EVENTS
Tuesday, May 15, 10 AM to 4 PM. 2018 Northern California ORCID Workshop. Learn all about this system of research access. For a full program, visithttps://orcid.org/content/2018-northern-california-workshop.
OFF CAMPUS
Friday, May 18, 2018, 12pm to 1pm, “More than Medicine: The Case for Social Investment to Improve America’s Health.” Dr. Robert Kaplan has served as director of the Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences at NIH, Chief Science Officer at AHRQ, Chair of the Department of Health Services at UCLA and Chair of the Dept. of Family and Preventive Medicine at UCSD. He is currently Adjunct Professor and Research Director of the Clinical Excellence Research Center (CERC) at Stanford University. Please RSVP Now at CHC@chc.ucsf.edu. Please feel free to bring your lunch. Refreshments will be provided. UCSF, Laurel Heights Room 474.
EVENTS
Tuesday, May 15, 10 AM to 4 PM. 2018 Northern California ORCID Workshop. Learn all about this system of research access. For a full program, visithttps://orcid.org/content/2018-northern-california-workshop.
OFF CAMPUS
Friday, May 18, 2018, 12pm to 1pm, “More than Medicine: The Case for Social Investment to Improve America’s Health.” Dr. Robert Kaplan has served as director of the Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences at NIH, Chief Science Officer at AHRQ, Chair of the Department of Health Services at UCLA and Chair of the Dept. of Family and Preventive Medicine at UCSD. He is currently Adjunct Professor and Research Director of the Clinical Excellence Research Center (CERC) at Stanford University. Please RSVP Now at CHC@chc.ucsf.edu. Please feel free to bring your lunch. Refreshments will be provided. UCSF, Laurel Heights Room 474.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Please help us improve the National Longitudinal Surveys (NLS) by answering a brief survey! The NLS, sponsored by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, are nationally representative surveys that follow the same individuals over time. The surveys collect data on labor market activity, schooling, fertility, program participation, health, retirement, and much, much more. Even if you are not a frequent user of NLS data, such as the NLSY97, NLSY79, and NLSY79 Child and Young Adult, or have not used them at all, the feedback you provide will help us make our products better for you and other users. Your participation in this survey is voluntary. We estimate that it will take approximately 10 minutes to complete. Follow this link to participate in the NLS User Survey: https://www.research.net/r/NLS_Stakeholder.
Sign-on letter supporting higher funding for BEA and BLS. Access to quality data at federal statistical agencies including the Bureau of Economic Analysis and Bureau of Labor Statistics is critical to maintain rigorous academic research. As the U.S. Congress considers funding levels for the two agencies for fiscal year 2019, Equitable Growth is seeking your help in showing the importance of these programs, which are too often overlooked. We have drafted a sign-on letter to the relevant Chairs and Ranking Members of the Appropriations Committees in the House and Senate in support higher funding. Specifically, we ask that the committee consider providing $104 million in funding for the Bureau of Economic Analysis and $650 million in funding for the Bureau of Labor Statistics, consistent with funding levels in fiscal year 2018 adjusted for annual inflation. We are certain many of you share our concerns about providing the necessary funding levels for these two critical agencies. You can fill out this Google form or simply respond to this email to sign your name to this letter. Feel free to pass this opportunity along to your colleagues, whom you can direct to email us or fill out the Google form as well. We aim to circulate the letter before the Memorial Day recess, so please indicate your support of higher funding levels for the two key statistical agencies by May 22, 2018. Thank you for helping us show the importance of the Bureau of Economic Analysis and Bureau of Labor Statistics to scientists producing rigorous academic research.
Heather Boushey, Executive Director & Chief Economist | Washington Center for Equitable Growth
hboushey@equitablegrowth.org | (202) 545-3341 | @hboushey
NRSA Stipends: NIH has announced new stipend levels for pre-doc and postdoc positions in training grants (T32, F) https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-18-175.html.
CONFERENCES
The 8th Conference of the European Survey Research Association will take place 15th-19th July 2019 in Zagreb, Croatia. The scientific committee is now inviting researchers who are active in the field of survey research, survey methodology and data analysis to submit proposals to organise sessions at the conference. For full information, visit the conference website.
FUNDING
Free webinars on fundraising and grant writing, sponsored by The Foundation Center. Click on links below to learn more and register.
Introduction to Fundraising Planning May 16, 11am-12pm
Introduction to Finding Grants May 30, 11am-12pm
Introduction to Proposal Writing June 6.
In fact, they have many events, some of which are webinars, and some are in-person events in San Francisco. For a calendar, click here.
FELLOWSHIPS
Environmental Health Fellowship Program: The overall goal of the JPB EH Fellowship is to promote a new generation of multidisciplinary academic leaders who are dedicated to solving complex environmental health problems. We invite you to nominate a promising junior faculty (within three years of their first appointment) as a JPB Environmental Health Fellow candidate. We seek individuals whose research is focused on/in vulnerable communities and are interested in how both environmental and social factors may combine to influence health. The Program will foster cross-disciplinary collaborations among the Fellows, encouraging them to work together on challenging environmental health issues best approached from multiple perspectives. Fellows will receive funding of up to $240,000 (as justified) for salary, research costs, training and travel, over three years. Through workshops and mentoring, the Fellows will be provided with training in research methods, leadership, and communications, along with other relevant skills. In this second cohort up to 12 Fellows will be selected nationwide. Please consider the following conditions when nominating a candidate:
1. The Fellow will be committed to the Program for approximately three years, beginning in the fall of 2018. Fellows will remain at their institutions, but release time will be required to attend two workshops annually, participate in a monthly conference call, and engage in research.
2. The Fellow’s institution/department must provide in-kind contributions that could include support for graduate students and/or postdocs, equipment and/or sample analysis.
For more information on our program visit our website: http://ehfellows.sph.harvard.edu/. You will find the information on submitting a nomination on the “To Apply” page. To learn more about the first cohort of EH Fellows (Senior Fellows) and their various disciplinary backgrounds and institutions, see the Senior Fellows page on our website: https://ehfellows.sph.harvard.edu/meet-the-fellows/
GRADUATE STUDENTS
Behavioral Interventions Scholars Opportunity. Under the Behavioral Interventions Scholars (BIS) program, OPRE is soliciting applications for grants to support dissertation research by advanced graduate students who are using approaches grounded in behavioral economics to examine specific research questions of relevance to social service programs and policies. These grants are meant to build capacity in the research field to apply a behavioral science lens to issues facing poor and vulnerable families in the United States, and to foster mentoring relationships between faculty members and high-quality doctoral students. Research topics of interest are outlined in the funding opportunity announcement: https://ami.grantsolutions.gov/files/HHS-2018-ACF-OPRE-PD-1367_0.htm. The maximum grant award is $25,000 per budget period, and applicants may choose whether to apply for a 12-month project and budget period or a 24-month project with two 12-month budget periods. Eligible entities may apply for the grant on behalf of a principal investigator who will serve as the mentor for the doctoral student undertaking the research. Applications are due June 1, 2018. The BIS grants are a component of OPRE’s Behavioral Interventions to Advance Self-Sufficiency (BIAS) portfolio of projects, which explore ways to apply insights from the behavioral sciences to improve the operations, implementation, and efficacy of the human services programs and policies administered by ACF. To learn more about work in this portfolio, visit http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/opre/behavioral-interventions-to-advance-self-sufficiency-bias-research-portfolio. If you have any questions about the BIS funding opportunity, please email behavioralscholars@icfi.com or call (877) 350-5913.
Summer GSR Position, UC Berkeley Labor Center Survey of Immigrant Workers and Families in California. The UC Berkeley Labor Center is searching for a graduate student for a project that is experimenting with text-based surveying to gather timely data on the impact of federal immigration policy on California’s immigrant communities. A pilot survey is being conducted this summer; if successful, we anticipate fielding a full-scale survey in the fall. This is a joint project with the UCLA Labor Center.
The position will entail:
*Programming and managing the survey platform (Qualtrix)
*Conducting outreach to and maintaining relationships with community-based organizations partnering with us on the survey
*Conducting descriptive data analysis of survey data, including data cleaning, variable construction, and diagnostic analysis
Job qualifications:
*Graduate student in sociology, public policy, city & regional planning, economics, or other relevant departments
*Solid quantitative skills, including proficiency with STATA (attention to detail is a must)
*Familiarity with immigration policy debates, and with the landscape of immigrant advocacy groups in California.
This position will be a minimum of 20 hours per week (but could be more depending on student interest) and will start June 1. Please send a cover letter, resume, and a writing sample to Annette Bernhardt, annette.bernhardt@berkeley.edu.
D-LAB
D-Lab offers training in Data Science this summer for students as well as pedagogical training for instructors. Visit the D-lab website for more information. D-lab regularly offers workshops and training in courses, one-on-one consulting for faculty, grad students and undergraduates, and working groups of focuses topics. One-on-one consulting also available. For more information and registration, visit http://dlab.berkeley.edu. You can now add D-Lab workshops to your bcalendar directly from D-Lab workshop description.
JOBS
All jobs and postdoctoral fellowships are posted as we receive them on the Demography Department Jobs Listserv, http://lists.demog.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/jobs. This list advertises positions of all sorts relevant for social and behavioral scientists with advanced degrees.
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 (immigration_group@lists.berkeley.edu), which is where a good deal of immigration and migration announcements are posted, and not all of that material is posted on thePopSciences Weekly News.