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

Cancer Prevention, Control, Behavioral, and Population Sciences Career Development Award (K07) – National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Child Care Research Scholars – Administration for Children and Families

Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Centers (OAICs)(P30) – National Institute on Aging (NIA)

Senior Scientist Research and Mentorship Award (K05) – National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) – National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

Social Science Research on Wrongful Conviction – National Institute of Justice (NIJ)

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

Adolescent and Young Adult Health National Centers Cooperative Agreement Program – Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)

AHRQ Health Services Research Demonstration and Dissemination Grants (R18) – Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)

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

Healthy Eating Research New Connections 2009 – Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Healthy Eating Research: Building Evidence to Prevent Childhood Obesity – Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Human Nutrition and Obesity – Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service (CSREES)

NCI Transition Career Development Award to Promote Diversity (K22) – National Cancer Institute (NCI)

NIH-Supported Centers for Population Health and Health Disparities (CPHHD) (P50) – National Cancer Institute (NCI) – National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute – Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR)

Public Health Conference Support Program – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has issued a notice describing policies and procedures for requesting extension of the Early State Investigator (ESI) period.

Penn State’s Office for Research Protections has announced its spring Research Integrity Brown Bag schedule:

Jan. 29: Image Forensics and the JPEG Algorithm

Feb. 25: Tips for Talking to Reporters

Mar. 26: Learning the Role of the NSF Broader Impacts Criterion and How to Address it in your Research Proposals

Apr. 30: So you want to be an Entrepreneur: Guidance for Penn State Faculty, Staff, and Students

All talks take place from noon to 1 p.m. in the Kern Building, and are also accessible via the Web. For more information, see the ORP Web site.

According to new federal data, the US birth rate increased, and teen births increased for the first time since 1991 (USA Today).

Citation: Martin, J.A., et al. (2008). Births: Final data for 2006. National Vital Statistics Reports, 57(7). Available online (PDF)

With fewer jobs and more aggressive enforcement, illegal immigration to the US is decreasing, according to the Christian Science Monitor.

Though their numbers remain small, straight men are increasingly turning to surrogates to have children, as reported on CNN.com.

The PRI Library has received a call for papers for the 8th Annual Hawaii International Conference on Social Sciences, to be held on June 4-7, 2009 in Honolulu, Hawaii.

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

Dissertation Fellowship in Population, Reproductive Health, and Economic Development – Hewlett Foundation – Institute of International Education (IIE)

NCMHD Disparities Research and Education Advancing Mission (DREAM) Career Transition Award (K22) – National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NCMHD)

Pre-Application for the 2009 NIDA Avant-Garde Award Program for HIV/AIDS Research (X02) – National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)