Announcement items

This resource is great for getting started with exploring the FFCWS variables. Sort FFCWS variables by topic, wave, respondent, focal person, scales, survey, source, and/or variable type. This re-release includes new and improved data files for all FFCWS data from baseline through Year 15, along with improved accompanying documentation. Year 15 Weights are now also available.

For more information see the Metadata Explorer 

The U.S. Census Bureau is releasing the STIC series leading into the 2020 round of censuses. Notes in the series complement the U.N. Principles and Recommendations on Population and Housing Censuses by describing key topics in more detail. Sponsored by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the STIC series is designed to assist staff in national statistical offices address many of the most pressing issues in the 2020 round.

For more information please visit the website 

A letter from France Córdova, Director of the National Science Foundation, lays out a new policy in the wake of revelations of funded research being co-opted by a foreign power.

"Our science and engineering enterprise . . . is put at risk when other governments endeavor to benefit from the global research ecosystem without upholding the values of openness, transparency, and reciprocal collaboration. . . .

"[W]e are issuing a policy making it clear that NSF personnel and IPAs detailed to NSF cannot participate in foreign government talent recruitment programs. There is a risk that participation in foreign government talent recruitment programs by NSF personnel and IPAs will compromise the ethical principles that bind us. Moreover, such participation poses significant risks of inappropriate foreign influence on NSF policies, programs, and priorities, including the integrity of NSF's merit review process—risks we simply cannot accept."

See the complete letter

Editor: Nobert Schneider, Federal Institute for Population Research, 65185 Wiesbaden, Germany Managing Editor (2019):
Philip Rees, School of Geography, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK

Send a Proposal (~800 words) for a Special Issue to CPoS@bib.bund.de, for the attention of the Managing Editor. The proposal should include: (1) the title of the Special Issue, (2) a summary of the Special Issue topic, (3) reasons why the topic is important and timely, (4) the value added by a Special Issue, (5) a list of title and potential authors of 4 to 6 papers per Special Issue and (6) what the Editorial Overview paper will contain.

Deadline : September 30, 2019

For details refer to the CPoS announcement 

HUD is now accepting proposals for its annual competition for access to HUD randomized experiment data. Successful applicants will gain access to data from two of the most significant randomized social experiments ever conducted, the Moving to Opportunity for Fair Housing (MTO) demonstration and the Family Options Study (FOS). HUD has partnered with the U.S. Census Bureau to make the experimental data more readily available to qualified researchers and more readily able to be linked with other administrative data.

Proposals will be reviewed and accepted on a rolling basis. However, 10-20 submissions are expected for this award, and because of limited capacity to provide individualized services to research teams, researchers are encouraged to submit proposals early. Special attention will be given to applicants that take advantage of the experimental design of the studies and that propose to bring in outside data to be linked with Census and/or HUD data.

Please submit your proposal to ERD.DataLinkage@Census.gov.

HUD Contact: Christopher.J.Narducci@hud.gov

For more information see the announcement

IPUMS recruits candidates who are enthusiastic about creating data that fuels social science and health research around the world. We are seeking smart, technically-minded people to join our growing team of researchers and technical staff.

Our researchers are involved in all stages of data and metadata production, including the web dissemination system and outreach. We are constantly pushing the boundaries of data processing and dissemination methods, and we are looking for people who will approach these methods with initiative and creativity.

Current or recent job openings at IPUMS are listed below. Applications for current openings should be made via the University of Minnesota's online employment system. For more information or if you have any questions, please contact us at isrdi-jobs@umn.edu.

For the position on data analyst see the announcement

For the position on senior data analyst see the announcement

NSF Accepting Proposals on Coronavirus. In light of the emergence and spread of COVID-19 in the United States and abroad, the National Science Foundation (NSF) is accepting proposals to conduct non-medical, non-clinical-care research that can be used immediately to explore how to model and understand the spread of COVID-19, to inform and educate about the science of virus transmission and prevention, and to encourage the development of processes and actions to address this global challenge.

For more information see the NSF full letter

On Friday 27 March 2020, Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters (SRHM) hosted a webinar on the implications for sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) in the era of Covid-19.

Click here to watch the recordings

Also, Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters seeks to bring to the fore the best and latest rights-based evidence and analysis on the implications of COVID-19 on sexual and reproductive health and rights from across the world. SRHM IS therefore inviting submissions to their journal in the form of commentaries, perspectives, original research and analytical reviews. They also encourage the submission of narratives from individuals with first-hand experiences and contributions from activists.

No deadline, submissions can be made at any time until further notice.

For more information see the announcement

The NIA-funded Reversibility Network (PIs: Eric Loucks, Margaret Sheridan, Keith Godfrey) is designed to foster research to reverse/remediate the effects of early life adversity (e.g. abuse, neglect, poverty, racial discrimination, etc.) in mid- and later-life, and welcomes scientists to apply for pilot funding through the Reversibility Network program shown below.

Deadline: August 14, 2020, 4:30 p.m. ET

Details

Who we are. The Reversibility Network is a National Institute on Aging (NIA)-funded network of researchers whose mission is to advance research around remediating the effects of early life adversities (ELA) in mid- and later life. This growing network of interdisciplinary ELA experts seeks to foster research that will fundamentally develop and prepare the field for greater scientific discoveries, with a particular focus on the interaction between ELA and interventions for population and patient benefits. Furthermore, we aim to raise awareness in the field about the importance of ELA, ELA measurement, ELA mechanisms, and effective interventions. Specific aims for this call for research proposal are in two themes: (1) ELA mechanisms and (2) ELA interventions. See below for additional detail.

A growing body of evidence, both animal and human, highlights the long-term liability that early life adversities (ELAs) – such as low socioeconomic status, adverse early experiences (e.g. abuse and neglect), and malnutrition – confer on mental and physical health outcomes in late life. In addition, novel behavioral interventions aimed at increasing health and wellbeing during adulthood are being developed, which may be effective when provided in mid- and later life for people who experienced ELA. However, midlife interventions which directly test whether interventions can modify the processes that account for the long-term impact of ELAs on later life health remain minimally researched, representing strong potential for discovery. Finally, newer methodologies (e.g., neuroimaging, gene expression, epigenetics, ecological momentary assessment) offer significantly greater opportunities to illuminate mechanisms linking ELA to adult outcomes. Increased understanding of mechanisms will improve our ability to develop more informed and effective interventions. In sum, this is a particularly ‘ripe’ time for deepening and extending an interdisciplinary research network on reversibility/remediation for early life adversity (ELA), an opportunity the Reversibility Network aims to foster.

The Reversibility Network will foster research that will fundamentally develop and prepare the field for greater scientific discoveries, with a particular focus on the interaction between ELA and interventions for population and patient benefits. Furthermore, we aim to raise awareness in the field about the importance of ELA, ELA measurement, and effective interventions. This is a call for research proposals on two themes:

ELA Mechanisms: Catalyze research on key mechanisms through which ELA influences health and aging outcomes (e.g. biological, behavioral, socioemotional) in midlife. Target mechanisms should be evaluated as to whether they are both malleable to interventions and influence aging outcomes, and projects should be designed to contribute to our understanding of causal pathways.

ELA Interventions: Foster research on: (a) Midlife effects of early life interventions (e.g. preconception through adolescence) for those exposed to ELA; (b) Midlife interventions for those who recall ELA and/or were objectively exposed to ELA. Intervention studies should be designed to test mechanistic hypotheses about malleable targets, utilizing the Science of Behavior Change (SOBC) mechanisms-focused approach.

Examples of possible research projects include: (1) collection of new data (e.g. performing midlife interventions, or contacting completed intervention study participants to ask about ELA or adult outcomes), (2) analyses of archival data, or (3) systematic reviews and meta-analyses.

The approach to achieve these aims will be to extend an interdisciplinary, international Research Network on Interventions to Reverse Effects of Early Life Adversity (aka “Reversibility Network”) that was developed over the past five years. During the coming year, the Reversibility Network will focus on ELA research capacity and community building, which will cut across the two themes outline above.

One of the major initiatives is a call for Pilot Research Proposals ($10,000-$20,000 grants, from a pool of $50,000), with an emphasis on mid to later life interventions which take into account, and measure, the impact of ELA. These projects should advance the stated goals of this network, and have the potential to lay the foundation for a larger research grant application. Projects should support researchers with expertise in aging, intervention, or ELA, addressing the goal of increasing research into mid-later life reversibility of the impact of ELA on aging.

Proposals should be two pages long, with an NIH-formatted Specific Aims page, and a second page providing further detail on the Methods. In the Methods section, please give careful consideration to rigorous measurement of ELA measures, ELA mechanisms, design of the intervention, as well as statistical analysis and power considerations where appropriate. Successful applicants will participate in a virtual grantees meeting and be welcomed to join additional activities of the Reversibility Network.

Applications with fundable scores will be required demonstrate human subjects research compliance to NIH standards prior to receiving funding.

Please submit research proposals by Friday, August 14, 2020 by email to: Senior Project Coordinator, Frances_Saadeh@brown.edu.

Subject line should read: “Reversibility Network – 2020 Proposal submission – {PI Last Name}”

Special funding for R01, R21 and R03 applications to support the secondary analyses of existing data sets with the goal of enhancing our understanding of the following:

1) the patterns and trajectories of alcohol consumption,

2) the epidemiology and etiology, including genetics, of alcohol-related problems and disorders, and

3) alcohol-related health services and health systems, including access, quality, and efficiency.

This Notice encourages applications proposing innovative analyses of existing alcohol research data, answering novel research hypotheses and questions, and developing and testing advanced analytical methodologies applicable to alcohol related epidemiological, behavioral and genetics research.

For more information see the complete announcement

The BSF Research Grants program is the main program of the BSF, and it funds both U.S. and Israeli scientists who wish to work together. In recent years the BSF has been receiving some 400 research grant applications annually, including start-up applications, approving about 100. At any given moment there are around 450 active grants in this program, and the total annual expenditure in this program is around $16 M.

Offers funding for partnerships in sociology, economics and other fields in ‘even’ years, and biological sciences in ‘odd’ years.

Deadline: November 18, 2020

For information, see the announcement

The Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR) will be offering a five-day intensive online course and encourages qualified candidates to apply.

Instructors:

• Diego Alburez-Gutierrez
• Samin Aref
• André Grow
• Sophie Lohmann
• Emilio Zagheni.

About: Rapid increases in computational power and the explosion of Internet, social media and mobile phone use have radically changed our lives, the way we interact with each other and our behavior, including demographic choices and constraints. The digitalization of our lives has also led to the so-called “data revolution” that is transforming the social sciences.

Dates: 9-13 November 2020

Application deadline is 9 October 2020

For more information and application instructions see the announcement

The American Academy of Political and Social Science (AAPSS) is now accepting nominations for the annual Daniel Patrick Moynihan Prize in Social Science and Public Policy. 

The Moynihan Prize recognizes social scientists, public officials and other leaders in the public arena who champion the use of informed judgment to improve public policy. The Prize is intended to honor those who have promoted the use of sound analysis and social science research in policy-making, while contributing to the civil discourse in society.

The Moynihan Prize was created to recognize social scientists, public officials, and civic leaders who champion the use of informed judgment to advance the public good. The winner is recognized at a formal event to be (tentatively) held in 2021 and receives a $20,000 prize.

Nomination deadline: October 16, 2020

See the announcement for nomination form and information.

The Department of Policy Analysis and Management at Cornell University invites applications for an Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor working on race and public policy. This is conceived broadly to include research on racial inequality, for example, in income, education, social mobility, health, housing, policing, and incarceration. The position is 50% research and 50% teaching and advising. The successful candidate will be part of Cornell’s new School of Public Policy and will have the opportunity to be jointly appointed in a disciplinary home in the social sciences. We are seeking applications from candidates in sociology, economics, public policy, and related fields.

Review begins October 1, 2020

For more information, see the announcement - or write to Prof. Maureen Waller

The Centre for Demographic Studies (at the Autonomous University of Barcelona campus, Bellaterra, Spain) invites applications for two 3-year postdoctoral positions within the ERC-project "Sexual Minorities and Inequality of Opportunity” (HEALIN).

Full-time Researcher in Demography / Sociology (R3B)

Deadline: November 1, 2020

For more information, see the announcement (PDF)

2021 Special Focus—The Opportunities of Crisis: Resilience and Change in World History

Call for Papers for the Sixteenth International Conference on Interdisciplinary Social Sciences, Oxford Brookes University, Headington Campus, Oxford, UK, 21–23 July 2021.

The Interdisciplinary Social Sciences Research Network is brought together by a common interest in disciplinary and interdisciplinary approaches, within and across the various social sciences, and between the social, natural and applied sciences. We seek to build an epistemic community where we can make linkages across disciplinary, geographic, and cultural boundaries.

This conference is being re-designed for flexible participation

Proposals due December 21, 2020 (early) or April 21, 2021 (regular)

For information see the announcement

NCHS released the 2019 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) in September. These NHIS data are the first from the redesigned survey. The NHIS collects information on a broad range of health topics including health insurance coverage, mental health, chronic pain, and health care access, among others. These data are collected through personal household interviews. In addition to releasing data for 2019, estimates for selected indicators including health insurance were released for the first quarter of 2020.

IPUMS National Historical Geographic Information System (NHGIS) team is looking for  a data analyst skilled in geographic information systems (GIS). The primary responsibility for this position is to help lead the team's effort to digitize all 1980 and 1970 census block boundaries. The work will also include a range of tasks involving GIS data development; user support and outreach; and various additional initiatives for NHGIS and other projects at IPUMS or the Minnesota Population Center.

Deadline: ongoing

See the announcement for more information

IPUMS International team is looking for one or more senior data analysts to work with IPUMS International and secondarily Global Health Surveys. For this position, we seek candidates with strong quantitative social science backgrounds who have developed higher-level data management skills that can augment those of the existing team.

Deadline: ongoing

See the announcement for more information

The Population Studies and Training Center at Brown University is currently recruiting a postdoctoral research associate to start in July 2021. Postdoctoral Research Associates are expected to spend part of their time working independently and part of their time working collaboratively with one or more mentors among our faculty affiliates.

Deadline: Screening of applications will begin on December 6, 2020, and will continue until the position is filled.

See the announcement for more information

The National Institutes of Health invite F33 and F31 awards through the Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards program.

Individual Senior Fellowships – Supports experienced scientists who wish to make major changes in the direction of their research careers or who wish to broaden their scientific background by acquiring new research capabilities as independent investigators in research fields relevant to the missions of participating NIH Institutes and Centers. Multiple awards of negotiable amounts may be made. Eligibility is unrestricted. Standard application due dates apply.

More information regarding PA-21-047 

Individual Postdoctoral Fellowships – supports research training of highly promising postdoctoral candidates who have the potential to become productive, independent investigators in scientific health-related research fields relevant to the missions of the participating NIH Institutes and Centers. Multiple awards of negotiable amounts may be made. Eligibility is unrestricted. Standard application due dates apply.

More information regarding PA-21-048 

Individual Predoctoral Fellowships – Supports promising predoctoral students in obtaining individualized, mentored research training from outstanding faculty sponsors while conducting dissertation research in scientific health-related fields relevant to the missions of the participating NIH Institutes and Centers. Multiple awards of negotiable amounts may be made. Eligibility is unrestricted. Standard application due dates apply.

More information regarding PA-21-051 

Individual Predoctoral Fellowship to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research – supports the research training of predoctoral students from diverse backgrounds including those from groups that are underrepresented in the biomedical, behavioral, or clinical research workforce. Multiple awards of negotiable amounts may be made. Eligibility is unrestricted. Standard application due dates apply.

More information regarding PA-21-052

The 3rd North American NASN will be held virtually 25-27 January 2021. The NASN Conference is a regional conference of the International Network for Social Network Analysis (INSNA). The NASN 2021 organizing committee is soliciting abstracts for paper and poster presentations at the upcoming 3rd NASN Conference. We invite abstract submissions for oral presentations (20 minute lecture) and posters (on topics relevant to social network analysis, including theory, methods, and applications of social network analysis).

Deadline for submission: December 18, 2020

For more information and to submit your abstract, go to https://www.insna.org/abstract-submissions. Find registration information and register at https://www.insna.org/events/register?id=15098. All questions regarding submissions should be emailed to nasocnet@gmail.com.

The National Cancer Institute invites R01 applications to its Cancer Control and Population Sciences program supporting research efforts on novel scientific ideas that have the potential to substantially advance cancer research in statistical and analytic methods, epidemiology, cancer survivorship, cancer-related behaviors and behavioral interventions, health care delivery, and implementation science. Multiple awards of up to $250,000 each annually for up to five years may be made.

Deadline: November 8, 2021

For more information see the announcement

We are seeking an enthusiastic and capable full-time Postdoctoral Fellow for the above project at the Centre for Family and Population Research, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, National University of Singapore. The candidate should have expertise in the family and population issues in East Asia or Southeast Asia regions. The appointment will be tenable for a period of 1 year at the first instance, with the possibility of renewal. The Centre for Family and Population Research in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS), NUS is dedicated to scientific advancement of research and training in the study of trends, determinants, and consequences of family and population changes, particularly changes in Asia.

For more information, see the announcement

Regina Bures, on behalf of NICHD Population Dynamics Branch, shared the following policy updates in mid-September.

We wanted to share some NIH and NICHD policy reminders and updates. The topics covered in this email areoverlapping applications, the NICHD archiving R03, data sharing plans and DSDR, and the pending change in the NIH policies on data sharing and data management.

Overlapping applications. We have recently had inquiries from several applicants about submitting scientifically overlapping applications. Per NIH policy, it is not allowable to have overlapping applications under review at the same time.

NICHD funding for data archiving: A reminder that NICHD has an R03 mechanism that supports data archiving: PAR-20-064 Archiving and Documenting Child Health and Human Development Data Sets (R03 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

Data sharing plan and DSDR: PDB encourages all applications that propose data collection to include a Data Management and Sharing Plan.  For Data Sharing Plans, we encourage researchers to work with Data Sharing for Demographic Research (DSDR) to share data and/or metadata. DSDR is a specialty archive at ICPSR that is supported by PDB to facilitate the sharing of data collected by PDB grantees.

New NIH Data policies: The Final NIH Policy for Data Management and Sharing will be effective January 25, 2023:

NOT-OD-21-013 – Final NIH Policy for Data Management and Sharing

NOT-OD-21-014 – Supplemental Information to the NIH Policy for Data Management and Sharing: Elements of an NIH Data Management and Sharing Plan

NOT-OD-21-015 – Supplemental Information to the NIH Policy for Data Management and Sharing: Allowable Costs for Data Management and Sharing

NOT-OD-21-016 – Supplemental Information to the NIH Policy for Data Management and Sharing: Selecting a Repository for Data Resulting from NIH-Supported Research

Supports pilot, feasibility or exploratory research in priority areas in substance use epidemiology, prevention, and health services, including: 1) responses to sudden and severe emerging drug issues; 2) responses to emerging marijuana trends and topics related to the shifting policy landscape, related to imminent policy change; 3) responses to unexpected and time-sensitive prescription drug abuse research opportunities; 4) responses to unexpected and time-sensitive medical system issues; 5) responses to unexpected and time-sensitive criminal or juvenile justice opportunities that relate to drug abuse and access and provision of health care service; 6) partnerships between researchers and state or local organizations to support the evaluation of new local policies, programs, or practices in response to public health emergencies; 7) research examining how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted drug markets and overdose risk.

For information see the RFA

Environmental Impacts on Families: Change, Challenge, and Adaptation

Families are embedded in larger contexts that have implications for family relationships and well-being. A large body of research by family scholars has documented the impacts of multiple dimensions of the broader social environment−including cultural, economic, and political contexts−on family functioning. Less attention has been paid to how dimensions of the physical environment may affect families, including factors that protect families and promote their resilience in the face of change and challenge. Toward stimulating novel interdisciplinary and translational research on families, the 2021 National Symposium on Family Issues will examine the role of the physical environment in family relationships, behaviors, and well-being, with a focus on three key dimensions: environmental disasters, climate change, and the built environment.

For information, see the announcement or contact Carolyn Scott

The life course approach has made a lasting impact on the social sciences. It provides a dynamic perspective on individual lives, which are seen as evolving processes shaped by critical transitions. Moreover, the approach stresses the embeddedness of individual life courses in socioeconomic and cultural contexts. This perspective has been highly influential across many disciplines, and it has spawned a rich and fast-evolving literature. The main goal of this event is to bring together researchers to present and discuss recent developments in life course analysis and to contribute to advancing the field.

For more information, see the announcement

The Department of Sociology at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, seeks to hire one tenured Full or Associate Professor with expertise in social demography. Advanced Assistant Professors with exceptional records of scholarship may also be considered.

Deadline : Review of applications will begin on October 1, 2021 and continue until the position is filled

See the complete announcement

The William T. Grant Foundation is seeking a researcher to join our staff as a Program Officer. The Foundation is a national funder of high-quality research on children and youth in the United States. Our current focus areas are: 1) programs, policies, and practices that reduce inequality in youth outcomes; and 2) strategies to improve the use of research evidence in policies and practices that affect youth. Our funding spans various social science disciplines and across child welfare, juvenile justice, mental health, employment, youth programs, and education.

Deadline: Applications reviewed on an ongoing basis - start date January 3, 2022

For more information see the announcement

Supports innovative research projects with the potential to open new areas of HIV/AIDS research and/or lead to new avenues for prevention, treatment and cure of HIV among people who use drugs. Applications must have a detailed research plan, preliminary data, and a clear description of the nexus with substance use. This program is open to both individual researchers and research teams, and includes all areas of research from basic science to clinical and implementation research.

Deadline: February 15, 2022

For more information, see the announcement

Supports transdisciplinary research with approaches that explore and analyze environmental problems at the intersection of climate change, environmental justice, and vulnerable populations / lifestages. Specifically, projects should address all of the following research questions: 1) What may be the most influential community-, population- or lifestage-specific vulnerabilities caused by ongoing climate change that would elevate exposure to pollutants or contaminants and further exacerbate the health effects in underserved communities?; 2) What are the cumulative health impacts of climate change related stressors on vulnerable groups or susceptible lifestages in underserved communities?; and 3) How can community-based scientific research results be translated and/or applied to provide effective solutions to reduce climate change impacts on human health in underserved communities?

Deadline: November 16, 2021

For information, see the announcement

The NSF and the U.S.-Israel Binational Science Foundation (BSF) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on research cooperation which provides an overarching framework to encourage collaboration between U.S. and Israeli research communities. The MOU provides for an international collaboration arrangement whereby U.S. researchers may receive funding from the NSF and Israeli researchers may receive funding from the BSF. Through a lead agency model, NSF and BSF allow U.S. and Israeli researchers to submit collaborative proposals that will undergo a single review process at NSF, which acts as the lead agency. Proposals may be submitted under any of the eligible GEO core research programs.

Deadline: Proposals will be accepted on a rolling basis.

For more information, see the NSF announcement

Supports basic scientific research about the nature, causes and/or consequences of the spatial distribution of human activity and/or environmental processes. Contemporary geographical research is an arena in which diverse research traditions and methodologies are valid. Recognizing the breadth of the field's contributions to science, the program seeks proposals for empirically grounded, theoretically engaged, and methodologically sophisticated, generalizable research in all sub-fields of geographical and spatial sciences.

Deadline: January 18, 2022

For more information, see the announcement