The Statistics Department within the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs has just launched a new internet-based data service for the global user community. The service brings UN statistical databases within easy reach of users through a single entry point. Users can search and down load a variety of statistical resources of the UN system. Click here for more information and access to the service.

The PRI Library has received announcement of the “What’s the Use of Race?” conference to be held at the MIT Faculty Club on April 25-26, 2008 in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

The PRI Library has received announcement of a tenure track Assistant Professor of Rural Sociology position at Penn State.

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

Education Research Grants - Institute of Education Sciences (IES)

Edward C. Bryant Scholarship for an Outstanding Graduate Student in Survey Statistics - American Statistical Association (ASA)

International Research on Venue-Based Interventions for HIV/AIDS and Alcohol Use (R01) - National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)

International Research on Venue-Based Interventions for HIV/AIDS and Alcohol Use (R21) - National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)

Limited Competition for Data Deposition and Analyses of Genome Wide Association Studies of Mental Disorders (Collaborative R01) - National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

Limited Competition for Data Deposition and Analyses of Genome Wide Association Studies of Mental Disorders (R01) - National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

Methods for Prevention Packages Program (MP3) (R01) - National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) - National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

Special Education Research - Institute of Education Sciences (IES)

Statistical and Research Methodology in Education - Institute of Education Sciences (IES)

The PRI Library has received announcement from the National Institute of Aging for a position as Health Scientist Administrator in demography of aging with an emphasis on social demography.

The PRI Library has received announcement for a GIS Specialist with the CSDE at the Seattle campus of the University of Washington.