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

Fulbright Specialist Program – Council for the International Exchange of Scholars – U.S. Department of State

How Housing Matters to Families & Communities – MacArthur Foundation

Promoting Careers In Aging and Health Disparities Research (K01) – National Institute on Aging (NIA)

Recovery Act Funds for Competitive Revision Applications – National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Recovery Act Limited Competition for NIH Grants: Research and Research Infrastructure “Grand Opportunities” (RC2) – National Institutes of Health (NIH)

The PRI Library has received announcement of an IPUMS workshop, sponsored by the Minnesota Population Center, to be held at PAA on April 30, 2009.

American Journal of Sociology; Volume 114 Issue 3, November 2008.

American Journal of Sociology; Volume 114 Supplement 2008. Exploring Genetics and Social Structure.

Asia Pacific Issues; Number 78, February 2009. North Korean Shipping: A Potential for WWD Proliferation?

Asian-Pacific Population Journal; Volume 23 Number 2, August 2008.

Backgrounder; January 2009. Latino Voting in the 2008 Election: Part of a Broader Electoral Movement.

Backgrounder; February 2009. Plenary Power: Should Judges Control U.S. Immigration Policy.

Center Report, The; Volume 29 Issue 1. Spring 2009.

Demography; Volume 46 Number 1, February, 2009.

Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health; Volume 11 Number 2, April 2009.

National Health Statistics Reports; Number 14, March 11, 2009. Wireless Substitution: State-level Estimates from the National Health Interview Survey, January-December 2007.

NCHS Data Brief; Number 13, February 2009. Roles of International Medical Graduates Providing Office-based Medical Care: United States, 2005-2006.

NCHS Data Brief; Number 14, February 2009. Pressure Ulcers Among Nursing Home Residents: United States, 2004.

NCHS Data Brief; Number 15, March 2009. Consumer-directed Health Care for Persons Under 65 Years of Age with Private Health Insurance: United States, 2007.

Quality/Calidad/Qualite; Number 19, 2009. And How Will You Remember Me, My Child? Redefining Fatherhood in Turkey.

Upjohn Institute Employment Research; January 2009. Measuring Offshore Outsourcing and Offshoring: Problems of Economic Statistics.

World Bank Research Digest; Volume 3 Number 2, Winter 2009. Lessons from World Bank Research Past Critics.

A new report from MACRO International/MEASURE DHS (PDF), using data from 22 developing countries, mostly in sub-Saharan Africa, finds that HIV prevalence is linked to social and economic characteristics. This may reflect an association between these characteristics and sexual risk-taking.

The PRI Library has received announcement of job opportunities with the U.S. Census Bureau. They will be recruiting at PAA in Detroit.

The PRI Library has received announcement of the using NAEP for research and policy analysis seminar on July 7-10, 2009 in Washington, DC.

The PRI Library has received announcement of the National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP) High School Transcript Study (HSTS) training seminar to be held July 22-24, 2009 in Washington, DC.

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

Alcohol Research Resource Awards (R24) – National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)

Education Research Grants – Institute of Education Sciences (IES)

Food and Agricultural Sciences National Needs Graduate and Postdoctoral Fellowship Grants Program – Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service (CSREES)

Fulbright Specialist Program – Council for the International Exchange of Scholars – U.S. Department of State

Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program – Council for the International Exchange of Scholars – U.S. Department of State

Fulbright-Hays Faculty Research Abroad Fellowship Program – U.S. Department of Education (ED)

Head Start Graduate Student Research – Administration for Children and Families

Incorporating Cost-Effectiveness Analysis Into Factors Affecting Quality-of-Life Health Related Research (R01) – National Cancer Institute (NCI) – National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) – Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS)

Postdoctoral Research Training Program in the Education Sciences – Institute of Education Sciences (IES)

Secondary Analyses in Obesity, Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (R21) – National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) – Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS)

Special Education Research Grants – Institute of Education Sciences (IES)

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

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has announced an opportunity for investigators and US institutions with active NIH research grants to request administrative supplements “for the purpose accelerating the tempo of scientific research on active grants.” The supplements will come from funds provided to NIH through the 2009 Recovery Act.

According to population estimates released this week by the Census Bureau, Centre County’s population continues to grow at a steady rate (Centre Daily Times). The county’s population is growing faster than surrounding areas, some of which are shrinking, but still at a moderate rate.