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

Funding for Faculty Investigators

AHRQ Health Services Research (R01) - Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)

CDC Mentored Public Health Research Scientist Development Award (K01) - Office of Public Health Research (OPHR)

Child Health Research Career Development Award (K12) - National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)

Collaborative Multisite Research in Addiction (COMRAD) (R01) - National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

Community Participation in Research (R01) - Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) - National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) - National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Health Disparities in HIV/AIDS: Focus on African Americans (R03) - National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) - National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

Health Disparities in HIV/AIDS: Focus on African Americans (R21) - National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) - National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

Information Technologies and the Internet in Health Services and Intervention Delivery (R01) - National Cancer Institute (NCI) - National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship Program (IGERT) - National Science Foundation (NSF)

Research on Social Work Practice and Concepts in Health (R01) - National Cancer Institute (NCI) - National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute - National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) - National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) - National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) - National Institute on Aging (NIA) - National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) - National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) - Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR) - Office of Disease Prevention (ODP) - Office of Research on Women’s Health (ORWH)

Statistics Program - National Science Foundation (NSF)

Post-Doctoral Opportunities

NIH Pathway to Independence (PI) Award (K99/R00) - National Institutes of Health (NIH)

The NIH is continuing its pilot of a shortened review cycle for new investigator R01 applications, allowing investigators to resubmit amended applications in consecutive review cycles. The pilot was begun in 2006 and NIH anticipates that it will be extended to all new investigator R01 applications by the end of 2007. For more information, see the Federal Register notice.

Two new reports from the Census Bureau’s Household Economic Studies series, based on SIPP data:

• Dynamics of Economic Well-Being: Participation in Government Programs, 2001 Through 2003 Who Gets Assistance? (Current Population Reports P70-108, October 2006) (PDF)
• A Child’s Day: 2003 (Selected Indicators of Child Well-Being) (Current Population Reports P70-109, January 2007) (PDF)

A new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine found that former inmates were much more likely than the general public to die during their first two weeks out of prison. Experts say released prisoners need more support to prevent recidivism and health risks. (AP via Centre Daily Times)

Ethiopian women are at increased risk for HIV transmission because of gender inequality (kaisernetwork.org Daily HIV/AIDS Report).

A new study, funded by the World Cancer Research Fund, will examine the effects of diet and lifestyle on survivors of bowel cancer (BBC News).

In anticipation of the upcoming House vote on the minimum wage, the Christian Science Monitor has published a two-part series. Part one looks at life for families earning the minimum, and part two examines the effects of raising the minimum wage.

Due to problems and controversies in previous census-taking efforts, questions about religion and ethnicity were left out of the Nigerian census conducted in 2006. But according to BBC News, the proportion of the population in the country’s mainly Muslim northern states has remained about the same, demonstrating no change from the previous census.

In order to borrow books (or CDs, DVDs, and journals) from the PRI Library, you must first be a registered user. To register, complete the PRI Library & Data Archive registration form.

Once you have registered, sign out materials using the card found in the back of the item. Then drop the card in the wooden box located near the center of the library.

Journals and reference books circulate for two weeks and may be renewed. All other items do not have due dates, but we will send you a list of items checked out to you at the end of each semester. Items may be recalled for other users.

You can search the PRI Library & Data Archive catalog online.

The PRI Library (707 Oswald Tower) is open Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The library is closed on holidays and whenever the university is closed.

However, demography students can get access to the library 24 hours a day, 7 days a week! For information on getting access, contact Tara Murray.