://bit.ly/2kZvaME.
SAVE THE DATE
Disrupting Upstream Determinants of Family and Community Violence in the COVID-19 Era
Wednesday, August 19, 2020. Sponsored by the Goldman School of Public Policy. For more information and registration, visit: https://gspp.berkeley.edu/
OFF CAMPUS SPONSORED EVENTS
Inclusion Across the Lifespan-II (IAL-II) workshop. September 2. IAL-II will provide a new, crucial opportunity to share evidence-based practical advice and lessons learned regarding the inclusion of children and older adults in clinical studies. For registration and more information: https://www.nia.nih.gov/
Insights on COVID-19 Impacts: International Comparisons and Possibilities: In case you missed it, M. Giovanna Merli, Duke University, hosted an interesting webinar on July 15th presenting empirical insights on COVID-19 impacts based on analyses of extant data. View the recording on YouTube. Read more and view the slides.
PARIS21/UN Women webinar on Mobilizing gender data for better decision-making during COVID-19. Please find a link to the livestream here. You can also download the presentations from our website.
Data Collection during the Pandemic: Challenges and Opportunities. Data collection in countries of the Global South has been dominated by face-to-face interviews. Absence of sampling frame, poor quality of telephone and internet connectivity and absence of civil registration systems has led to a reliance on household surveys as the primary mode for obtaining demographic data. Join our August 18th webinar to hear our panel of researchers discuss these topics and more. Read more and register.
Webinar: A nation at a demographic crossroad: Rising diversity, youthful activism, and the 2020 election. Join PAA member William H. Frey and the Brookings Metropolitan Policy Program for this webinar on Thursday, July 23. Read more.
FUNDING
Community-based Approaches to Strengthening Economic Supports for Working Families (Announcement Number: MP-CPI-20-005). Award Ceiling: $450,000; Award Floor: $300,000. Estimated Total: $2,000,000. Application Due Date: August 17, 2020, 6:00 PM ET. The Community-based Approaches to Strengthening Economic Supports for Working Families initiative will serve low-income working families disproportionately at risk for adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), including racial and ethnic minority families. This initiative seeks to determine whether implementation of earned income tax credit (EITC) outreach and education activities in communities at higher risk for ACEs can result in (1) increased EITC receipt and (2) changes in risk and/or protective factors for ACEs. OMH expects projects funded under this initiative to: (1) establish multi-sectoral partnerships to support EITC outreach and education activities in communities at higher risk for ACEs; (2) plan and implement EITC outreach and education activities in communities at higher risk for ACEs; (3) develop and implement a process and outcome evaluation plan; (4) communicate and disseminate findings, successes and lessons learned; and (5) plan for sustainability of successful interventions. Learn more about this FOA and how to apply.
NIH: Promoting Research on Music and Health: Phased Innovation Award for Music Interventions (R61/R33 Clinical Trial Optional)…to promote innovative research on music and health with an emphasis on developing music interventions aimed at understanding their mechanisms of action and clinical applications for the treatment of many diseases, disorders, and conditions. Given the emphasis on innovation, little or no preliminary data are needed to apply under this FOA. Because of the need for a multidisciplinary approach, collaborations among basic researchers, translational science researchers, music intervention experts, other clinical researchers, music health professionals, and technology development researchers are encouraged. https://grants.nih.gov/grants/
The Russell Sage Foundation (RSF) is dedicating its next funding cycle exclusively to research that seeks to improve our understanding of these extraordinary times. The severe consequences of the Covid19-pandemic, including its economic disruptions, and the recent mass protests to combat systemic racial inequality in policing and other institutions have reaffirmed the importance of social science research examining economic, political, racial, ethnic, generational, and social inequalities relevant to public policy and social change. For its August 5, 2020, deadline, RSF will only accept letters of inquiry relevant to one of RSF’s core programs, and which address at least one of the following issues:
1. Research on the Covid-19 pandemic and the resulting recession in the U.S. Specifically, research that assesses the social, political, economic, and psychological causes and consequences of the pandemic, especially its effects on marginalized individuals and groups and on trust in government and other institutions. Our priorities do not include analyses of health outcomes or health behavior.
2. Research focused on systemic racial inequality and/or the recent mass protests in the U.S. Specifically, research that investigates the prevalence of racial disparities in policing and criminal justice and their social, political, economic, and psychological causes and consequences; the effects of the current social protest movement and mass mobilization against systemic discrimination; the nature of public attitudes and public policies regarding policing, criminal justice, and social welfare; and the effects of those attitudes in the current political environment.
For its subsequent, November 11, 2020, letter of inquiry deadline, RSF will return to accepting letters of inquiry in three of its core programs, which have and will continue to focus on many of the causes and consequences of the crises of 2020. Please click here to read the announcement of our priorities.
NSF CAREER deadline extended: NSF is extending the upcoming proposal deadline for the Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) until 5:00 p.m. submitter’s local time on Tuesday, August 11, 2020. Please note that the eligibility requirements specified in the solicitation remain unchanged, and proposers must meet all of the eligibility requirements as of the original deadline of July 27, 2020. The Departmental Letter that must be submitted by the Department Chair (or equivalent) must use July 27, 2020 to determine eligibility, regardless of whether the CAREER proposal is submitted before, on, or after July 27, 2020. An untenured assistant professor on July 27, 2020 is eligible to submit a CAREER proposal even if the Principal Investigator is tenured/promoted in the fall. A new faculty member who starts on July 28, 2020 or later is not eligible to submit a CAREER proposal this year. In order to ensure timely proposal review and decision making, NSF strongly encourages submission of CAREER proposals on or before the original deadline of July 27, 2020. NSF will not consider requests to extend the deadline date beyond 5:00 p.m., submitter’s local time on August 11, 2020, except as outlined in PAPPG Chapter I.F.3. For more about information about the CAREER Program please visit www.nsf.gov/career.
NICHD R25 Short Course Training Program supports research educational activities that complement other formal training programs in the mission areas of the NIH Institutes and Centers. The overarching goals of the NIH R25 program are to: (1) complement and/or enhance the training of a workforce to meet the nation’s biomedical, behavioral and clinical research needs; (2) encourage individuals from diverse backgrounds, including those from groups underrepresented in the biomedical and behavioral sciences, to pursue further studies or careers in research; (3) help recruit individuals with specific specialty or disciplinary backgrounds to research careers in biomedical, behavioral and clinical sciences; and (4) foster a better understanding of biomedical, behavioral and clinical research and its implications. The overarching goal of this R25 program is to support educational activities that complement and/or enhance the training of a workforce to meet the nation’s biomedical, behavioral and clinical research needs. https://grants.nih.gov/grants/
NIH F Fellowship awards: All parent awards have been reissued. Please check www.grants.gov for the updated funding opportunity announcement (FOA).
NIH Grant Applications Should NOT Include COVID-19 Contingencies: Please see the following guidance from NIH – https://grants.nih.gov/
AGING FOCUS
This new section is for those specifically interested in demography and economics of aging, and are likely to be affiliates of our Center for Economics in Demography of Aging (CEDA: ceda.berkeley.edu). Look here in the future for aging-specific funding opportunities, events and more.
Inclusion Across the Lifespan-II (IAL-II) workshop. September 2. IAL-II will provide a new, crucial opportunity to share evidence-based practical advice and lessons learned regarding the inclusion of children and older adults in clinical studies. For registration and more information: https://www.nia.nih.gov/
Registration Now Open for the Summit Virtual Meeting Series: 2020 National Research Summit on Care, Services, and Supports for Persons with Dementia and Their Caregivers. This series will include three meetings, with research presentations, panelist remarks, sharing of the draft research gaps and opportunities, and moderated discussion/Q&A. These draft gaps and opportunities, developed by the Summit Steering Committee with input from stakeholder groups and organized into six themes, are intended to identify important potential areas for future research in the fields of dementia care and caregiving. The dates of the Summit Virtual Meetings Series are:
Summit Series Virtual Meeting 1 – Friday, July 10, 2020, 1:30-4:30 pm EDT
Summit Series Virtual Meeting 2 – Thursday, July 21, 2020, 1:00-4:30 pm EDT
Summit Services Virtual Meeting 3 – Thursday, August 13, 2020, 1:30-4:45 pm EDT
For full information visit: https://www.nia.nih.gov/2020-
Small grants: for up to five projects that address scientific gaps in relation to telomere length (YL) as it applies to epidemiological research. The projects can include secondary analyses of large samples (>300) that examine TL as a sentinel of environmental exposures, psychosocial stress and disease susceptibility. This is targeted for postdocs or Early Stage Investigators. Deadline extended to July 20. See https://www.stressmeasurement.
The Geospatial Software Institute (GSI) conceptualization project (https://gsi.cigi.illinois.
CALL FOR PAPERS
Twelfth International Conference on Sport & Society, held 24–25 June 2021 at the University of Granada in Granada, Spain. We invite proposals for paper presentations, workshops/interactive sessions, posters/exhibits, colloquia, focused discussions, innovation showcases, virtual posters, or virtual lightning talks. The conference features research addressing the annual themes and the 2021 Special Focus: “Sport and Society in Crisis.”
ANNOUNCEMENTS
COSSA Board Seeking Nominations for At-Large Seat: The Consortium of Social Science Associations (COSSA) Board of Directors is soliciting nominations to fill one (1) at-large director seat for the 2021-2023 term. The COSSA Board meets quarterly in Washington, DC for one day (phone and video participation is allowed). Costs associated with an at-large directors’ participation in quarterly Board meetings (i.e. travel expenses) are covered by COSSA. Please submit your nomination to Wendy Naus no later than Friday, August 14. Please include the following information with the nomination: Cover letter that includes the nominee’s name, affiliation, and a statement about what expertise or perspective the nominee would bring to COSSA and the Board of Directors; CV or resume; Statement confirming the nominee’s willingness and availability to serve for the identified term, if chosen. Self-nominations are welcome. Nominations from underrepresented groups are strongly encouraged. Read more at COSSA’s website.
CONFERENCES
BigSurv20 will take place online and we hope that many of you will attend the virtual conference. Attendance will be free of charge, but attendees will still need to register to access the virtual conference materials. Registration will open in September 2020. BigSurv20 will have the following format: A live virtual event on Friday November 6th, at 16:00pm Central European Time/10:00am Eastern Time U.S. Expect an exciting keynote by prof. Albert Salah, highlights of what’s to come in the following weeks, and a glimpse of the special issues that will follow the conference. On Friday November 13th, 20th and 27th we will organize parallel sessions, each focusing on a specific topic. These sessions will all kick off at 16:00pm CET/10:00am EST. More information will be coming soon, so stay tuned. On December 4th we will end the conference with a special, live closing event and a live plenary session on the topic of data and privacy, featuring an expert line-up of speakers. Hear perspectives from around the globe covering a wide variety of topics including differential privacy, data and privacy in the global south, trust amongst technology platform users, ethical data use, and the emerging concept of “data counseling”. The change in format has implications for other events at the conference:
As the conference will be entirely online and free of charge, we will no longer be awarding travel scholarships.
The student paper competition will still take place. The deadline for paper submissions is postponed to July 31st. Please see https://www.bigsurv20.org/
We are still looking into ways to organize a Big Data challenge for the conference. Keep an eye out for future e-mails with more information and check for website updates https://www.bigsurv20.org/
2020 NCFR Annual Conference | Nov. 11–13, 2020. Virtual Conference Registration Now Open. Registration is now open to virtually attend the 2020 NCFR Annual Conference—the premier conference for family-related research, teaching, and practice. Each year, hundreds of faculty, researchers, students, and family professionals convene for the NCFR conference to present cutting-edge work, receive valuable feedback, and make vital professional connections—all in the mission to understand and strengthen families across the globe. In this time of the COVID-19 pandemic it is more important than ever for family researchers, practitioners, and interdisciplinary colleagues to convene for our annual “family reunion.” We are planning for an energetic and immersive conference! As a registered attendee you’ll have 12 months of access to virtually attend all the sessions you are interested in, on your own time and at your own pace. Special Discount for All: This year NCFR is offering a “COVID year discount” designed to make it easier to participate in this year’s academic sessions and other events, despite many extenuating circumstances. Learn more here: https://www.ncfr.org/ncfr-2020
ON THE WEB.
GeoPoll has released our latest study on coronavirus in sub-Saharan Africa, which focuses on employment, income change, ability to pay expenses, loan uptake, and more as a result of COVID-19. The study was conducted in Côte D’Ivoire, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, and South Africa. There are some interesting trends by income level and informal vs formal employment. The full report, raw data, and dashboard are available at this link: Economic Impact of COVID-19 in Sub-Saharan Africa.
DATA
Roper Center: As we reflect on racism and anti-racism and the polling world’s role in addressing these issues, the Roper Center has identified and is making available all public opinion surveys of Black Americans in the Roper data archive. We are also making available more than eight decades of public opinion data on how the U.S. public views Black America. These data provide historical insight into how racial attitudes have changed in the United States and how the public currently views topics such as police brutality, race relations, and Black Lives Matter. You can see the resources we have developed and the full collection here. If you are not affiliated with a Roper Center member organization, contact Data Services to request access. We hope that these resources will help AAPOR members who are writing questionnaires or conducting analysis on Black public opinion and evolving American attitudes about racism. If you have data you would like to contribute to these pages – current or past – please contact us. We will prioritize curating and publishing these polls. – Kathleen Weldon, Director of Data Operations and Communications, Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
D-LAB
All D-Lab workshop instruction, events, and consultation are moving to online delivery for the rest of the semester. The D-Lab Collaboratory and Convening Room will be closed to the public during this time. We will assess and share decisions at a later date about how and when we will return to in-person delivery. Be sure to check the D-lab calendar at the website, dlab.berkeley.edu. D-Lab offers training, individual consulting and data services for the UC Berkeley community – faculty to undergrads.
RELATED LISTS
Jobs
All jobs and postdoctoral fellowships are posted as we receive them on the Demography Department Jobs Listserv, http://lists.demog.berkeley.
Migration Mailing List
Berkeley Interdisciplinary Migration Initiative (BIMI.berkeley.edu) is a research center for the study of immigrants and immigration. BIMI has a mailing list which is where a good deal of immigration and migration announcements are posted, and only some of that material is posted on the PopSciences Weekly News. Sign up for it with this link
School of Public Health Mailing List
Tue$day Top Tip$ for SPH Research is a listserv with research funding opportunities and other information pertinent to public health researchers who are not necessarily population researchers. To subscribe, write to Dr. Lauren Goldstein, lhg@berkeley.edu.
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Summer News July 22, 2020
Hello Everybody,
One of the less than fun requirements of NIH grants is disclosing sources of financial and other support that could theoretically affect your research. A recent statement about the requirement for full transparency in NIH applications and throughout the life of an NIH grant can be found in the link below. NIH requires the disclosure of all sources of research support, foreign components, and financial conflicts of interest. A new chart with examples of what to disclose to NIH about Senior/Key Personnel on Applications and Awards is included: https://grants.nih.gov/policy/
SPO will have curtailment days this summer so be sure not to include these in your ‘five days’ from submission to deadline, and a grant deadline on one of these days means submitting a day early. These are July 24, July 31, August 7, and August 14, 2020.
As you know, there are many research efforts to understand the COVID-19 situation. NIH does not want to have many replications of the same ‘wheel’. There are now nearly 70 different instruments publicly available on two websites organized by main topics such as community impact; diagnosis, treatment, and recovery; perceptions; mental health; personal and family impacts; and risk reduction behaviors. If you’re doing COVID-19 research, check out these resources found in this blog post.
Be well,
Leora
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EVENTS
As in-person events are on hold, be sure to check out virtual talks and webinars.
No Demography Brown Bag this week. Enjoy your summer!
View past talks on our Population Sciences channel. The Brown Bag talks have been organized into playlists: http://bit.ly/2kZvaME.
SAVE THE DATE
Disrupting Upstream Determinants of Family and Community Violence in the COVID-19 Era
Wednesday, August 19, 2020. Sponsored by the Goldman School of Public Policy. For more information and registration, visit: https://gspp.berkeley.edu/
OFF CAMPUS SPONSORED EVENTS
Inclusion Across the Lifespan-II (IAL-II) workshop. September 2. IAL-II will provide a new, crucial opportunity to share evidence-based practical advice and lessons learned regarding the inclusion of children and older adults in clinical studies. For registration and more information: https://www.nia.nih.gov/
Insights on COVID-19 Impacts: International Comparisons and Possibilities: In case you missed it, M. Giovanna Merli, Duke University, hosted an interesting webinar on July 15th presenting empirical insights on COVID-19 impacts based on analyses of extant data. View the recording on YouTube. Read more and view the slides.
PARIS21/UN Women webinar on Mobilizing gender data for better decision-making during COVID-19. Please find a link to the livestream here. You can also download the presentations from our website.
Data Collection during the Pandemic: Challenges and Opportunities. Data collection in countries of the Global South has been dominated by face-to-face interviews. Absence of sampling frame, poor quality of telephone and internet connectivity and absence of civil registration systems has led to a reliance on household surveys as the primary mode for obtaining demographic data. Join our August 18th webinar to hear our panel of researchers discuss these topics and more. Read more and register.
Webinar: A nation at a demographic crossroad: Rising diversity, youthful activism, and the 2020 election. Join PAA member William H. Frey and the Brookings Metropolitan Policy Program for this webinar on Thursday, July 23. Read more.
FUNDING
Community-based Approaches to Strengthening Economic Supports for Working Families (Announcement Number: MP-CPI-20-005). Award Ceiling: $450,000; Award Floor: $300,000. Estimated Total: $2,000,000. Application Due Date: August 17, 2020, 6:00 PM ET. The Community-based Approaches to Strengthening Economic Supports for Working Families initiative will serve low-income working families disproportionately at risk for adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), including racial and ethnic minority families. This initiative seeks to determine whether implementation of earned income tax credit (EITC) outreach and education activities in communities at higher risk for ACEs can result in (1) increased EITC receipt and (2) changes in risk and/or protective factors for ACEs. OMH expects projects funded under this initiative to: (1) establish multi-sectoral partnerships to support EITC outreach and education activities in communities at higher risk for ACEs; (2) plan and implement EITC outreach and education activities in communities at higher risk for ACEs; (3) develop and implement a process and outcome evaluation plan; (4) communicate and disseminate findings, successes and lessons learned; and (5) plan for sustainability of successful interventions. Learn more about this FOA and how to apply.
NIH: Promoting Research on Music and Health: Phased Innovation Award for Music Interventions (R61/R33 Clinical Trial Optional)…to promote innovative research on music and health with an emphasis on developing music interventions aimed at understanding their mechanisms of action and clinical applications for the treatment of many diseases, disorders, and conditions. Given the emphasis on innovation, little or no preliminary data are needed to apply under this FOA. Because of the need for a multidisciplinary approach, collaborations among basic researchers, translational science researchers, music intervention experts, other clinical researchers, music health professionals, and technology development researchers are encouraged. https://grants.nih.gov/grants/
The Russell Sage Foundation (RSF) is dedicating its next funding cycle exclusively to research that seeks to improve our understanding of these extraordinary times. The severe consequences of the Covid19-pandemic, including its economic disruptions, and the recent mass protests to combat systemic racial inequality in policing and other institutions have reaffirmed the importance of social science research examining economic, political, racial, ethnic, generational, and social inequalities relevant to public policy and social change. For its August 5, 2020, deadline, RSF will only accept letters of inquiry relevant to one of RSF’s core programs, and which address at least one of the following issues:
1. Research on the Covid-19 pandemic and the resulting recession in the U.S. Specifically, research that assesses the social, political, economic, and psychological causes and consequences of the pandemic, especially its effects on marginalized individuals and groups and on trust in government and other institutions. Our priorities do not include analyses of health outcomes or health behavior.
2. Research focused on systemic racial inequality and/or the recent mass protests in the U.S. Specifically, research that investigates the prevalence of racial disparities in policing and criminal justice and their social, political, economic, and psychological causes and consequences; the effects of the current social protest movement and mass mobilization against systemic discrimination; the nature of public attitudes and public policies regarding policing, criminal justice, and social welfare; and the effects of those attitudes in the current political environment.
For its subsequent, November 11, 2020, letter of inquiry deadline, RSF will return to accepting letters of inquiry in three of its core programs, which have and will continue to focus on many of the causes and consequences of the crises of 2020. Please click here to read the announcement of our priorities.
NSF CAREER deadline extended: NSF is extending the upcoming proposal deadline for the Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) until 5:00 p.m. submitter’s local time on Tuesday, August 11, 2020. Please note that the eligibility requirements specified in the solicitation remain unchanged, and proposers must meet all of the eligibility requirements as of the original deadline of July 27, 2020. The Departmental Letter that must be submitted by the Department Chair (or equivalent) must use July 27, 2020 to determine eligibility, regardless of whether the CAREER proposal is submitted before, on, or after July 27, 2020. An untenured assistant professor on July 27, 2020 is eligible to submit a CAREER proposal even if the Principal Investigator is tenured/promoted in the fall. A new faculty member who starts on July 28, 2020 or later is not eligible to submit a CAREER proposal this year. In order to ensure timely proposal review and decision making, NSF strongly encourages submission of CAREER proposals on or before the original deadline of July 27, 2020. NSF will not consider requests to extend the deadline date beyond 5:00 p.m., submitter’s local time on August 11, 2020, except as outlined in PAPPG Chapter I.F.3. For more about information about the CAREER Program please visit www.nsf.gov/career.
NICHD R25 Short Course Training Program supports research educational activities that complement other formal training programs in the mission areas of the NIH Institutes and Centers. The overarching goals of the NIH R25 program are to: (1) complement and/or enhance the training of a workforce to meet the nation’s biomedical, behavioral and clinical research needs; (2) encourage individuals from diverse backgrounds, including those from groups underrepresented in the biomedical and behavioral sciences, to pursue further studies or careers in research; (3) help recruit individuals with specific specialty or disciplinary backgrounds to research careers in biomedical, behavioral and clinical sciences; and (4) foster a better understanding of biomedical, behavioral and clinical research and its implications. The overarching goal of this R25 program is to support educational activities that complement and/or enhance the training of a workforce to meet the nation’s biomedical, behavioral and clinical research needs. https://grants.nih.gov/grants/
NIH F Fellowship awards: All parent awards have been reissued. Please check www.grants.gov for the updated funding opportunity announcement (FOA).
NIH Grant Applications Should NOT Include COVID-19 Contingencies: Please see the following guidance from NIH – https://grants.nih.gov/
AGING FOCUS
This new section is for those specifically interested in demography and economics of aging, and are likely to be affiliates of our Center for Economics in Demography of Aging (CEDA: ceda.berkeley.edu). Look here in the future for aging-specific funding opportunities, events and more.
Inclusion Across the Lifespan-II (IAL-II) workshop. September 2. IAL-II will provide a new, crucial opportunity to share evidence-based practical advice and lessons learned regarding the inclusion of children and older adults in clinical studies. For registration and more information: https://www.nia.nih.gov/
Registration Now Open for the Summit Virtual Meeting Series: 2020 National Research Summit on Care, Services, and Supports for Persons with Dementia and Their Caregivers. This series will include three meetings, with research presentations, panelist remarks, sharing of the draft research gaps and opportunities, and moderated discussion/Q&A. These draft gaps and opportunities, developed by the Summit Steering Committee with input from stakeholder groups and organized into six themes, are intended to identify important potential areas for future research in the fields of dementia care and caregiving. The dates of the Summit Virtual Meetings Series are:
Summit Series Virtual Meeting 1 – Friday, July 10, 2020, 1:30-4:30 pm EDT
Summit Series Virtual Meeting 2 – Thursday, July 21, 2020, 1:00-4:30 pm EDT
Summit Services Virtual Meeting 3 – Thursday, August 13, 2020, 1:30-4:45 pm EDT
For full information visit: https://www.nia.nih.gov/2020-
Small grants: for up to five projects that address scientific gaps in relation to telomere length (YL) as it applies to epidemiological research. The projects can include secondary analyses of large samples (>300) that examine TL as a sentinel of environmental exposures, psychosocial stress and disease susceptibility. This is targeted for postdocs or Early Stage Investigators. Deadline extended to July 20. See https://www.stressmeasurement.
The Geospatial Software Institute (GSI) conceptualization project (https://gsi.cigi.illinois.
CALL FOR PAPERS
Twelfth International Conference on Sport & Society, held 24–25 June 2021 at the University of Granada in Granada, Spain. We invite proposals for paper presentations, workshops/interactive sessions, posters/exhibits, colloquia, focused discussions, innovation showcases, virtual posters, or virtual lightning talks. The conference features research addressing the annual themes and the 2021 Special Focus: “Sport and Society in Crisis.”
ANNOUNCEMENTS
COSSA Board Seeking Nominations for At-Large Seat: The Consortium of Social Science Associations (COSSA) Board of Directors is soliciting nominations to fill one (1) at-large director seat for the 2021-2023 term. The COSSA Board meets quarterly in Washington, DC for one day (phone and video participation is allowed). Costs associated with an at-large directors’ participation in quarterly Board meetings (i.e. travel expenses) are covered by COSSA. Please submit your nomination to Wendy Naus no later than Friday, August 14. Please include the following information with the nomination: Cover letter that includes the nominee’s name, affiliation, and a statement about what expertise or perspective the nominee would bring to COSSA and the Board of Directors; CV or resume; Statement confirming the nominee’s willingness and availability to serve for the identified term, if chosen. Self-nominations are welcome. Nominations from underrepresented groups are strongly encouraged. Read more at COSSA’s website.
CONFERENCES
BigSurv20 will take place online and we hope that many of you will attend the virtual conference. Attendance will be free of charge, but attendees will still need to register to access the virtual conference materials. Registration will open in September 2020. BigSurv20 will have the following format: A live virtual event on Friday November 6th, at 16:00pm Central European Time/10:00am Eastern Time U.S. Expect an exciting keynote by prof. Albert Salah, highlights of what’s to come in the following weeks, and a glimpse of the special issues that will follow the conference. On Friday November 13th, 20th and 27th we will organize parallel sessions, each focusing on a specific topic. These sessions will all kick off at 16:00pm CET/10:00am EST. More information will be coming soon, so stay tuned. On December 4th we will end the conference with a special, live closing event and a live plenary session on the topic of data and privacy, featuring an expert line-up of speakers. Hear perspectives from around the globe covering a wide variety of topics including differential privacy, data and privacy in the global south, trust amongst technology platform users, ethical data use, and the emerging concept of “data counseling”. The change in format has implications for other events at the conference:
As the conference will be entirely online and free of charge, we will no longer be awarding travel scholarships.
The student paper competition will still take place. The deadline for paper submissions is postponed to July 31st. Please see https://www.bigsurv20.org/
We are still looking into ways to organize a Big Data challenge for the conference. Keep an eye out for future e-mails with more information and check for website updates https://www.bigsurv20.org/
2020 NCFR Annual Conference | Nov. 11–13, 2020. Virtual Conference Registration Now Open. Registration is now open to virtually attend the 2020 NCFR Annual Conference—the premier conference for family-related research, teaching, and practice. Each year, hundreds of faculty, researchers, students, and family professionals convene for the NCFR conference to present cutting-edge work, receive valuable feedback, and make vital professional connections—all in the mission to understand and strengthen families across the globe. In this time of the COVID-19 pandemic it is more important than ever for family researchers, practitioners, and interdisciplinary colleagues to convene for our annual “family reunion.” We are planning for an energetic and immersive conference! As a registered attendee you’ll have 12 months of access to virtually attend all the sessions you are interested in, on your own time and at your own pace. Special Discount for All: This year NCFR is offering a “COVID year discount” designed to make it easier to participate in this year’s academic sessions and other events, despite many extenuating circumstances. Learn more here: https://www.ncfr.org/ncfr-2020
ON THE WEB.
GeoPoll has released our latest study on coronavirus in sub-Saharan Africa, which focuses on employment, income change, ability to pay expenses, loan uptake, and more as a result of COVID-19. The study was conducted in Côte D’Ivoire, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, and South Africa. There are some interesting trends by income level and informal vs formal employment. The full report, raw data, and dashboard are available at this link: Economic Impact of COVID-19 in Sub-Saharan Africa.
DATA
Roper Center: As we reflect on racism and anti-racism and the polling world’s role in addressing these issues, the Roper Center has identified and is making available all public opinion surveys of Black Americans in the Roper data archive. We are also making available more than eight decades of public opinion data on how the U.S. public views Black America. These data provide historical insight into how racial attitudes have changed in the United States and how the public currently views topics such as police brutality, race relations, and Black Lives Matter. You can see the resources we have developed and the full collection here. If you are not affiliated with a Roper Center member organization, contact Data Services to request access. We hope that these resources will help AAPOR members who are writing questionnaires or conducting analysis on Black public opinion and evolving American attitudes about racism. If you have data you would like to contribute to these pages – current or past – please contact us. We will prioritize curating and publishing these polls. – Kathleen Weldon, Director of Data Operations and Communications, Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
D-LAB
All D-Lab workshop instruction, events, and consultation are moving to online delivery for the rest of the semester. The D-Lab Collaboratory and Convening Room will be closed to the public during this time. We will assess and share decisions at a later date about how and when we will return to in-person delivery. Be sure to check the D-lab calendar at the website, dlab.berkeley.edu. D-Lab offers training, individual consulting and data services for the UC Berkeley community – faculty to undergrads.
RELATED LISTS
Jobs
All jobs and postdoctoral fellowships are posted as we receive them on the Demography Department Jobs Listserv, http://lists.demog.berkeley.
Migration Mailing List
Berkeley Interdisciplinary Migration Initiative (BIMI.berkeley.edu) is a research center for the study of immigrants and immigration. BIMI has a mailing list which is where a good deal of immigration and migration announcements are posted, and only some of that material is posted on the PopSciences Weekly News. Sign up for it with this link
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Tue$day Top Tip$ for SPH Research is a listserv with research funding opportunities and other information pertinent to public health researchers who are not necessarily population researchers. To subscribe, write to Dr. Lauren Goldstein, lhg@berkeley.edu.
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