According to the Chronicle of Higher Education, a spending proposal in Congress includes an increase for the National Institutes of Health (NIH), reversing recent declines in research funding. The proposal would eliminate earmarks for the Department of Agriculture’s Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service (CSREES), but would keep that money within the agency. The proposal also includes funding for the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP), which was eliminated in President Bush’s budget plan for 2007.

The Chronicle article is available online to subscribers. PRI affiliates can read the Chronicle in the PRI Library or request online access from library@pop.psu.edu.

House Joint Resolution 20 is available online (PDF).

The PRI Library has received an announcement from Ghent University (Belgium) for a conference on Setting an Ethical Agenda for Health Promotion.

The PRI Library has received an announcement from NICHD for the Summer Research Institute in Applied Child and Adolescent Development.

The coming cycle of inheritances may mean a large wealth transfer in the US, but it is no retirement guarantee for most people, according to an article in the Christian Science Monitor. Increased longevity and caregiving costs, the shift from pensions to 401(k) plans, and cuts in government programs are some of the reasons why.

The PRI Library has received an announcement for The University of Texas at Austin Population Research Center Research Experience for Undergraduates Program in Minority Group Demography.

The PRI Library has received a position announcement from The National Campaign To Prevent Teen Pregnancy for a Director of Research.

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

Funding for Faculty Investigators

Cultural Anthropology Scholars Awards: Methodological Training for Cultural Anthropologists - National Science Foundation (NSF)

Investigator Awards in Health Policy Research - Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

NCI Transition Career Development Award to Promote Diversity [deadline extended to 1/3/08] - National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Funding for Students (Pre-Doctoral Or Dissertation)

Dissertation Proposal Development Fellowship (DPDF) Program - Social Science Research Council (SSRC)

Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards for Individual Predoctoral Fellows (F31) [deadline extended to 1/3/08] - Social Science Research Council (SSRC)

The 2001 Consumption and Activities Mail Survey (CAMS) Final Version is now available. CAMS included questions about individual activities, household patterns of consumption, and individual use of prescription drugs.

PRI Affiliates may request these data from the Data Archivist.

Preliminary data is now available for the Congo Brazzaville 2005 Demographic and Health Survey (DHS). Click here to request/download the datasets from DHS.

NCHS has released the 2005 “Summary Health Statistics for U.S. Adults” (PDF) based on the NHIS data.

Some highlights of the report are:
- 62% reported excellent or very good health.
- 62% never participated in any type of vigorous leisure-time physical activity.
- 15% did not have a usual place of health care.
- 12% had been told by a doctor or health professional that they had heart disease.
- 22% had been told on two or more visits that they had hypertension.
- 21% were current smokers.
- 21% were former smokers.
- 35% of adults were overweight and 25% were obese.