The PRI Library has received a job announcement from the National Center for Education Statistics for two research scientist positions.

The announcement is posted on PRI’s jobs website at:

http://athens.pop.psu.edu/allen/JobAnn.cfm?JobID=106

For a complete list of job announcements see:

http://athens.pop.psu.edu/allen/JobAnnList.cfm

The PRI Library has received a conference announcement from The Luxembourg Income Study for their summer workshop on using the LIS database.

The conference is posted on PRI’s conference website at:

http://athens.pop.psu.edu/allen/Conference.cfm?EventID=138

For a complete list of conference announcements see:

http://athens.pop.psu.edu/allen/conferences.cfm

The PRI Libray has received a conference announcement from the Population Reference Bureau for a conference on integrated population, health, and environment (PHE) on March 15-17, 2006 in Cebu City, Philippines.

The conference is posted on PRI’s conference website at:

http://athens.pop.psu.edu/allen/Conference.cfm?EventID=137

for a complete list of conferences see:

http://athens.pop.psu.edu/allen/conferences.cfm

The PRI Library has received a job announcement from the University of California at Berkeley School of Public Health for postdoctoral and mid-career fellowships.

The announcement is posted on PRI’s jobs website at:

http://athens.pop.psu.edu/allen/JobAnn.cfm?JobID=105

for a complete list of job announcements see:

http://athens.pop.psu.edu/allen/JobAnnList.cfm

Pending renewal funding, the Population Research Institute (PRI) at Penn State University expects to have two postdoctoral positions for research training in the demography of aging available beginning in summer 2006. This program has been funded by a training grant from the National Institute on Aging over the past 15 years. Postdoctoral positions are for one year, with re-appointment typically occurring for a second year, and provide a yearly stipend commensurate with experience, based on levels mandated by NIH.

For more information and application guidelines see:

http://www.pop.psu.edu/general/postdoc/postdoc_position.htm

A provisional report: “Summary Health Statistics for U.S. Adults: National Health Interview Survey, 2004 (PDF)”.

The following grant announcements are new this week on the Population Research Institute Funding Announcements web page.

Funding for Faculty Investigators

2006 Glenn/AFAR Breakthroughs in Gerontology Awards
- American Federation for Aging Research (AFAR)
- Glenn Foundation for Medical Research

Assessment of the Islamic Education System in Ghana
- U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)

Ian Axford Fellowships in Public Policy
- Commonwealth Fund

Institutional Grants
- Tinker Foundation, Inc.

NIAAA Career Transition Award (K22)
- National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)

Parenting Capacities and Health Outcomes in Youths and Adolescents (R01)
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
- National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
- National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR)
- National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
- National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

Solicited Grants (Spring 2006)
- United States Institute of Peace (USIP)

Steven H. Sandell Grant Programor Junior Scholars in Retirement Research
- Center for Retirement Research at Boston College (CCR)

Training for a New Interdisciplinary Research Workforce (T90)
- National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Transatlantic Policy Research Program
- German Marshall Fund of the United States

Unsolicited Grants (Spring 2006)
- United States Institute of Peace (USIP)

Funding for Students (Pre-Doctoral Or Dissertation)

AERA Minority Fellowships in Education Research
- American Educational Research Association (AERA)

Dissertation Fellowship Program in Retirement Research
- Center for Retirement Research at Boston College (CCR)

Minority Fellowship Program
- American Sociological Association (ASA)
- National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
- National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

Post-Doctoral Opportunities

Kellogg Health Scholars Program: Community-Disparities Track
- W. K. Kellogg Foundation

National Head Start Fellows Program
- Administration for Children and Families

Returning Scholars Fellowship Program
- Open Society Institute (Soros Foundation Network)

Funding Opportunities Open To Faculty And Students

AERA Institute on Statistical Analysis for Education Policy
- American Educational Research Association (AERA)

Fichter Research Grant Competition 2006
- Association for the Sociology of Religion (ASR)

The updated files for the (A)NES Collection on PopNet UNIX, which was announced previously, are now available in SodaPop.

The U.S. Census Bureau recently released Small Area Income and
Poverty Estimates (SAIPE) for 2003. To access the most recent statistics
on school-age poverty in Pennsylvania’s school districts,
childhood poverty and poverty in the general population, median household
income in the commonwealth, and more, read our Research Brief, Estimates
Indicate Number of School-Age Children in Poverty Again on the Rise, at:

http://pasdc.hbg.psu.edu/pasdc/data_&_information/briefs/RB120205.pdf

Yes, the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) has a new
website. After five years without a major overhaul, we have redesigned the
look and feel of nces.ed.gov. Hopefully you will agree the changes are for
the better. We have added our newest information to the homepage and also
restructured our menus to make finding what you are looking for easier.
The biggest difference is the navigation bar across the top of every page
that enables you to find items of interest no matter where you are on our
site. Please take a few moments to click on those items and browse the
menus that drop down. We hope the categories are intuitively organized.

We are also in the process of redesigning the way we present
publications and survey areas. An example of the new publication template
can be found at: http://nces.ed.gov/programs/crimeindicators/

We have also made available an RSS feed at:
http://nces.ed.gov/help/rss.asp
to help you keep abreast of all NCES news.

We hope you like the changes we have made. There will certainly be
some bugs popping up and we will correct them as we find them. We
appreciate all constructive comments.